Ciudad utópica Villa Frei
By: [edición de contenidos : Rodrigo Gertosio Swanston]
Publisher: Editorial Sa Cabana
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Language: spa; eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: History; Architecture; Apartment houses; Buildings, structures; Villa Frei (Santiago, Chile)
Description: The book compiles historical information about housing policy in Chile in the 1950's, focusing on the testimonies of the inhabitants of the "Timeless City" of Villa Frei (1965 - 1968), a residential complex designed by architects Jaime and Osvaldo Larraín and Diego Balmaceda. By request of the Caja de Empleados Particulares in 1965, and designed especially for the middle class, the architects developed a housing complex with more than 1,900 homes in in diverse buildings surrounded by large sections of public space and green areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199).

In Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Prologo / HumbertoEliash; title: La semilla: la gestión de las villas modernas en Chile (1953-1963); title: El proyecto de arquitectura (1963-1968); title: La historia de la Villa Frei (1968-2016); title: Tiempos de salir y mostrarse: el patrimonio Villa Frei y la declaratoria de Zona Típica; title: Las villas modernas en Chile: patrimonio en deuda.