Villa Silvina
By Manuela L’Erario, Martina Mastaglio, Merlina Aguel, Lucia Mazzeo
Villa Silvina was constructed in 1908. The Project was carried on by W. Basset – Smith. The architect was Pablo Carabelli. The chalet was of Diógenes de Urquiza. Actualy, the own is José Ciancarlinni.
It was first used as a unifamiliar dwelling. Today, it is a private school called: Mar del Plata Day School.
Villa Silvina is in the neighborhood that was called Divino Rostro. Nowadays it is called “Loma del Tiro de la Paloma”. In one of the most prestigious zones of Mar del Plata, Villa
Silvina is a very important dwelling which shows the particular style of the past summers. It has a very big park, with a lot of trees.
In 1911 Silvina Ocampo with her husband, Adolfo Vicente Bioy Casares, bought this dwelling.
Nowadays, it shows a compact scheme with adiments, but with complete roof. English Windows, bay-windows and guillotine, keepfires calls the attention in Villa Silvina, They are to name its doors with mirrors in both of their sides and its floor of Eslabonia wood.
Their owners do not let the entrance to the public to the institution just to take photos nor gather information for investigations.
They only let the entrance to students of the school, teachers and the people who works in the statement.
In our opinion, the house is beautiful, enormous, and nice to be enjoy, is decorative, but it was a pity that we couldn´t entered the house to take pictures, that was why we only have photos from outside Villa Silvina.
Bibliography: El patrimonio arquitectónico y Urbano de Mar del Plata. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (1997)
It was first used as a unifamiliar dwelling. Today, it is a private school called: Mar del Plata Day School.
Villa Silvina is in the neighborhood that was called Divino Rostro. Nowadays it is called “Loma del Tiro de la Paloma”. In one of the most prestigious zones of Mar del Plata, Villa
Silvina is a very important dwelling which shows the particular style of the past summers. It has a very big park, with a lot of trees.
In 1911 Silvina Ocampo with her husband, Adolfo Vicente Bioy Casares, bought this dwelling.
Nowadays, it shows a compact scheme with adiments, but with complete roof. English Windows, bay-windows and guillotine, keepfires calls the attention in Villa Silvina, They are to name its doors with mirrors in both of their sides and its floor of Eslabonia wood.
Their owners do not let the entrance to the public to the institution just to take photos nor gather information for investigations.
They only let the entrance to students of the school, teachers and the people who works in the statement.
In our opinion, the house is beautiful, enormous, and nice to be enjoy, is decorative, but it was a pity that we couldn´t entered the house to take pictures, that was why we only have photos from outside Villa Silvina.
Bibliography: El patrimonio arquitectónico y Urbano de Mar del Plata. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (1997)
Leopoldo Marechal Local Library
By Emilia Bouzas, Sol Benavides, Mariana Diaz
It was founded on July 2nd of 1934, but it was officially opened on February the 1st of 1935.
In the firsts years the Library worked in the City Hall, but then, in 1938, it moved to its actual location, because the space in the City Hall was too small, and more sections were being added. It was build by the arquitect Horacio Pando.
It’s located at 3108, 25 de Mayo St. Before it moved to its actual premises, there there was a High School.
Its style is modern and functional. On the ground floor it’s the children room, the novels room and the reception hall. On the first floor it’s the Silent Reading Room and the video room.
The Local Library is located in the cultural center Osvaldo Soriano. Sometimes, there are art expositions of many artists. The pictures are showed on the ground floor. Occasionally, there are photography expositions.
In the children room on Saturdays there is a workshop called “The Story Time” where beautiful stories of known authors are told to the little children to enjoy them. Sometimes, there are plays for the adults and the children.
Bibliography:
In the firsts years the Library worked in the City Hall, but then, in 1938, it moved to its actual location, because the space in the City Hall was too small, and more sections were being added. It was build by the arquitect Horacio Pando.
It’s located at 3108, 25 de Mayo St. Before it moved to its actual premises, there there was a High School.
Its style is modern and functional. On the ground floor it’s the children room, the novels room and the reception hall. On the first floor it’s the Silent Reading Room and the video room.
The Local Library is located in the cultural center Osvaldo Soriano. Sometimes, there are art expositions of many artists. The pictures are showed on the ground floor. Occasionally, there are photography expositions.
In the children room on Saturdays there is a workshop called “The Story Time” where beautiful stories of known authors are told to the little children to enjoy them. Sometimes, there are plays for the adults and the children.
