Candelaria Low Cost Housing Part 2 Project 2004 Diego Torres TorritiFernando Garcia-Huidobro VergaraNicolás Tugas Faundez Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Santiago | Chile From the PREVI – Lima Research, five points:01Pedestrian and vehicle separation promotes development of community organization 02A dwelling’s potential changes according to its location within the complex.03The initial dwelling is a support for a new image and uses.04Familiy groups are multiple and diverse, their evolutionary processes affect the dwelling growth.05The dwelling's growth around a patio ensures healthy living conditions.The Candelaria Plains Project stands on this points and covers them on,a 250 unit urban complex,3 different dwelling types,3 different building systems,7 prefabricated components,all subject of time and self-built intervention. TIME IS THE ARCHITECTOn-site research of PREVI-Lima revealed the unfolding of events in the lives of the inhabitants and the impact of those in terms of building changes. The following thesis emerged:1.-structure (both in its abstract and its material sense) sets the rules of the game. It is stable.2.-appearance (semblance of the project) is unstable and likely to change.Thus, abdicating the control of appearance but reinforcing the logistics of structure, ideas for a versatile and urbane low cost housing were pursued. These are currently implemented within the framework of the Elemental low-cost housing programme.