It was built for stockbrokers and bankers in their thousand dollar suits to make million dollar deals, but for nearly two decades it has held the less impressive title of the world’s tallest squat. Welcome to the Centro Financiero Confinanzas, more commonly known as the Torre David the Tower of David in Caracas, Venezuela, an unfinished skyscraper which has now been colonised by an ad hoc community of over 700 families.
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Little by little however, they began crudely patching up the unfinished work that builders left behind. Found or makeshift materials were hauled up countless unlit stairwells to provide basic services and safety measures. They now have running water that reaches up to the 22nd floor. A village-like community began to flourish behind its sleekly designed shell. Grocery stores on every inhabited floor, hairdressers and even a dentist unlicensed operate in the Torre David.