The Cuban House, Possible Repurposing and Redesign

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The Cuban House, Possible Repurposing and Redesign

p. 142-153

Received: jun. 9, 2022
Accepted: jun. 9, 2022
Published: jun. 9, 2022
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Keywords:
Industrial Designer
Private initiative
Entrepreneur-ship
Repurposing
Typology

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The Cuban House, Possible Repurposing and Redesign

Alejandro Rosales
Instituto Superior de Diseño de la UH
Cuba
Omara I. Ruiz
Instituto Superior de Diseño de la UH
Cuba

Abstract

The juncture of the renovation of past economic postulates in today?s Cuban society is acting as a catalyzer of phenomena associated to the change in visual image required by dwelling spaces that are being repurposed with private funding, some-thing unheard of in a very long time. The author briefly analyzes the role of the designer as a contributor to theme and aesthetic distinction, as well as the general conditions that make possible the activity of interior design in our specific environment.
This work is an early approach to the phenomenon that is the repurposing of existing spaces from their new usage value and aesthetic qualification. It takes into account the con-text of necessary cohabitation in all new proposals, embedded into compact preexisting urban segments, and their intrinsic plastic values legitimized by popular tradition.

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Rosales, A., & Ruiz, O. I. (2022). The Cuban House, Possible Repurposing and Redesign. A3manos, 2(2), 142–153. Retrieved from https://a3manos.isdi.co.cu/index.php/a3manos/article/view/32
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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): No. 2 - january - june / 2015
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Curriculum synthesis

Alejandro Rosales, Instituto Superior de Diseño de la UH

Diseñador Industrial y Master en Gestión del Diseño. Ejerció la docencia universitaria para la Carrera de Diseño Industrial en el ISDi y estuvo vinculado a otras instituciones académicas. Ha impartido conferencias en Cuba y el extranjero acerca de temas relacionados con el Diseño Industrial. Ganador de los premios de Diseño Industrial de BID-10 (Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño - Madrid) en 2010, el ONDi (Oficina Nacional de Diseño) en 2010 y como Profesor Orientador en el Salao Design Casa Brasil 2011. Dirige su propio proyecto relativo en el ámbito del Diseño de interiores.

Omara I. Ruiz, Instituto Superior de Diseño de la UH

Historiadora de Arte. Se ha desempeñado como docente e investigadora en el área del Diseño asociada a diferentes instituciones académicas desde 1996. Ha participado como conferencista en Cuba y el extranjero, además de realizar ejercicio de jurado en diferentes eventos nacionales. Ejerce la docencia como profesora de Historia del Diseño en Cuba y Cultura Cubana en el ISDi. Colabora como consultante con diversos proyectos de interiorismo free lance en Cuba.

References

Vidal Alejandro, Pavel y Pérez Villanueva, Omar. (2010). Se extiende el cuenta propismo en Cuba. Espacio Laical, 6(24), 53-58.

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Moreno Fraginals, M. (2014). El ingenio. La Habana: Edit. Ciencias sociales.