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Quinta Monroy

INCREMENTAL HOUSING SET 93


The challenge of our first project was to accommodate 100 families using a grant of $ 7,500, which in the best case, allowed the construction of a house of 36 sqm. A second problem, the site of 5000 m², which cost three times what a social housing project can usually afford. None of the solutions proposed by the market could solve the equation. Then we thought of building a typology to undertake an efficient use of land and in turn allow the expansion of the houses. After one year, the value of each property exceeded $ 20,000. However, families preferred to stay and continue the expansion of its home rather than sell

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