2018 Open House Buenos Aires - Visiting Buildings

A great time I had this year visiting the different architectural wonders in the city of Buenos Aires.

From private homes to churches and Skyscrapers, Buenos Aires is a complete city with most of the classic and contemporary architectural styles.

The one I liked the most was the Edificio Republica located in Tucuman 1 at the finance district in Buenos Aires, built by Cesar Pelli a renowned international architect.

2018 Open House Buenos Aires - Stationed at a house

Being a volunteer with the Open house you get to be stationed at one of the 100 premises that are open to the public to visit.
This year I was stationed a the "PH Thames" in the neighbourhood of Palermo.

In Argentina "PH" means "propiedad Horizontal" used for house that are normally at street level and in theory do not have a first floor, even though some may have grown into several stories high.

This one in particular was a house from the 1920s renovated by the Alonso Crippa architectural firm. And was shown by one of the architects responsible for the job.

Volunteering for the 2018 Open House Buenos Aires

As mentioned in previous posts the Open House is an international event held in major cities rich with architectural heritage.
Here in Buenos Aires its the 6th edition held on October 27 and 28 2018.
This year I joined the event as a volunteer which has obligations and privileges.

Yesterday I went to the opening conference held at the fundación casaba downtown. It was about the process of urbanising informal settlements in the city of Buenos Aires.

In Passing snapshot - Bow tie rider

Another shot from the 2018 DGR.

At the Autoclasica 2018 in San Isidro

Another edition of the Auto Clasica held yearly at the San Isidro horse racing track has come to an end.

With a wide variety of vintage cars from Argentina and worldwide.

This is a show worth visiting at least once if you are a car buff.

In passing snapshot - Barbecue fog

Asador at one of the kiosks at the Barbecue championship in Mataderos

In Passing snapshot - From the DGR 2018

One of the many Harley fans at the 2018 DGR

The youth olimpic games in Buenos Aires

This years edition of the youth olimpic games was held in Buenos Aires.

There are 5 seats in which to see the competitions. I had the chance to go to the Olimpic villa and the green park.

At the Muza 5k in Buenos Aires

The Muza 5k is a local blend of Pizza orgy with Marathon in which the participants walk 5km along the renowned Avenida Corrientes visiting 7 pizza parlours located along it.

this year it gathered 1500 participants all clad in their 5k t-shirts.

starting in Chacarita and ending downtown, participants get to sample a slice of pizza at every stop.

Spirits were high among walkers which would chat slogans like "Who does´nt eat pizza does´nt love his mom", lol

the oven crews and servers were also at their peak confronting waves of pizza lovers that would crowd the restaurants like ants on a pray.

At th end of the walk there were ballot boxes to cast your vote on the best pizza joint.

The Distinguished Gentlemans Ride, Buenos Aires 2018

The distinguished Gentlema´s ride ord DGR is an international charity event thar gathers dapper riders with vintage motorbikes, this year it was held on September 30th 2018.

With close to 1million men losing their lives annually from suiside and prostate cancer, the Bueno´s Aires chapter has beeen doing it here for five years and it gathers the cities vintage bike riders.

There are rules for assisting regarding the type of bike and garments to wear. 

I have to say that the organisation was excellent and there was a great selection of vintage bikes in perfect state, like a museum on wheels.

Even though the weather was not the best the ride went on riding through the most emblematic areas of Buenos Aires.