Photography and public architecture in Argentina. A century in images

Abstract

The Documentation and Information Center (CDI) of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance (Argentina) develops information products and services related to economic, technical and legal issues, and the official architectonic heritage. The activities undertaken contribute to the creation of local knowledge, in a context of increasing global access. These activities involve integrated project design and implementation, and respond to or anticipate users´ demands with products that add value to collections. Here we showcase our experience in the treatment of blueprints and photographs referring to the construction of public buildings. Collected by the Center for Documentation and Research on Public Architecture (CeDIAP), these were used as raw materials to work on a specific task related to the construction and dissemination of the building´s history, within the framework of a wider project which undertakes the construction and dissemination of the ministry´s institutional memory.