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