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Centro Civico

Centro Civico

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Location

Mar de Plata

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Buildings

Urban poverty is often perpetuated because it exists on the margins of cities – either geographically or within popular consciousness. But architecture and urban design have the potential to redistribute resources and draw attention to neglected zones. As an early collaborative project with the Inter-American Development Bank, U-TT designed a new city hall and civic center for Mar del Plata, situating it within one of the city’s poorest areas.

Conceived with flexible, mixed use programming in mind, the project comprises a four hectare park and aproximately 8,000 m2 of office, commercial, and civic space. By transplanting public facilities into an underserved community and providing incentives for a diverse population to use the programs and amenities on offer, the project seeks to catalyze a more egalitarian future for the city as a whole.

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Summary & Credits
LocationMar del Plata, Argentina
Year2013 - 2016
Total Area30,000 m2
LeadsAlfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner
Project ArchitectsMichael Contento, Lea Rüfenacht, Lindsey Sherman
Local ArchitectsPio Romero, Martin Rosales
ETH Project TeamScott Lloyd, Sofia Avramopoulou, Lucas Bucher, Stéphane Grandgirard, Lindsay Howe, Daniel Hudson, Marija Gramc Milivojevic, Ozan Özvatan, Giulia Scotto, Giacomo Zanchetta
IDB Bank TeamEllis Juan, Horacio Terraza, Martin Solier, Federico Scodelaro
Alcaldia de Mar del Plata TeamGustavo Pulti, Pablo Garcia
StatusUnder Construction
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