To celebrate its tenth edition, Open House will open the doors of more than 160 spaces and buildings of great architectural, cultural, and heritage value in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires on October 1 and 2, 2022. As it does every year, this architecture and urbanism festival will offer the public the opportunity to rediscover the city's architecture and urban design, as well as its people, stories, and anecdotes, through free activities, visits, gatherings, and tours.
Contributing to the program of the 18th International Architecture Biennial of Buenos Aires, Open House Buenos Aires aims to reflect on Future Heritage by offering a new perspective on the city, opening up high-quality private spaces, and bringing architecture closer to its inhabitants. The program will reflect not only on the city's architecture and inherited heritage but also on contemporary architectural examples that engage in dialogue with historical heritage.
For the 2022 edition of Open House Buenos Aires, almost all buildings can be visited without prior registration. Visitors can find information about each site (location, opening days and hours, and descriptions) on the website. It is worth noting that while most sites do not require registration, several have limited capacity.
"This year we celebrate 10 years of Open House Buenos Aires, returning to the original format: in this edition we will tour more than 160 buildings guided by their owners, the architects who created them, and a team of more than 800 volunteers who will be joining us." – Organizers of the 2022 edition
Starting September 20, online registration will open for the following buildings: Galileo Galilei Planetarium, Banco Hipotecario (former Bank of London), Barrio Parque Los Andes, New Buenos Aires Government Headquarters, Banco Macro Corporate Building, La Inmobiliaria Building (former Henlein Palace), Mueblería Díaz (9 de Julio Chalet), Zanjón de Granados, CeDIAP, IBM Building, and the Kirchner Cultural Center.
Below, discover all the spaces open for visits. For more information, visit the website.
Cultural
- Amigos del Bellas Artes - May Revolution Sesquicentennial Pavilion / Jannello, Fraile and Gómez Alaiz
- Arthaus Central - Former Banco de Italia / Cherny Berdichevsky Arqs.
- Asociación Argentina de Cultura Inglesa / Aslan and Ezcurra
- Bubble Studios / Ramiro Zubeldia
- Buenos Aires Museum - BAM
- Casal de Catalunya / Eugenio Campllonch i Peró and Julián García Nuñez
- CeDIAP
- 'Gran Rex' Cinema-Theater / Alberto Prebisch, Adolfo T. Moret
- Ecoparque
- Tomás Adolfo Ducó Stadium / Curutchet, Giraldez and Olivera
- Kirchner Cultural Center / Bares y Asociados (B4FS) and Becker-Ferrari
- Faena Art Center / Mc Cormack Asociados (Mike Mc Cormack, Pedro Wofcy, and Sebastián Balbuena)
- Falena
- Cassará Foundation / Ana María Carrio (adaptive reuse)
- IDA Foundation
- Bisman Ediciones Architecture Gallery and Residence
- Grand Temple of Argentine Freemasonry / Charles Henry Pellegrini (first stage), Francisco Tamburini (second stage)
- MACBA / Vila Sebastián Arquitectos
- Marq. Museum of Architecture and Design / Scott & Hume (1915), Julio Kesselman (2008), Marco Polchowsky (2017)
- Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires / Giovanni Chiogna, Dujovne-Hirsch and Grinberg-Dwek-Sartorio-Iglesias (adaptive reuse), Daniel Becker (expansion and restoration)
- Evita Museum / Carabassa Family, Estanislao Pirovano
- Fernández Blanco Museum. Palacio Noel Venue / Martín Noel
- Modern Museum / Emilio Ambasz (Adaptive reuse)
- Roca Museum / Francisco Squirru
- Xul Solar Museum / Pablo Tomás Beitía
- Zanjón de Granados / Jorge Eckstein (creator and general project director), Vaca Bononato (initial stage), Alvarenga, Schavelzon (archeology), Urdampilleta (structure)
- Usina del Arte / Giovanni Chiogna
- Torre Monumental / Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter
- Proa 21 - Cichero Mansion
- Galileo Galilei Planetarium / Enrique Jan, Carlos Lauger
Educational
- Scout House / BAAG
- UM Postgraduate Building / Estudio Borrachia
- Universidad Torcuato di Tella Sáenz Valiente Building / Josep Ferrando Architecture
- Ecos School / Chiurazzi-Díaz-Díaz
- UBA School of Engineering
- Jacarandá Kindergarten / Irene Joselevich, Ana Rascovsky
- UMET / Film Obras de Arquitectura
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) / Urgell - Fazio - Penedo - Urgell
Architecture Studios
Government
- AGN - President Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Building. Auditoría General de la Nación / Locatti (original), Martínez (restoration)
- New Government Headquarters of Buenos Aires / Foster & Partners, BBRCH, Estudio Minond
- Constitución Transportation Hub / Vila Sebastián Arquitectos
- 'La Prensa' Newspaper Building. Casa de la Cultura / Carlos Agote and Alberto Gainza
