ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/960054/white-elephant-new-headquarters-of-the-human-development-and-habitat-ministry-direccion-general-de-arquitectura-plus-mduyt-plus-gcba Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000 Valeria Silva https://www.archdaily.com/960054/white-elephant-new-headquarters-of-the-human-development-and-habitat-ministry-direccion-general-de-arquitectura-plus-mduyt-plus-gcba The White Elephant (Elefante Blanco in Spanish) was an abandoned building, originally intended in 1923 to be the biggest hospital in Latin America. The structure, unfinished since the cease of works in 1955 and in ruins without the possibility of recovery and functionalization, was located in the Commune 8 inside Ciudad Oculta in Villa Lugano, Buenos Aires, near the intersection of Avenues Eva Perón and Piedra Buena. After several studies, it was established to demolish the existing structure and to develop a project for the New Headquarters of the Ministry of Human Development and Habitat alongside new recreational public spaces.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/911993/child-development-centre-commune-8-direccion-general-de-arquitectura-plus-mduyt-plus-gcba Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/911993/child-development-centre-commune-8-direccion-general-de-arquitectura-plus-mduyt-plus-gcba The new Child Development Centre is located in the neighbourhood of Villa Lugano (Commune 8), at the corner of avenues Escalada and Fernández de la Cruz. The project derives from the need of relocating the previously existing centre, located inside the perimeter of the future Olympic Village. It also takes the opportunity to satisfy the needs of its users –children ranging from 45 days to three-year old– with better services and facilities.

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