Buenos Aires is a city of sharp social and economic contrast. Behind the glamour of the “formal” city, large areas of marginal lands are occupied by “spontaneous” settlement, or the “informal” inhabitants. Villa 31 is located on vacant railroad and port authority land, in the margins of one of the wealthiest central districts of the city.

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This project aims to address the problems caused by the rapid and unregulated growth of Villa 31. The standardized yet personalizable system will provide an expandable and flexible nourishing learning environment for the children. It is a Regeneration system at the same time, offering the settlement with safe basic infrastructural needs, such as energy and water, while serving as a filter mediating the drastic contrast between the formal and informal city. This equips the residents with a framework they can use to manage a more systematic and controlled growth in the future.