Why there? Developers' rationale for building social housing in the urban periphery in Latin America

This paper examines the history of Pedregulho Housing Neighborhood, built between 1948 and 1960 by the Department of Popular Housing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the first concepts to the restoration in 2015. Conceived by the urbanists Carmen Portinho and Affonso E. Reidy, it became one of the most emblematic works of modern Brazilian architecture. After years of neglect, in 2015 housing Block A of the neighborhood underwent restoration, one of the only such projects on social housing complexes in Latin America. The paper discusses the housing complex’s history, focusing on the intervention and restoration project, its criteria and challenges, and also the aims and demands by the residents during the works.

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Technology for social housing in Latin America

Habitat International ◽

10.1016/0197-3975(93)90028-b ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 47-58

Author(s):

Peter Kellett ◽

Federico Franco

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Social Housing

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Pentecostalism in Urban Periphery in Latin America

Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_367-1 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Dario Paulo Barrera Rivera

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Urban Periphery

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Social perception of urban agriculture in Latin-America. A case study in Mexican social housing

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.055 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

pp. 719-734 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ana Nadal ◽

Ileana Cerón-Palma ◽

Carmen García-Gómez ◽

María Pérez-Sánchez ◽

Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Urban Agriculture ◽

Social Perception ◽

Social Housing

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Housing explorations. Unidad Vecinal Portales in Santiago

10.52200/65.a.dtpwo1dy ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 22-27

Author(s):

Umberto Bonomo

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

20Th Century ◽

Social Housing ◽

Important Case ◽

Santiago De Chile ◽

Deep Exploration

This article explores the contribution of Unidad Vecinal Portales – built in Santiago de Chile by the studio Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro – to the debates on social housing in Chile between the 1940s and 1960s. A series of radical decisions, put into action in the complex, demonstrate a deep exploration at the urban, typological, and aesthetic levels. This exploration has given life to an important case study in Chile and Latin- America, where urban and architectural challenges of the second half of the 20th century blend harmoniously

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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