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Buenos Aires, Urban “Informality” in Historical Terms
1 month ago | By Arch Daily
Restos de una villa demolida, 1978. Image © Instituto de la Vivienda de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
"History of the villas in the city of Buenos Aires. From the origins to the present day" is the book by Valeria Snitcofsky that reconstructs the historical background of the villas in the city of Buenos Aires based on research that began in 2003 and whose advances were expressed in a bachelor's and a doctoral thesis. It is framed within the objective of the Tejido Urbano Foundation, which is focused on promoting research and the generation of knowledge on the problems of habitat and housing.
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