Housing deficit and building regeneration in popular neighborhoods of the La Plata District, Argentina

Collaborative strategy between technical actors and residents

Authors

  • Jesica Esparza Instituto de Investigaciones y Politicas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC FAU CONICET UNLP) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0396-2104
  • Graciela Viegas Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6248-4678
  • Gustavo San Juan Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-9918
  • Joel Asambuyo Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5746-2971

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18861/ania.2025.15.2.4155

Keywords:

socio-technical actors, housing diagnosis, upgrading interventions, methodological replicability, housing regeneration solutions

Abstract

The accelerated urban expansion experienced in Latin America in recent decades has led to a marked increase in urbanized area, characterized by deficiencies in access to housing, basic services, infrastructure, and facilities. In Greater La Plata (La Plata, Berisso, and Ensenada), the focus of this study, the situation of popular housing has not differed significantly from the rest of the country. Currently, the lack of methodologies and theoretical and technical approaches to the problems at hand, as well as the limited participation of the stakeholders involved, impedes certain public policy resolutions. This paper presents advances in this type of tool, which aims, on the one hand, to recognize the current situation regarding urban housing in popular sectors and, on the other, to provide concrete building regeneration solutions to mitigate the conditions of qualitative housing shortages. Based on the study of a selected neighborhood, it was determined that: 25% of homes require maximum intervention, 9% require medium intervention, and 66% require minimum intervention. In each case, interventions for improvement are proposed. This method focuses on replicability and adaptation to different analytical contexts.

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Author Biographies

Jesica Esparza, Instituto de Investigaciones y Politicas del Ambiente Construido (IIPAC FAU CONICET UNLP)

Argentina. Doctora en Arquitectura y Urbanismo (2015), Magister en Paisaje, Medioambiente y Ciudad (2012), Arquitecta (2007), Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, UNLP. Investigadora Asistente CONICET (2018), Becaria de investigación en diferentes ámbitos académicos (ANCyT 2007) (UNLP 2008/2010) (CONICET 2010/2017). Se especializa en Gestión del Riesgo social, ambiental y territorial en sectores vulnerables a partir de la proposición de metodologías de mejoramiento habitacional.

Graciela Viegas, Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentina. Architect from the National University of La Plata (2005). PhD in Sciences-Renewable Energy from the Faculty of Exact Sciences of the National University of Salta (2010). Professor at the Faculty of  Fine Arts (UNLP) (2007 to present). Adjunct Researcher at CONICET (National Institute of Technology). She works on topics such as sustainability, habitat, renewable energy, the environment, bioclimatic architecture, environmental auditing, and sustainable building design.

Gustavo San Juan, Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentine. Architect. Specialist and Master's degree in Environment and Environmental Pathology. PhD in Sciences: Renewable Energy. Full Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), 
(UNLP). Professor-Researcher Category I (one). Full-time. Principal Researcher at 
CONICET. Director of the "Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC)", 
Director of the "Environmental Models and Design Laboratory (LAMbDA)" (2003 to present). Design  experience ranging from small-scale housing to complex hospitality and healthcare buildings, 
primarily related to bioclimatic architecture.

Joel Asambuyo, Institute for Research and Policies on the Built Environment (IIPAC), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National University of La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentine. Architecture student. Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, UNLP. Research Training Fellow at IIPAC on sustainable thermal insulation applied to building envelopes.

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2025-11-14

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Esparza, J., Viegas, G. M., San Juan, G. A., & Asambuyo, J. E. (2025). Housing deficit and building regeneration in popular neighborhoods of the La Plata District, Argentina: Collaborative strategy between technical actors and residents. Anales De Investigación En Arquitectura, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.18861/ania.2025.15.2.4155

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025)

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