Co-founder of the Grupo Austral, which recognized that urban architecture must holistically look at the needs of the city and its culture

After obtaining her degree from the School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires Villa became involved with the founding of the Grupo Austral in 1938. This group of architects were particularly noted for bringing the modernist movement to Argentina. They were the first group to recognize that the urbanist movement must holistically look at the needs of the city and its culture, rather than randomly building individual structures. They advocated for green space, parks and streets to be designed for meeting the needs of growth and attempted to bring scientific analysis into city planning. While they viewed cultural development as a key component of architectural identity, they did not believe in preserving historic structures for the sake of history but rather whether analysis proved a structure had adaptability to future societal growth and functionality.

Category:
Architecture - Urban planning

Completion Status:
yes

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