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There are used by the goverment and other to give temporary housing to people after emergencies and [[natural disasters]], or to give an inexpensive house quickly homeless people.<ref name =lanacion1>{{es}} [http://www.lanacion.cl/gobierno-y-un-techo-para-chile-cumplieron-meta-de-40-mil-mediaguas/noticias/2010-05-18/011951.html Gobierno y Un Techo para Chile cumplieron meta de 40 mil mediaguas]. ''La Nación (Chile)'', 05/18/2010.</ref> |
There are used by the goverment and other to give temporary housing to people after emergencies and [[natural disasters]], or to give an inexpensive house quickly homeless people.<ref name =lanacion1>{{es}} [http://www.lanacion.cl/gobierno-y-un-techo-para-chile-cumplieron-meta-de-40-mil-mediaguas/noticias/2010-05-18/011951.html Gobierno y Un Techo para Chile cumplieron meta de 40 mil mediaguas]. ''La Nación (Chile)'', 05/18/2010.</ref> |
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The mediaguas are designed to be used temporarily, although it is common that they become permanent homes.<ref>{{es}} [http://www.revistaca.cl/2007/04/de-la-mediagua-a-la-vivienda-definitiva-obra-en-construccion/ De la mediagua a la vivienda definitiva: Obra en Construcción.]. ''Revista C.A.'', April of 2007.</ref> |
The mediaguas are designed to be used temporarily, although it is common that they become permanent homes.<ref>{{es}} [http://www.revistaca.cl/2007/04/de-la-mediagua-a-la-vivienda-definitiva-obra-en-construccion/ De la mediagua a la vivienda definitiva: Obra en Construcción.]. ''Revista C.A.'', April of 2007.</ref> The usual is that the mediaguas are built without sanitation or electricity.<ref name=lanacion2>{{es}} [http://www.lnd.cl/noticias/site/artic/20100417/pags/20100417200554.html Cuando el sueño de la casa propia hace (media) agua]. ''La Nación (Chile)''. 04/18/2010.</ref> |
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The usual is that the mediaguas are built without sanitation or electricity.<ref name=lanacion2>{{es}} [http://www.lnd.cl/noticias/site/artic/20100417/pags/20100417200554.html Cuando el sueño de la casa propia hace (media) agua]. ''La Nación (Chile)''. 04/18/2010.</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:41, 19 March 2011
Mediagua, is the name given in Chile to a type of prefabricated house, constructed of wood panels, which can be erected in less than a day. Their size is small, about 18 square meters.
There are used by the goverment and other to give temporary housing to people after emergencies and natural disasters, or to give an inexpensive house quickly homeless people.[1]
The mediaguas are designed to be used temporarily, although it is common that they become permanent homes.[2] The usual is that the mediaguas are built without sanitation or electricity.[3]
Elements
A standard mediagua, such as those installed by the housing foundation "Un techo para Chile" ("A Roof for Chile") is 18 square meters in area and dimensions of 6 m x 3 m, which is designed to house a family of 4 approximately.
They are made of 8 panels (2 floors, 2 sides, 2 front and 2 rear), two windows, one door, 8 sheets of zinc for the roof, plus 15 support logs of 80 cm long to isolate the house of the soil moisture. The house is divided in two rooms of 3 m x 3 m.[4]
History
In mid-nineteenth century began to appear around Santiago de Chile the first slums, where unskilled workers lived. They sanitation, safety and housing were deplorable. The houses were built with waste materials.[5]
The conditions had not changed by 1960. At that time groups associated with the Jesuits began to build mediaguas for poor people. In 1962 the Hogar de Cristo (Home of Christ) Foundation (founded by St. Alberto Hurtado) built 1000 mediaguas, and by 2010 they had built over 400,000 mediaguas in total.[3]
Mediaguas were built by the government to house the victims of the earthquakes in Valdivia (1960), La Ligua (1965), Santiago (1985) and Tocopilla (2007).[3]
After the 2010 Chilean earthquake the Housing Foundation "Un techo para Chile" ("A Roof for Chile") started a national campaign that brought the money to build more than 40,000 mediaguas for the victims.[1]
References
- ^ a b Template:Es Gobierno y Un Techo para Chile cumplieron meta de 40 mil mediaguas. La Nación (Chile), 05/18/2010.
- ^ Template:Es De la mediagua a la vivienda definitiva: Obra en Construcción.. Revista C.A., April of 2007.
- ^ a b c Template:Es Cuando el sueño de la casa propia hace (media) agua. La Nación (Chile). 04/18/2010.
- ^ Template:Es Especificaciones técnicas mediaguas Ministerio del interior de Chile.
- ^ Template:Es Marginalidad social en Santiago (1840-1920). Memoria Chilena. 2004.