
Social Rental Housing
Las Cruces, Bogota, Colombia
TEAM:
Juan Sebastián Vargas
Project Director:
Jaime Hernández García
The traditional homeownership model in Bogotá has failed to address the housing deficit for vulnerable populations due to savings barriers, limited credit access for informal workers, and diverse economic priorities. This has cemented informal rental practices (daily payments, rooming houses, renting individual rooms or floors), a modality which, despite often precarious conditions, accounts for 40% of Bogota's housing tenure. Historically, it has been delegitimized as a real housing solution.
This project revalues specific informal living dynamics, particularly shared housing or co-housing, as a valid alternative that responds to the needs of migrant populations and expands the boundaries of architectural knowledge. The proposal aims to understand renting as a genuine solution, optimizing spatial efficiency and communal services, to mitigate the quantitative and qualitative housing deficit in the Bogotá context.
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