Havana’s Houses of apartments, 1900-1940

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workers’ housing, affordable housing, multi-family type of housing, Havana 1900-1940

Abstract

Casas de apartamentos (houses of apartments) built for renting to lower-middle-class tenants and workers proliferated in Havana’s high-density areas during the first decades of the twentieth century. Despite its significant amount within the city, the Houses of apartments has not been identified as a multi-family building alternative and it is mentioned very little in the bibliography on Havana architecture. This led to the development of a historical investigation that aimed to identify and characterize this architectural type from the spatial and formal points of view. Documentary analysis methods were used, supported by field work and historical-logical analysis.. It is concluded that Casas de apartamentos constitute a multi-family type of housing that multiplied the traditional type of side patio house and that were decisive in the urban development of the urban sector studied.

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María Victoria Zardoya Loureda, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE, La Habana, Cuba.

María Victoria Zardoya Loureda

Dr. Arquitecta, Profesora Titular, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE, La Habana, Cuba.

E-mail: marivizardoya@gmail.com

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2692-7467

Claudia Espinosa Hernández, Southern Pool Design, Sanford FL, USA.

Claudia Espinosa Hernández

Arquitecta, diseñadora de Southern Pool Design, Sanford FL, USA.

E-mail: clau.ka220993@gmail.com

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8248-4330

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2021-10-30

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Zardoya Loureda, M. V., & Espinosa Hernández, C. (2021). Havana’s Houses of apartments, 1900-1940. Revista científica De Arquitectura Y Urbanismo, 42(3), 80–94. Retrieved from https://rau.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/revistaau/article/view/655

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Vol. 42 No. 3 (2021): Revista Científica de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

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