The dreams of collective housing from the modern movement mark the origin of a housing genealogy that this study establishes through the comparative analysis of 125 projects built in Mexico from the early 20th century to the present. Among them, we find works by renowned architects such as Juan O’Gorman, Luis Barragán, Mario Pani, Hannes Meyer, Alberto Kalach, and Frida Escobedo.
Based on period photographs and redrawn plans, this second edition of Vivienda colectiva en México, revised and expanded with new projects, not only examines the basic parameters of each of the works studied but also points out some of the fundamental issues that have accompanied the debates surrounding the collective housing formula, such as the problems of residential segregation, the idea of the productive home, or the role of current policies. A profound and comprehensive study that provides new keys for the construction of a habitat culture that investigates the relationship between what belongs to one and what belongs to all.
