Towards the apartment building: the transformation of high-rise accommodation by architects in Rosario, 1920-1948
No. 10 (2012-07-01)Author(s)
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Jimena Paula Cutruneo1Centro Universitario Rosario de Investigaciones Urbanas y Regionales de la Facultad de Arquitectura Planeamiento y Diseño (FAPyD), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) jimenacutruneo@gmail.com Doctora en Humanidades y Artes, (UNR), Argentina. Arquitecta, Facultad de Arquitectura (UNR). Becaria posdoctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Abstract
This article analyses the typological transformations that took place in high-rise accommodation from the 1920’s onwards in Rosario (Argentina). The question that is posed in this paper concerns the role that the architects undertook in the previously mentioned transformations. It continues with the statistical analysis of a representative building sample which has an emphasis on specific buildings (designed by important architects) that are considered as benchmarks of this transformation. This study also includes unpublished information about Rosario that allows the comparison with other times, types of buildings, and also other types of urban realities: all of which contribute to the investigation on the relationship between the architects and the housing market.