Since 1995 experiences have been carried out concerning the participation in the design and habitat materialising for low resource people. Through successive research projects granted by the Secretaría de Extención Universitaria (1995) and the Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas from the Cordoba Province (Martínez Rusconi 1996- 1999) and as part of the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, a large experience has been achieved in the local area, enabling us to come closer to the community, the true protagonist of this participatory exercise. One of the experiences was carried out with a group of disperse inhabitants –54 families from Villa El Libertador-. Their participation as a managing mechanism has enabled the development of actions approaching the housing problem of this group of people, such as the selection and purchase of urban land and the elaboration and management of a housing project. This project achieved a third place in the contest “Participation in planning and designing of the popular habitat (CYTED 1998) thus backing up the experiences, methods and thoughts present in this research line.
Author Biographies
Graciela Maffrand, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Arquitecta. Directora de Proyectos de Investigación. Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Argentina.
Maffrand, G., & Martínez, M. (2001). Participatory Management in the Construction of Residential Habitat. The Experience of 54 Families in El Libertador. Revista INVI, 16(43). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2001.62252
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