Dwelling in the media. The spread of Mexican social housing in European and American periodicals (1950-1968)

Authors

  • Ana Esteban-Maluenda Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Vanessa Nagel Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Keywords:

Social housing, periodicals, modern architecture, Mexico, spread

Abstract

Social housing as a paradigm of Modernity has been widely released in periodicals of twentieth century. Urban studies, typologies and formal proposals of Modern Movement were legitimated by them. Moreover, Latin-America has been propitious for the development of large social housing ensembles from the beginning of the second half of the century. Thus, this paper focuses on a particular case in the continent, Mexican social housing, and does it through its reflection on the media at the time of its construction.

For a few years, magnificent dwelling units filled the pages of foreign magazines during a period (1950-1968) of huge international diffusion concerning Mexican architecture in no Latin-American periodicals. So certifying to world that one of the main requests of the moment, social housing, could be attending by Mexican government. 

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2014-06-13

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Esteban-Maluenda, A., & Nagel, V. (2014). Dwelling in the media. The spread of Mexican social housing in European and American periodicals (1950-1968). ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 32(45), 34–47. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/AS/article/view/747

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V.32, N.45 (Junio 2014): ARQUITECTURA MODERNA EN LATINOAMÉRICA

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