In Passing snapshot - Pots in a Row

A detail from the house where I was stationed on the Buenos Aires Open House

La noche de los Museos 2018 - Buenos Aires

This year was the 15th edition of the "Museum night" here in Buenos Aires.
With more tha 100 venues open to the public, the event was a succes even though the weather was rainy and muggy.

there were huge lineups at very emblematic places like the National Congress and the Confiterá El Molino which is being renovated by the city.

In many museus there was live music. I attended the "Aires del Plata wind ensemble" at the "Casa de la Cultura" in Avenida de Mayo.

Weekend Getaways - Reserva Ecologica Otamendi

Roughly 70 clicks north on Buenos Aires  on the way to Zarate lies 40 hectares of natural reserve protected by a National Park.
NIce to visit on a weekend or a free day you might have. Yo can get there by car or the slow but sure way, by train getting off at the train station that drops you off roughly 500mts away from the main entrance

Ten top pizza joints in Buenos Aires - Runner ups - Ambrosio - Abasto

Ambrosio Horno a Leña located at Guardia Vieja 3552 in the Abasto neighbourhood in Buenos Aires is one of those tratoria typre restos that survided the times and continues to serve the classical Porteño pizza.

Open dayly it also has a mean picada, the local version of a before dinner apetizer.

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.