This document summarizes an AIA presentation on challenges and opportunities for architects going global in Latin America. It provides background on the region's large population and fast urbanization, as well as its growing economy. The presentation discusses Latin America's major cities and new developments, factors for doing business in the region like trade agreements and income inequality, and projections that the economy will gradually recover. The panelists represented architecture, real estate, and development firms working throughout Latin America.

1. Going Global: Challenges from Latin America
Course
Number:
FR203
Friday,
May
20,
2016,
2:00PM
–
3:00PM
1.0
LU
/
RIBA

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4.
AIA Convention
2016
Going Global: Challenges from Latin America
Course Number: FR203
Friday, May 20, 2016, 2:00PM – 3:00PM

5.
Going Global: Challenges from Latin America
Moderator
Panelists
Luis
Diego
Quirós
Pacheco
Director
de
la
Escuela
de
Arquitectura
UNIVERSIDAD
VERITAS
Costa
Rica
Joseph
Brancato
Managing
Principal
GENSLER
New
York
Elias
Lindenberg
Senior
Vice
President
JLL
Houston
Thomas
Farrell
Partner
COVE
PROPERTY
GROUP
New
York

6.
Country
Gross
Domestic
Product
(at Purchasing
Power Parity) Per Capita
1 Brazil 2,309,138 11,892
2 Mexico 1,659,016 14,514
3 Argentina 710,690 17,382
4 Colombia 467,670 10,038
5 Venezuela 369,324 13,480
6 Peru 300,114 9,958
7 Chile 281,368 16,078
8 Ecuador 125,066 8,372
9 Dominican Republic 93,408 9,784
10 Guatemala 74,026 4,875
11 Costa Rica 54,516 12,520
12 Uruguay 52,111 16,019
13 Bolivia 51,478 5,023
14 Panama 48,812 12,615
15 El Salvador 44,845 6,919
16 Paraguay 36,235 5,426
17 Honduras 35,649 4,240
18 Trinidad and Tobago 26,866 19,739
19 Jamaica 24,637 8,747
20 Nicaragua 18,758 3,072
21 Haiti 12,431 1,167
22 The Bahamas 10,786 30,009
23 Barbados 6,300 22,744
24 Guyana 5,842 7,038
25 Suriname 5,069 8,949
26 Belize 2,804 8,069
27 Saint Lucia 2,158 12,476
28 Antigua and Barbuda 1,781 21,363
29 Grenada 1,396 13,135
30
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 1,259 11,561
31 Dominica 981 13,222
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 925 16,218
TOTAL 6,837,162 11,770
Latin America and the
Caribbean, taken as a whole,
would rank as the world's
fourth largest economy, after
the European Union, the
United States and China, and
above Japan.

7.
cities of more than
1,000,000 inhabitants
Metropolitan area Country
Population
2009
Metropolitan area Country
Population
2009
1 Mexico City Mexico 22,681,726 34 Asunción Paraguay 1,953,763
2 São Paulo Brazil 20,534,112 35 Barranquilla Colombia 1,872,397
3 Buenos Aires Argentina 14,542,532 36 Montevideo Uruguay 1,868,589
4 Río de Janeiro Brazil 12,058,824 37 Barquisimeto Venezuela 1,852,875
5 Bogotá Colombia 8,493,675 38 Managua Nicaragua 1,795,293
6 Lima Peru 8,482,619 39 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1,753,767
7 Santiago Chile 7,003,122 40 Córdoba Argentina 1,733,404
8 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5,031,438 41 León Mexico 1,714,314
9 Guadalajara Mexico 4 328 584 42 Maracay Venezuela 1,712,582
10 Caracas Venezuela 4,325,000 43 San José Costa Rica 1,694,778
11 Porto Alegre Brazil 4,035,194 44 Vitória Brazil 1,684,631
12 Recife Brazil 3,805,901 45 Santos Brazil 1,651,906
13 Salvador Brazil 3,804,996 46 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia 1,614,618
14 Maracaibo Venezuela 3,754,183 47 Cúcuta Colombia 1,609,099
15 Guayaquil Ecuador 3,751,896 48 Tijuana Mexico 1,595,681
16 Monterrey Mexico 3,738,077 49 Campinas Brazil 1,592,024
17 Brasília Brazil 3,553,856 50 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 1,585,034
18 Fortaleza Brazil 3,517,275 51 Rosario Argentina 1,496,113
19 Medellín Colombia 3,496,757 52 São Luís Brazil 1,381,139
20 Santo Domingo Dom Rep 3,264,174 53 Natal Brazil 1,306,261
21 Curitiba Brazil 3,260,292 54 Panama City Panama 1,255,712
22 Havana Cuba 2,896,617 55 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 1,231,022
23 Cali Colombia 2,793,854 56 Cartagena Colombia 1,227,677
24 Guatemala City Guatemala 2,789,600 57 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1,180,976
25 Quito Ecuador 2,720,764 58 Maceió Brazil 1,180,713
26 San Juan Puerto Rico 2,600,608 59 Torreón Mexico 1,160,367
27 Valencia Venezuela 2,296,861 60 Teresina Brazil 1,132,415
28 San Salvador El Salvador 2,227,808 61 Barcelona - Puerto la Cruz Venezuela 1,104,852
29 Belém Brazil 2,078,405 62 San Luis Potosí Mexico 1,090,838
30 Goiânia Brazil 2,063,744 63 João Pessoa Brazil 1,077,944
31 Puebla de Zaragoza Mexico 2,027,861 64 Concepción Chile 1,040,586
32 Manaus Brazil 2,006,870 65 Valparaíso Chile 1,006,281
33 La Paz Bolivia 2,003,368 66 Querétaro Mexico 1,004,896
Popula8on
over
1,000,000
67

