UNIDAD DE HABITACIÓN N°1 BUCEO. Un proyecto urbano-habitacional modelo para la ciudad de Montevideo

Authors

  • Martín Cajade Diotti DePAU, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo; Universidad de la República, Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.12674

Abstract

Constructive rationalization regarding housing for the working classes in Uruguay quickly embraced prefabrication and standardization as necessary conditions for mass production of housing units in the 1950s. However, as these projects grew in ambition, incorporating community facilities, services, and resources, the institutions responsible for driving them began to consider the problem at a different scale: once the strategy was resolved at the individual plot level, the interest shifted to the realm of urban planning. It was in this context that the political and technical consensus of the time, reflected in the 1956 Montevideo Master Plan, promoted Neighborhood Units as the instrument capable of organizing the expanding urban sprawl. This led to the execution of some of the most ambitious urban-housing projects in the country's history, with one of the
most renowned cases being the Unidad Habitacional No. 1 in Buceo.


Keywords: Neighborhood Unit, Modern Movement, Urban Project, Montevideo

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Published

2024-03-06

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SIIU2023_RECIFE