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In response to the paradox of downtown Buenos Aires-where overcrowded tenement housing coexists with vacant office buildings-this thesis project proposes transforming an unused government building into cooperative housing for migrants. Inspired by the collective logic of the conventillo, but updated...

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Published in:ARQ (Santiago, Chile) Vol. 120; no. 120; pp. 139 - 144
Main Author: Santillan Messina, Vanesa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Santiago Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbano 01.08.2025
Ediciones ARQ
Subjects:
community
housing cooperatives
Housing developments
housing typologies
Immigrants
migration
Mixed use developments
Office buildings
popular america
Public buildings
Buenos Aires Argentina
Argentina
ISSN:0717-6996, 0716-0852, 0717-6996
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Summary:In response to the paradox of downtown Buenos Aires-where overcrowded tenement housing coexists with vacant office buildings-this thesis project proposes transforming an unused government building into cooperative housing for migrants. Inspired by the collective logic of the conventillo, but updated to contemporary needs, the design brings together spaces for living, working, and gathering in a proposal where architecture is placed at the service of social and urban integration.
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ISSN:0717-6996
0716-0852
0717-6996
DOI:10.4067/s0717-69962025000200139