Bibliography:
- Posters from the Library
- Telephone interview with Osvaldo Rodriguez (Tuki)
VILLA MITRE
by Franco Arto, Santiago Otegui, Juan Loustaunau
The villa, property of the Mitre family was originally formed by three blocks where there were the main house and two other auxiliary pavilions destined as the caretakers’ home. This house was built in 1930 and the plans were ordered by the architect Guillermo Fernandez Haitze.
It responds, in its general design, to the current picturesque movement, with elements of neo-colonial inspiration. At the moment the buildings subsist but the property was subdivided. In 1979 the main house was donated by Maria Delfina Astengo de Moores (niece of the Mitre family) to the Municipality of General Pueyrredón. Since February 10th, it lodges “Villa Mitre” Municipal Historical Museum.
The façade shows a homogenous rubblework treatment revoked with some stone details. The access to the house takes place through a gallery with three arcs which resemble more to an exit to the garden that like the main entrance.
In its interior, Villa Mitre displays a rather compact L plant scheme. On the ground floor it can be found the main hall rooms of reception. On the first floor, to which it can be reach through two flights of stairs, the carpentries with reduced arcs are complemented with painted windows. The roof show the characteristic Spanish roofing tiles.
Villa Mitre is located in the neighborhoods of the Capilla del Divino Rostro in a homogenous residential district of low density, characterized by the permanence of outstanding villas such as Villa Victoria, Villa Silvina which were constructed over great land extensions, with hierarchized green places. The set harmonizes with the natural means that surround it, rich in vegetal species on which it stands out clearly.
Bibliografía: “El patrimonio arquitectónico y urbano de Mar del Plata. 100 obras de valor patrimonial”. Editorial: Centro de estudios históricos, arquitectónicos y urbanos. Área editorial Universidad de Mar del Plata.
It responds, in its general design, to the current picturesque movement, with elements of neo-colonial inspiration. At the moment the buildings subsist but the property was subdivided. In 1979 the main house was donated by Maria Delfina Astengo de Moores (niece of the Mitre family) to the Municipality of General Pueyrredón. Since February 10th, it lodges “Villa Mitre” Municipal Historical Museum.
The façade shows a homogenous rubblework treatment revoked with some stone details. The access to the house takes place through a gallery with three arcs which resemble more to an exit to the garden that like the main entrance.
In its interior, Villa Mitre displays a rather compact L plant scheme. On the ground floor it can be found the main hall rooms of reception. On the first floor, to which it can be reach through two flights of stairs, the carpentries with reduced arcs are complemented with painted windows. The roof show the characteristic Spanish roofing tiles.
Villa Mitre is located in the neighborhoods of the Capilla del Divino Rostro in a homogenous residential district of low density, characterized by the permanence of outstanding villas such as Villa Victoria, Villa Silvina which were constructed over great land extensions, with hierarchized green places. The set harmonizes with the natural means that surround it, rich in vegetal species on which it stands out clearly.
Bibliografía: “El patrimonio arquitectónico y urbano de Mar del Plata. 100 obras de valor patrimonial”. Editorial: Centro de estudios históricos, arquitectónicos y urbanos. Área editorial Universidad de Mar del Plata.
CASINO AND PROVINCIAL HOTEL
by Joaquín Gutiérrez, Mateo Gómez, Martín Ribas
ARCHITECT: ALEJANDRO BUSTILLO
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION:
· 1939: Casino and the stage of the promenade.
· 1941: The rest of the promenade
· 1946: Provincial Hotel
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
·Surface: 148.900 m2
·Promenade: It has more than 800 lineal meters
·On the Ground Floor, external: Shops, Terraces, Dry square and stairs. Casino and Hotel with shops.
·Internal: Casino, Sports center, apartments and Dancing rooms (later transformed in Auditórium)
The Bristol Beach Urbanization has great patrimonial value and was conceived as a monument. The image of these two buildings became Mar del Plata’s classical image and a symbol of the tourist activity of a city considered the Argentina’s most important seaside resort.
These buildings are also a historical landmark because they were built during a period of prolific public Works and were the most important Project built in the city between 1935 and 1950. These were also the years during which the city abandoned its former role of elitist seaside resort and became a popular tourist attraction.