- Former National Library. Directorate of Music and Dance CABA / Carlos Morra
- City of Buenos Aires Recycling Plant / Ministry of Environment and Public Space, Undersecretariat for Public Space Use, General Directorate of Urban Renewal
- Lezama Palace / McCormack Asociados
Hospitality
- AQ Tailored Suites / Eliaschev, Ossani
- Casaparana / Arquitectónika. Darío López, Laura Leyt, Marcelo López, Mariana Yablon. Collaborator: Alexia Barousse
- NH Buenos Aires City / Miguel Madero, Julio A. Noble. Remodeling: Urgell-Fazio-Penedo-Urgell. Interior design: Caparra, Entelman y Asociados
- NH Collection Buenos Aires Jousten / Chersanaz and Pérez Irigoyen. Remodeling: Urgell - Fazio - Penedo - Urgell - Fernandez - Otero and Caparra - Entelman
- NH Collection Buenos Aires Lancaster / Acevedo, Becú and Moreno
- Palladio Hotel / Parysow + Schargrosky
- Pasaje Belgrano
- Up Tribeca Courtyard / Gaspard Bornhauser
- Patios de San Telmo / Arquitectura Neumann-Kohn
Infrastructure
- Chacarita Cemetery. Sixth Pantheon / Itala Fulvia Villa and Clorindo Testa
- Palermo Racecourse
- Nicolás Avellaneda Transporter Bridge
Offices
- Seguí Studio Apartment / Carol Burton
- Aráoz 2193. Instituto Integral / Alejandro Virasoro and Ferruccio Corbellani
- Banco Hipotecario - Former Bank of London / Clorindo Testa, Sánchez Elia, Peralta Ramos, Agostini
- Bencich Hnos. Córdoba Building / Eduardo Le Monnier
- Bencich Tucumán and Esmeralda Building / Eduardo Le Monnier
- Comega Building / Enrique Douillet, Alfredo Joselevich, Alberto Stein
- Banco Macro Corporate Building / César Pelli
- 'Bencich' Rental Building / Eduardo Le Monnier
- IBM Building / Mario Roberto Álvarez
- Miguel Bencich Building / Eduardo Le Monnier
- Otto Wulff Building / Morten F. Rönnow
- Perfil Publishing House / Arquitectos Plaghos y Asoc.
- Espacio Lerma / Delfina Riverti, Santiago Passalacqua
- Espacios Balux - Former Balux Factory
- VSA Studio / Marcelo Vila, Adrián Sebastián
- HIT3 / Alejandro Gawianski
- Huerta Cowork / Flora Estudio - Facundo Fernandez
- Line Park Office / AS ARQUITECTOS | Paula Anchezar - Juan Martín Santagada | Project Manager - María de los Ángeles Guglielmini
- Mercedes 3880 / Estudio MMCV
- Miñones Office Campus / Adamo-faiden
- New Santander Corporate Building / Urgell – Penedo – Urgell Arquitectos, Lynch Pierantoni López Vago Rodríguez
- Niceto Offices and Clothing Showroom / Ana Smud and Daniel Zelcer + Camila Jalife
- Palacio de Aguas Corrientes / John Bateman, Olaf Petrus Boye, and Carlos Nyströmer
- Pasaje Tres Sargentos 436 / Sánchez, Lagos and De La Torre
- ATC Argentina Televisora Color / Manteola, Sánchez Gómez, Santos, Solsona, Viñoly, Sallaberry and Tarsitano
- Venue / Lerner Raffo Arquitectos
- YPF Tower - Puerto Madero / Cesar Pelli
Religious
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus / Guillermo Wheeler - Rómulo Ayerza
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (UCA) / Urgell - Penedo - Urgell, Gustavo Vago, Andrea López, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Verena Schifman, Anabela Isasi, Lucas Pulice, María Zuker, Luciana Ferro, Estanislao Arranz
Healthcare
- Guayaquil Veterinary Clinic / Sebastián Adamo, Marcelo Faiden
- Schere Laboratory / Amancio Williams
Mixed-Use
- Aberg Cobo / Walter Basset Smith, Bertie H. Collcut, Lacroze, Miguens, Prati
- Barrio Mugica / Government of the City of Buenos Aires
- El Salvador 5218 Building / Dieguez Fridman - Sergio Cantarovici and Sean Fabre (Concept, Development, and Interiors)
- La Inmobiliaria Building (Heinlein Palace) / Luigi Broggi
- Artists' Studio Building / A. Bonet, R. V. Vera Barros, A. López Chas
- Galería Arax / Antonio Bonet
- Galería Buenos Aires / Conde, Follet and Farmer
- Galería del Este
- 'Güemes' Gallery and Viewpoint / Francesco T. Gianotti
- Galerías Larreta / Aslan and Ezcurra
- Balcarce Palace / Walter Basset Smith
- Micaela Bastidas Park / Joselevich, Novoa, Garay, Magariños, Sebastián, Vila, Cajide, Verdecchia
- Cristina Dartiguelonge Workshop / L. Shiappapietra Builder
- Malabia 933 Housing / Studio AI
- Öss Kaffe / FIM Arquitectura
Collective Housing
- 11 de Septiembre 3201 / Julián Berdichevsky
- 3 de Febrero / Caram Aguirre Arquitectos
- Acuña 1664 / Caram Aguirre Arquitectos
- AER Pasaje / Cubero Rubio
- Amenabar 1361 / Miguel Ángel Galán, Missa Titiunik
- Aráoz 967 / BAAG
- Barrio 20 / Teams from the City Housing Institute, FADU, and the Neighborhood Participatory Management Board
- Barrio Olímpico / Ministry of Urban Development
- Barrio Parque Los Andes / Fermín Bereterbide
- Playón Chacarita Neighborhood / City Housing Institute and Neighborhood MGP
- Rodrigo Bueno Neighborhood / City Housing Institute Team and Neighborhood Participatory Management Board
- Bonpland 1548 / MOGS Molinari Gorodner Spotorno
- Casa Cubo / Michatek Skarstad Arqs.
- Casa Viacava / Virginio Colombo
- Conde 1113 Building / Leonardo Rietti - Daniel Zelcer - Liliana Smud
- Casa de Amigos Cooperative
- La Positiva Housing Cooperative / Cooperativa La Positiva, Arch. Jorge Manulli and Marcelo Cataneo
- El Molino Housing Cooperative
- Saraza Housing Cooperative
- La Fábrica Cooperative
- Donado 2325 Building / Natalia Del Giudice (Junta arquitectas) and Lautaro Malnatti
- 11 de Septiembre 3966 Building / Del Puerto-Sardin
- Ciudad de la Paz 90 Building / Caram Aguirre Arquitectos
- Commodore Building / PLANTA | Joselevich, Rascovsky
- Conesa 4560 Building / Adamo Faiden
- Corrientes 6365 Building / Rietti Schraier Zelcer + Daniel Zelcer
- 'Sucre 4444' Residential Building / Javier Esteban - Romina Tannenbaum
- Franklin 684 Building / Tovo Sarmiento arquitectos
- Gribone Building / Ventura, Virzi
- Conde Building - Entreverdes Colegiales / Estudio Abramzon + Estudio ZZarq
- El Salvador 2 Building - Floralis / Estudio Abramzon
- Freire 1042 / Estudio Dumont
- Habana 3906 / Fasán-Gagliardi Arquitectos
- JA1205 Building / Cubero Rubio
- Jorge Newbery / Estudio AFRA
- Santos Dumont Neighborhood / Carlos Cottet, Victoria Iachetti
- LIV Guatemala (under construction) / ATV Arquitectos
- MendozaHo / Grupo Uno en Uno
- Navarro 4987 / Cosenza - Trejo
- Olaguer 3136 Building / Pablo Vela, Sebastián Vela and Laura Schächter arquitectos, VS arqs
- Olaguer 3179 Building / Pablo Andres Vela, Laura Schächter and José Rubel / Francisco Moskovits, Cristian Silva (preliminary design phase)
- Pasaje Olleros 3951
- Quesada 3155 Building / Diego Cherbenco + Gustavo Robinsohn
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1457 / Gris Arquitectura + Estudio Gramo + Ariel Kitay Arquitectura
- Virrey Avilés / Juan Campanini - Josefina Sposito
- Vitta Palermo / Grupo Uno en Uno
- Larralde 2763 Housing / Federico Borghini, Fernán Goldin, Maercelo Saad
- Superí 3226 Housing / Alonso&Crippa
- Washington 2729 Building / Valeria del Puerto-Horacio Sardin, Hugo Grinberg-Graciela Konterllnik
- Zapiola 301 / Cottet Iachetti
Live-Work Homes
Single-Family Homes
- Bolívar House / Estudio Geya
- Casa Calise 2 / Virginio Colombo
- Corner House / Nicolás Pinto da Mota and Victoria María Falcón
- Fernandez Blanco House / Alejandro Christophersen
- Giribone House / Estudio Sava
- Casa O / L. Shiappapietra Builder
- Roseti House / Estudio Damero
- Virasoro House / Alejandro Virasoro
- Cazadores / Hanselmade
- Mueblería Diaz - 9 de Julio Chalet
- José Mármol PH / Estudio Yama
- Superí PH Renovation / Juan Manuel Galleano + Junta Arquitectas
- Fonrouge House / Fabrizio Pugliese
Open House Buenos Aires is part of the Open House Worldwide network. The concept is hosted each year in more than 30 cities, including London (the founding city), Melbourne, New York, Rome, Madrid, Helsinki, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Lisbon, among others. One weekend a year, each city invites its inhabitants to visit the most notable and influential examples of architecture, design, and urban planning for free.
- Date: October 1 and 2, 2022
- Organized by: Cohabitar Urbano (Non-profit civil association created under the premise of fostering the creative bond between the city and its people)
- Members: Santiago Chibán, Georgina Gabrielli, Ricardo Pomphile, Ignacio Queraltó, María Elisa Rocca.
- Contact: info@openhousebsas.org
- Website: http://www.openhousebsas.org/
- Social Media: IG: @openhousebsas / TW: @openhousebsas / FB: @openhousebsas
- YouTube Channel: Open House Buenos Aires
This article was written by Agustina Iñiguez. The translation is powered by AI.
