ABSTRACT

THERE ARE 200 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED OF HOUSING IN LATIN AMERICA WITH 2.5 MILLION
CHILEANS A SIGNIFICANT FIGURE AMONG THIS GROUP. IN GENERAL THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO
GENERATE COVERAGE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE ISSUE AT STAKE HOWEVER IS WHETHER WE CAN DEVELOP
QUALITY HOUSING WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE QUANTITY OF NEW LOW
COST HOUSING THAT IS BUILT. IT IS
IMPORTANT IN THIS CONTEXT TO CONSIDER HOUSING AS AN ASPECT OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT NOT AN EXPENSE.
THE HOME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FORM OF ASSISTANCE THAT A POOR FAMILY CAN RECEIVE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT AND EACH FAMILY CAN ONLY RECEIVE ONE HOME EVER. THIS ASSISTANCE MUST SATISFY NOT
ONLY THE NEED TO PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS BUT ALSO SERVE AS A SPRINGBOARD OUT OF POVERTY.
IN ELEMENTAL WE IDENTIFY A SET OF VARIABLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT OUGHT TO ENABLE A
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING UNIT TO INCREASE IN VALUE OVER TIME. IN THE QUINTA MONROY NEIGHBORHOOD
OF IQUIQUE WE APPLIED THIS THEORY. WITH A SUBSIDY OF 300 UF WE PURCHASED LAND DEVELOPED
UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILT SINGLE
FAMILY HOUSING UNITS
SINCE IQUIQUE REPRESENTED A SINGLE CASE WE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE PROJECT TO LOCATIONS
WITH DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC CLIMATIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. TO DO SO WE LAUNCHED A WORLDWIDE
COMPETITION TO DESIGN SEVEN PROJECTS TOTALING 1000 HOMES THROUGHOUT CHILE. WE RECEIVED
700 PROPOSALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND CHOSE THE BEST SEVEN WITH THE FAMILIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES APPROVING THEM ALL. THEY OBTAINED GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES AND WERE AWARDED
TO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. GROUNDBREAKINGS
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KEYWORDS? HOUSING \ ELEMENTAL \ INVESTMENT \ QUINTA -MONROY \ ARCHITECTURE