2024-04-28T08:38:17-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149951467/halfway-there-the-limits-to-aravena-s-social-housing Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-06-14T12:52:00-04:00 >2016-06-17T23:45:19-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/eb/eb1d18aa2808cb1bc9d40ebcd6a87aaf?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"In most cities in Latin America, most of the building over last 50 years&mdash;depending on the city&mdash;40, 50, 60, 70 percent has been through incremental construction.&rdquo; [...] The majority of Aravena&rsquo;s social housing work has also rested on the unique conditions and high level of investment from Chile&rsquo;s social housing program. [...] Isn&rsquo;t asking the poor to shoulder more of the housing burden an inherently unfair proposition?</p></em><br /><br /><p>More discussion of Aravena's practice and impact can be found here:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/756339/dispatch-from-the-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">News coverage of Aravena's 2016 Venice Biennale</a></li><li><a title='"Making A Pritzker Laureate" &ndash; Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, gives us an inside look at the prestigious award, on Archinect Sessions #48' href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145730933/making-a-pritzker-laureate-martha-thorne-executive-director-of-the-pritzker-architecture-prize-gives-us-an-inside-look-at-the-prestigious-award-on-archinect-sessions-48" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Making A Pritzker Laureate" &ndash; Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, gives us an inside look at the prestigious award, on Archinect Sessions #48</a></li><li><a title="Watch a live tour of the Venice Biennale with curator Alejandro Aravena" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149947415/watch-a-live-tour-of-the-venice-biennale-with-curator-alejandro-aravena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch a live tour of the Venice Biennale with curator Alejandro Aravena</a></li><li><a title="Chile's local hero: Michael Kimmelman profiles Alejandro Aravena" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149946827/chile-s-local-hero-michael-kimmelman-profiles-alejandro-aravena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chile's local hero: Michael Kimmelman profiles Alejandro Aravena</a></li><li><a title="Decoding Alejandro Aravena's Pritzker" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149939709/decoding-alejandro-aravena-s-pritzker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decoding Alejandro Aravena's Pritzker</a></li></ul>