Abstract
The powerful and greatly developed technology of the productive consumer society is increasing the gap between rich and poor daily. In the sphere of housing, the idea of «development for the developed» has generated and promoted a prestigious stereotype of conventional housing with advanced technology: («key in hand»), for those who can afford it, which, without the shadow of a doubt, hinders the urgent execution en masse of what is practicable, leaving the essential needs of the bulk of the population to a hypothetical future of abundance and splendour. Adequate technology requires designing the building process in such a way that it is possible for people to take part in it. It also implies making it possible for this process to be centred on the integrated Objective, in the Housing and Promotion Plans: Group Organization in the construction of housing and the neighbourhood, leading to an affirmation of the family and self-administration for the community. The search for adequate interdisciplinary technology for these plans presupposes travelling down a long road of research, experimentation and evaluation in uninterrupted cycles. This is the central theme which the Asociacion Vivienda Economica (AVE), (Economic Housing Association) in Cordoba, Argentina, has arrived at. One of the Housing and Promotion pilot plans, carried out by this Institution, is described as an example.
Highlights
Adequate technology requires designing the building modo tal, que posibilite la participación popular en el mismo. process in such a way that it is possible for people to take part in it
Alargar los brazos de los pobres trabajando con ellos para poner en sus manos: medios, técnicas y herramientas aptas para realizaciones más racionales, posibles y adecuadas a sus necesidades sentidas, es la tarea requerida para encontrar las debidas «soluciones actuales al problema de la vivienda en Iberoamérica» y en general en los países en desarrollo, en el marco de la construcción de una nueva civilización universal y solidarla que pueda compatibilizar justicia y libertad
Más simple y económica, apta para la «autoconstrucción», la «ayuda Mutua», «las microbrigadas», «sistemas mixtos», «compañías comunitarias» o «cooperativas de vivienda», etc. es el apoyo mínimo que necesitan nuestros pueblos para dar respuesta, urgente y masivamente a su problema habitacional y social
Summary
The powerful and greatly developed technology of the productiva y consumista acrecienta día a día las distancias entre productive consumer society is increasing the gap between rich ricos y pobres. In the sphere of housing, the idea of «development for the desarrollados» ha generado y promocionado un estereotipo developed» has generated and promoted a prestigious stereotype prestigioso de tecnología avanzada y vivienda convencional of conventional housing with advanced technology: {«key in. También implica dar cabida a que dicho proceso pueda, en Planes de Vivienda y Promoción, centrarse en el Objetivo inte- It implies making it possible for this process to be centred grado: Organización grupal en la construcción de la vivienda y on the integrated Objective, in the Housing and Promotion el barrio, como camino de afirmación familiar y auto-gestión Plans: Group Organization in the construction of housing and comunitaria. La búsqueda de tecnología interdisciplinaria, adecuada para estos planes, presupone recorrer un largo camino de. Promotion pilot plans, carried out by this Institution, is described as an example
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