Concrete and large scale: dam,port and housing, complementary works in aular, puerto madryn, argentina (1969-1974)

Hormigón y gran escala: Presa, puerto y viviendas, las obras complementarias de la puesta en marcha de Aluar en Puerto Madryn, Argentina (1969-1974)

Fiorito, Mariana I.
Detalles Bibliográficos
2020
Technical innovations
Hydroelectric dam
workers housing
deep water port
industry
Patagonia
1970s
Innovaciones técnicas
Presa hidroeléctrica
viviendas obreras
puerto de aguas profundas
industria
Patagonia
1970s
Español
Universidad ORT Uruguay
RAD
https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/anales-de-investigacion-en-arquitectura/article/view/2966
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/4245
Acceso abierto
Derechos de autor 2020 Anales de Investigación en Arquitectura
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Resumen:
Sumario:From 1969, near the vicinity of the city of Puerto Madryn in the argentine Patagonia, the project to install an industrial plant for the production of primary aluminum was able to acquire the necessary strength during the de facto government of General Juan Carlos Onganía (1966-1970). Finally, after a public tender not unrelated to the country's political ups and downs and the opposition of local and foreign business groups, it was awarded to a group led by the national tire company FATE. The national state would guarantee the supply of energy from a hydroelectric plant on the Futaleufú river -550 km west of the city-, the execution of a deep-water port, in addition to other civil works. For its part, the private capital company executed the construction of housing complexes and its services for the employees who would move to work in the area. The aim of this article is to study the material conditions of these complementary works to the plant installation project that account for the use of reinforced concrete on large scales and, in the case of housing, the experimentation in industrial construction.