Integrated social reconstruction homes in Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
Cooperación Comunitaria A.C., 2018
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Summary :
In September 2017 the most powerful earthquake in Mexico’s history badly damaged the traditionally built homes of indigenous communities in Oaxaca. The municipal government moved in to demolish them – destroying the architectural heritage that the families depended on for their livelihoods and replacing it with modern and inadequate housing. But the intervention of local NGO Cooperación Comunitaria A.C. changed everything – galvanising the community to build homes not only able to withstand earthquakes, but also constructed using traditional techniques and tailored to the climate and culture.