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housing for the masses: barrio nazca, 1923

Barrio Nazca, 384 units • Villa Santa Rita
Nazca & Álvarez Jonte

Another boxy neighborhood built by the Compañía de Construcciones Modernas (CCM). Modifications in Barrio Emilio Mitre were so drastic that most traces of the 1920s had been erased. Fortunately, other CCM projects look just like they did 80 years ago.

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housing for the masses: barrio emilio mitre, 1923

In post #3 of this series, an important point might easily go unnoticed:

“the national government never desired to be the sole provider of welfare in Argentina. They wanted to develop a model to demonstrate to private investors that housing projects were viable & could benefit everyone.”

All the projects written about thus far were funded either by the Argentine government, union groups or religious donations. Where were those elusive private investors?

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housing for the masses: barrio rawson, 1928

Barrio Rawson, 1928 • Agronomía
Tinogasta & Zamudio

The last government-funded housing project built in the 1920’s in Buenos Aires is one of my personal favorites. This neighborhood development tackled the debate of individual houses vs. apartment buildings in an interesting way —it has both!

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housing for the masses: para agentes policiales, 1926

Hogar Policial (no official name), 24 units • San Telmo
Avenida Independencia & Avenida Ingeniero Huergo

Throughout the previous posts in this series, you’ve seen a variety of solutions to the housing shortage in Buenos Aires after millions of immigrants arrived. To refresh your memory, there were three groups responsible for building housing projects:

  • religious organizations funded through donations
  • the Comisión Nacional de Casas Baratas with federal government funding
  • the privately-owned Compañía de Construcciones Modernas
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