@article{Samaniego_2012, title={Review of the industrialization of housing and three experiences of construction systems in Latin America}, volume={1}, url={https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/estoa/article/view/281}, DOI={10.18537/est.v001.n001.04}, abstractNote={<p>This article tries to present, in a synthesized way, a set of variables obtained from an inventory of 123 construction industrialized techniques, prepared by a group of American researchers, listed in the First catalog of industrialized techniques for the low-cost housing in Latin America and the Caribbean with the coordination of the architect Walter Kruk.</p><p>The variables refer to the extent of the use of industrialized techniques, the kind of techniques, materials, periods of development, the intensity of the investment and the type of labor; which, in general, allow to identify the characteristics of the construction companies that have opted for the path of industrialization. This part concludes with a description of the technological profile of a Latin American company.<br />Finally, to illustrate the main features of the building systems that use industrialized techniques in Latin America it concludes with a brief review of three successful and innovative experiences for low cost housing as the sytems BENO in Argentina, SANDINO in Cuba and SANCOCHO in Venezuela.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Review experiences, industrialized techniques, housing, Latin America.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Estoa. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism}, author={Samaniego, Augusto}, year={2012}, month={Jun.}, pages={23–29} }