Experimental Mexican community contains social housing by Tatiana Bilbao and Frida Escobedo
Tatiana Bilbao, Frida Escobedo and Fernanda Canales are among 32 architects and studios that have created low-cost housing designs as part of an innovative community development in Hidalgo, Mexico.
The small community called Housing Research and Practical Experimentation Laboratory is the result of a project led by Mexico's National Workers' Housing Fund Institute ? a federal company that develops workers' housing.
The Housing Research and Practical Experimentation Laboratory is the brainchild of Infonavit
The institute, which is commonly known as Infonavit, tasked practices to develop innovative ways to improve quality housing for and living conditions of Mexico's low-income workers. The aim was to develop new construction techniques, water saving systems and sustainable energy sources without surging the cost of the homes. Each studio used these principles to develop a house suited to one of nine climatic zones across the country. The long-term intention is that the designs can to be rolled out nationwide.
New York firm MOS chose the 32 houses to feature in the experimental community
"We were out to analyse very different situations and we produced prototypes for that," Bilbao told Dezeen.
Bilbao's scheme was one of 32 that was then selected by New York firm MOS to be built to exhibit solutions as a small community in Hidalgo city Apan. Others included designs by Frida Escobedo, Ambrosi Etchegaray and Fernanda Canales.
Among the prototypes is a barrel-vaulted br...
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