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Tlacolula Social Housing, Oaxaca, Mexico
Author(s) -
Arquitectos Dellekamp
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1236
Subject(s) - locality , neighbourhood (mathematics) , public housing , geography , sense of community , population , economic growth , sociology , economy , political science , ethnology , social science , demography , economics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics
Oaxaca in southern Mexico is one of the most economically marginal states in the country, with a large portion of its population requiring social housing. This has been further exacerbated by the widespread adoption of a suburban American housing model that has led to local communities becoming socially and culturally alienated. At Tlacolula, in Oaxaca, Dellekamp Arquitectos describe how they have set out to create a housing development that engenders locality and a sense of community through a traditional barrio neighbourhood design. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.