The urbanization consists of two huge, twin buildings ( the Casino and Provincial Hotel) linked by a wide promenade facing the sea. Between then there’s an extense dry square where we find two Fioravanti’s sculptures known as “The Seals”. The artist chose these animals because they are part of the typical local fauna. That’s why they are so important as an example of our natural patrimony.
The buildings are made of stones, which are considered the most durable of the building materials. Not only did the architect use a noble material but also he chose one that he could find in the nearby quarry of Batán.
The construction of these two buildings modified the urban landscape because of their location and their large scale. Being recognizable from a long distance, they became very important in the surrounding area.
Bustillo’s Project has a classical style that was used as a model for buildings construction in the surrounding area.
BIOGRAPHY OF ALEJANDRO BUSTILLO:
He was born in Buenos Aires on may 18th, 1889. He studied architecture but he was more interested in painting. In 1912 he won the First Prize of Painting of the National Arts Museum. In 1914 he received his architect degree. He worked in the country for five years. His first work was a countryhouse in Pila. After a trip to Paris he projected his first important work, the Bank of Tornquist in 1923.
Between 1924 and 1937 he did most of his work: the Llao-Llao Hotel in Bariloche, the Casino and Provincial Hotel in Mar del Plata, the National Bank in Buenos Aires and other public buildings in Misiones. After 1950 his work decreased. He wrote many books about architecture, aesthetics and philosophy. His last works are from 1977, a countryhouse in Cardales and a family house in Junín de los Andes. He died in Buenos Aires in November 3rd, 1982. He was 93 years old. He had done more than 250 projects.
OTHER WORKS BY ALEJANDRO BUSTILLO:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION:
· 1939: Casino and the stage of the promenade.
· 1941: The rest of the promenade
· 1946: Provincial Hotel
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
·Surface: 148.900 m2
·Promenade: It has more than 800 lineal meters
·On the Ground Floor, external: Shops, Terraces, Dry square and stairs. Casino and Hotel with shops.
·Internal: Casino, Sports center, apartments and Dancing rooms (later transformed in Auditórium)
The Bristol Beach Urbanization has great patrimonial value and was conceived as a monument. The image of these two buildings became Mar del Plata’s classical image and a symbol of the tourist activity of a city considered the Argentina’s most important seaside resort.
These buildings are also a historical landmark because they were built during a period of prolific public Works and were the most important Project built in the city between 1935 and 1950. These were also the years during which the city abandoned its former role of elitist seaside resort and became a popular tourist attraction.
The urbanization consists of two huge, twin buildings ( the Casino and Provincial Hotel) linked by a wide promenade facing the sea. Between then there’s an extense dry square where we find two Fioravanti’s sculptures known as “The Seals”. The artist chose these animals because they are part of the typical local fauna. That’s why they are so important as an example of our natural patrimony.
The buildings are made of stones, which are considered the most durable of the building materials. Not only did the architect use a noble material but also he chose one that he could find in the nearby quarry of Batán.
The construction of these two buildings modified the urban landscape because of their location and their large scale. Being recognizable from a long distance, they became very important in the surrounding area.
Bustillo’s Project has a classical style that was used as a model for buildings construction in the surrounding area.
BIOGRAPHY OF ALEJANDRO BUSTILLO:
He was born in Buenos Aires on may 18th, 1889. He studied architecture but he was more interested in painting. In 1912 he won the First Prize of Painting of the National Arts Museum. In 1914 he received his architect degree. He worked in the country for five years. His first work was a countryhouse in Pila. After a trip to Paris he projected his first important work, the Bank of Tornquist in 1923.
Between 1924 and 1937 he did most of his work: the Llao-Llao Hotel in Bariloche, the Casino and Provincial Hotel in Mar del Plata, the National Bank in Buenos Aires and other public buildings in Misiones. After 1950 his work decreased. He wrote many books about architecture, aesthetics and philosophy. His last works are from 1977, a countryhouse in Cardales and a family house in Junín de los Andes. He died in Buenos Aires in November 3rd, 1982. He was 93 years old. He had done more than 250 projects.
OTHER WORKS BY ALEJANDRO BUSTILLO:
- In Mar del Plata: Town Hall; summer houses “Villa Devoto” and “Villa Ayerza”; country house “El Boquerón”.
- In Bariloche: Llao-Llao Hotel.
- In Buenos Aires: Argentine Nacional Bank.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- “La conquista de la playa Bristol” by María Ester Leiva - Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata)
- Alejandro Bustillo “La construcción del escenario urbano” – CEDODAL (Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires)