Grupo Finca in Cuba: "We Found in the Informality of Our City a Legal Void Where We Can Operate"

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Resisting an adverse context and navigating its restrictions, Grupo Finca emerges, a collective that explores the practice of architecture from an artistic and pedagogical dimension in Havana, Cuba. Given the complexity of the country's political and social situation, informal architecture is common: low resources, difficulty in obtaining materials, high costs, and a lack of skilled labor, among other challenges, are some of the obstacles faced by independent architecture professionals. Coupled with the absence of a regulatory legal framework that would allow them to work formally in the labor market or acquire materials and supplies, the construction of contemporary architecture in Cuba is relegated to independent processes that can somehow overcome these barriers.

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Cite: Pintos, Paula. "Grupo Finca in Cuba: "We Found in the Informality of Our City a Legal Void Where We Can Operate"" [Grupo Finca en Cuba: "Encontramos en la informalidad de nuestra ciudad un vacío legal donde podemos operar"] 12 Sep 2024. ArchDaily. (Trans. Piñeiro, Antonia ) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1021002/grupo-finca-in-cuba-we-found-in-the-informality-of-our-city-a-legal-void-where-we-can-operate> ISSN 0719-8884

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