Buildings U

Description

Side-view of the details of a one-story, wooden house with a zinc, gabled roof located in the town of Hatillo. The house is surrounded by a porch and it has a low concrete wall sustained by columns. The porch is decorated with chairs, armchairs, and plants in decorative pots. Also, children's toys and tables with matching chairs are visible. The residence has a single, wooden door and several lattice-style windows. The rest of the windows are aluminum, lattice-style and are surrounded by wooden moldings, same as the door. To the far left, there is a closed garage with double, wooden doors.

Origin Name	CAJ_1019_N0028
Relation	Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 2 - Pruebas de contacto y negativos
Geographical Coverage	Hatillo
Date	1979
Descriptive Notes	The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following information is clarified: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o Earth Watch Volunteers". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated and show the same houses because they document other formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling and were taken on different occasions (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast).
Historical Background	Puerto Rican Society: Urban Zone - Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Plank construction Zinc Walls Tables (support furniture) Chairs (furniture forms) Flowerpots Sidewalks Gables (architectural elements) Swinging doors (doors) Moldings (object components) Porticoes Garages
Decolonial Subject	Communitarism
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image