ARCH-4980.1 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer

CHARTER CITY
An Investment in Change

AVIEL RAPPOPORT

The Goal of this proposal is to initiate change in a stagnant environment. The project will implement research from case studies into Fordlandia, special economic zones in China, and imperialistic architecture to try and remedy the improper housing and unemployment rate that faces Argentina right now. The charter city will be situated south of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.

Right now in Buenos Aires the villas which are urban slums are becoming overpopulated and are unsuitable for human habitation. This coupled with the unemployment rate which is not helping people get out of the financial situation they are in prevents them from leaving the villas. The new city will provide people from the surrounding area an opportunity for a job, home, and new community that will grow and eventually be owned by the people that inhabit the city. The city will not be a factory town and will not be owned by one enterprise or individual. It will also not indenture people to work for the companies there. The people and the government of the new city will be appointed and the constitution of the new city its charter will be drafted by the initial people that invested in its ideals. This will act as the catalyst to start a new economic growth in the country and hopefully it will pave the way for multiple new cities within the country.