Argentina's Patagonia region is a vast swath of land that spans the provinces of Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, and even parts of La Pampa, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires. Although it is the largest region within the country, it is also the least populated and, therefore, markedly rural and isolated. This isolation forms the basis for Thibaud Poirier 's “Houses of Patagonia”, where he offers a visual registry of the houses found throughout the region in an attempt to capture the similarities that define the region's architectural style.
The houses photographed are found in El Chaltén, a town founded in 1985 in the midst of a border dispute between Argentina and Chile. Forming part of the Santa Cruz region, the town's population, according to a 2010 census, currently stands at just 1,627 permanent residents.