8.
Megacities
10
More than 4.000.000
Metropolitan area Country
Population
2009
1 Mexico City Mexico 22,681,726
2 São Paulo Brazil 20,534,112
3 Buenos Aires Argentina 14,542,532
4 Río de Janeiro Brazil 12,058,824
5 Bogotá Colombia 8,493,675
6 Lima Peru 8,482,619
7 Santiago Chile 7,003,122
8 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5,031,438
9 Guadalajara Mexico 4 328 584
10 Caracas Venezuela 4,325,000
More than 8.000.000
More than 1.000.000
More than 12.000.000

9.
Physical Geography
Its natural resources and cultural diversity continues to be
fundamental in its territorial organization and development.
Historical Colonization
Created a network of cities
A fully developed “modern” culture
Without economical and social modernization
10
Distinct processes
In city formation

10. Brasilia, Brazil Lucio Costa
1956 - 1961

11. Brasilia National Congress, Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer 1958

13. Percentage
of
PopulaJon
in
Urban
Areas,
1950-­‐2030
Population grows
Rural to urban migration

14.
What’s going
on in Latin
America?

15. Puerto
Madero,
ArgenJna
Puente Mujeres
Santiago Calatrava

16. Punta
PaiJlla,
Panamá
Punta Paitilla Skyline

17. Panamá
City,
Panamá
Biomuseo
Frank Ghery

18. Panamá
City,
Panamá

19. Panamá
City,
Panamá
Panama Canal Expansion

20. México
City,
México
Soumaya Museo
Fernando Romero

21. Medellín,
Colombia
Parque Biblioteca España
Giancarlo Mazzanti

22. SanJago,
Chile
UC Innovation Center
Alejandro Aravena

23. Iquique,
Chile
Villa Monroy
Alejandro Aravena

24. Caracas,
Venezuela
Metrocable Caracas
Urban Think Tank

25. Natal,
Brazil
Arena das Dunas,
Populous

26. Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil
Olympic Park,
AECOM

27. Caracas,
Venezuela
La Rinconada Stadium,
Gensler

28. Paraguay
-­‐
Brazil
Border
Cataratas de Iguazú
Paraguay + Brazil

29. Osa,
Costa
Rica
KURA Hotel
Martin Wells

30.
Doing business
in Latin
America?

31.
230
Schools of Architecture
Brasil
44
Mexico
37
Chile
22
ArgenJna
19
Peru
18
Colombia
15
Ecuador
12
El
Salvador
10
Boliva
9
Costa
Rica
8
Nicaragua
6
Republica
Dominicana
6
Venezuela
5
Guatemala
4
Honduras
4
Cuba
4
Panama
2
Uruguay
2

32.
Total GDP
Human Progress Index

33.
Foreign Market Size Index
Human Progress Index

34.
Global Competitiveness Index
Human Progress Index

35.
Availability of Latest Technologies
Human Progress Index

36.
Starting a New Business
Human Progress Index

37.
Free Trade
Agreements
Alexander Monge-Naranjo

38.
Enforcing Contracts
Human Progress Index

39.
GINI Coefficient of Income Inequality
Human Progress Index

40.
Average Income and Inequality
Human Progress Index
Haiti
Nicaragua
Honduras
Bolivia
Paraguay
ElSalvador
Ecuador
Guatemala
Colombia
Perú
Brazil
Panamá
Venezuela
DominicanR.
CostaRica
Mexico
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Gini Coefficient
Per capita income relative to that of US

41.
Economic Recovery
Economic Outlook: Projections for Latin American Countries – The Organizations for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Figure 1. Growth is set to gradually recover
Source: OECD Economic Outlook.
Table 1. Latin American economies are projected to recover, with differences across countries
A verage

42.
The 10 Most Competitive Latin American Economies
World Economic Forum 2015 - 2016

46.
Going Global: Challenges from Latin America
Moderator
Panelists
Luis
Diego
Quirós
Pacheco
Director
de
la
Escuela
de
Arquitectura
UNIVERSIDAD
VERITAS
Costa
Rica
Joseph
Brancato
Managing
Principal
GENSLER
New
York
Elias
Lindenberg
Senior
Vice
President
JLL
Houston
Thomas
Farrell
Partner
COVE
PROPERTY
GROUP
New
York