WHAT WE’RE SEEING
23 April 2013
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Image from accompanying exhibition Venice Takeaway: Ideas to Change British Architecture
Fideicomiso is a new type of urban housing development emerging out of Argentina. This talk on 23 April held at the RIBA investigates this model as a possible solution to incite housing development in the UK and whether it is the most appropriate way to create new and original housing while improving design quality. Fideicomiso is a type of legal trust that has come out of economic crisis over the last few years. The trust allows architects to initiate and develop their own projects and has come to represent a business model for architects to develop housing blocks with multiple investors, who are often future occupiers of the building. The discussion is chaired by Alastair Donald of the British Council with:
Elias Redstone – Independent Curator
Sebastian Adamo – Adamo Faiden architects, Buenos Aires
Dickon Robinson – Chair, Building Futures
David Kohn – Kohn Architects, London
For more information and to book tickets, visit: RIBA
