Fachadas
2013
Lima has gone through massive
transformations in the past hundred years, mainly because of migration waves in different moments of history.
Along this time, many old buildings have shifted purpose
many times and many of them have ended up abandoned.
In the frenzy of the big city, one pattern that goes unnoticed for most limeños is the huge amount of buildings that are not only unused but also boarded up to prevent use by other people.
Across all the 43 districts of Lima, boarded doorways and windows are just one element of the everyday landscape. Rising real estate prices and zoning regulation changes drive speculation, which makes this behavior even more common in a city where there are around half a million households in a precarious housing situation.
In the frenzy of the big city, one pattern that goes unnoticed for most limeños is the huge amount of buildings that are not only unused but also boarded up to prevent use by other people.
Across all the 43 districts of Lima, boarded doorways and windows are just one element of the everyday landscape. Rising real estate prices and zoning regulation changes drive speculation, which makes this behavior even more common in a city where there are around half a million households in a precarious housing situation.
