MACNBR   00242
MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES "BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The renewal of Buenos Aires waterfront
Autor/es:
FAGGI A.
Revista:
Proceedings of ICE: Municpal Engineer
Editorial:
Thomas Telford
Referencias:
Lugar: London; Año: 2008
ISSN:
1751-7699
Resumen:
Abstract: This paper reports an analysis of the main phases and factors relevant to the renovation
of the coastal area of the City of Buenos Aires. Since the early 1980s and especially with the
country´s comeback of democratic life, that area developed along two different paths. The
renovation of the docks followed a top-down process carried out by private-public enterprises; it
was a successful and lucrative real-state transformation in which contemporary design and
aesthetics had precedence. On the contrary, the ecological restructuring of the river front was the
outcome of a bottom-up process that involved many actors with conflicting interests quarreling
during two decades. Thanks to the NGO "Ciudad", who enabled the involvement of otherwise
excluded social groups and had ample communitarian support behind its initiatives; the renovation
of the coastal strip was successful. The ideologies and policies that have shaped this effort over the
years are also discussed in this report.