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Photo Survey of the Tecnopolis Perimeter, Surrounding Sector and Significant Buildings in the Area

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Towns, municipalities, cities and neighbourhoods in the surroundings: downtown CABA, Tigre, San Isidro, Olivos, Florida, Villa Ballester, Munro, Villa Adelina, Villa Urquiza, Nuñez, Villa del Parque, San Martín.

The road structure surrounding and setting the limits of the site and adjacent areas:

Constituyentes Avenue, Zufriategui Street, Guillermo Manso Street, Balbín / Galván Avenues and Crisólogo Larralde Street, crossed by General Paz Ring Road, Triunvirato Avenue

The site is an area surrounded by Constituyentes Avenue, Zufriategui Street, Dr. Ricardo Balbin Avenue and Crisologo Larralde Street, and crossed by the General Paz Ring Road.

Constituyentes Avenue



Zufriategui Street

Zufriategui Street

Zufriategui Street

Guillermo Manso Street



General Paz Avenue

General Paz Avenue

Balbín Street

Balbín Street

Galván Street

Galván Street

Larralde Street

Larralde Street

Triunvirato Avenue

Triunvirato Avenue

The area / site comprises the following:

Sarmiento Park

Mujica Park / J.D. Perón Garden Neighbourhood

General Paz Park / Buenos Aires-Cornelio Saavedra History Museum

Argentine Army Campus

C.I.T.E.F.A.

Officers’ housing complex / EMGE recreational centre

Sirio-Libanes Club

Juan P. Esnaola Music School

Abandoned HoAo structure, currently belonging to the Ministry of Defence

China Embassy and Consulate

CEMIC Medical Centre / Teaching Hospital

I.N.T.A. National Institute of Agricultural Technology

Tres de Febrero National University

San Martín National University

I.N.T.I. National Industrial Technology Institute

C.A.C. Constituyentes Atomic Centre

C.N.E.A. National Atomic Energy Commission

Sports Field of Dr. Dámaso Centeno Military and Social Institute

Sarmiento Park

This park located in Saavedra neighbourhood was opened in 1981. It has an area of 70 hectares and it stands out for its major sports facilities, including 4 professional football fields; 2 futsal fields; 2 racquetball courts; 2 Olympic pools; 2 handball courts; 12 tennis courts (cement); 1 beach volley court; 1 softball court; 1 athletics track; 1 roller-skating rink, and 1 BMX freestyle park. Additionally, there are two fast-food restaurants, and parking and barbecue facilities. In recent years, the City Government conducted a series of renovation works at the park, including a new gymnasium, repairs to the outdoor pool and the tennis courts. The park also has a 3000 meter long bike lane and a jogging circuit. Activities include athletics, hockey, tennis and gym training sessions. During the weekends, the City Government organises the “Buenos Aires in sports shoes” program, offering free recreational activities for all ages.


Built during the first administration of President Peron, the Cornelio Saavedra Neighbourhood is a singular urban undertaking. Its 25 blocks of winding streets, the more than 400 Spanish colonial style houses, the broad gardens and the green belt surrounding the ensemble result in a unique district in Buenos Aires City. On November 10, 1949, the President Perón Neighbourhood was inaugurated in Buenos Aires, now called Cornelio Saavedra Neighbourhood. This area surrounded by General Paz Avenue, Presidente Sarmiento Park and General Paz Park is a key example of the urban development efforts carried out in Buenos Aires City by the Perón administration. Its singular design includes more than 400 houses distributed in 25 blocks. The green belt surrounding the ensemble with its winding streets, squares and broad gardens materialised the urban ideas of Ebenezer Howard, who in the late 19th century created the Garden City model. The neighbourhood was designed to respond to the influx of families that came from the provinces in search of opportunities in the big city. Its architectural style has been described as Californian; however, it would be more aptly called Colonial Spanish style.

General Paz Park / Buenos Aires Cornelio de Saavedra History Museum

Luis Maria Saavedra owned a farm that had an Italian-style manor built whose construction dated back to the 1870’s and 1880’s. Next to it were the housekeepers’ quarters, the butler’s house, a garage, sheds for the breeding of bulls and horses, corrals for sheep, goats and pigs, a pigeon house, and a milking yard. The farm was completed with the construction of an artificial lake and the landscaping of the gardens surrounding the house, now General Paz Park.1 Among the species planted by the owner, there was a specimen of timbo that still survives. On May 11, 2013, the tree entered the Registry of Historical and Notable Trees of the City of Buenos Aires, as noted by City Law No. 4527 published in the Official Gazette. This law was drafted thanks to an initiative of the socialist deputy Adrian Camps, who took an interest in a request of the Board of Historical Studies of the Núñez and Saavedra Neighbourhoods. In 1941, the farm that belonged to the nephew of Cornelio de Saavedra was destined as the seat of a new museum that would bear the name of the president of the First Argentine Government. The mayor Carlos Alberto Pueyrredón commissioned the refurbishment of the existing building to architect Manuel Augusto Dominguez, a specialist in colonial architecture, who decided to modify its architectural lines to adapt it to the style of the surrounding villas of Buenos Aires in the first half of the 19th century. The manor house was reduced in size, and the decoration and interior design were entrusted to the mayor’s wife and great-granddaughter of Brigadier General Cornelio de Saavedra, Silvia Saavedra Lamas de Pueyrredón. The old museum reopened its doors with a new name and its own headquarters on May 25, 1942, and the collections exhibited had to do with the national hero Saavedra. In 1947, this museum was combined with the Municipal Museum of Buenos Aires, at that time operating in a building located at Fray Cayetano 65. In 1955, the museum building was enlarged with the addition of two pavilions, due to the growth in the Museum heritage. In this way, the museum

building, located within the General Paz Park in the Saavedra neighbourhood, acquired the architectural structure that is seen today. The Windmill, one of the icons of General Paz Park, is located at the end of the property bordering the Saavedra neighbourhood. For this reason, the Buenos Aires Legislature declared it a Cultural Heritage Site.


Intelligence Battalion 601 was a special intelligence unit of the Argentine Army, whose structure was created in the late 1970’s and was dissolved in 1985. Battalion 601 or the so-called "the 601", was designed to be a repository of information, analysis and production of strategic military intelligence. Intelligence Battalion 601 was very active as an intelligence service during the last military government, particularly during the Malvinas/Falklands War. The 601 participated in the "cocaine coup" of 1980, organised by Luis García Meza Tejada in Bolivia, and trained the opponent units at the base of Lepaterique (Honduras) in the 1980s. Also, the elite members of this Argentine Army intelligence unit trained the members of Honduran Battalion 316. Later, the 601 provided assistance to third parties in Honduras and Guatemala to train the Nicaraguan opponents who, financed by the CIA, fought against the Sandinistas. In 1983, after the return to democracy, Rail Alfonsín drastically reduced the 601 by dissolving the unit and dismissing many of its members (Sanchez Reisse, Pascual Guerrieri and others), changing its "missions and functions" (and eliminating the agents on patrol), and creating the CRIM (Military Intelligence Gathering Centre).

C.I.T.E.F.A. / C.I.T.E.D.E.F.

Established by President Juan Domingo Perón through Decree 441/1954 on the basis of the Technical Department of the Military Manufacture Division, whose origin dated back to 1941, the Institute's mission was to provide technical support for production, and included foreign researchers and technicians. CITEFA, as it was called at the beginning, was one of the strategic pieces in the development of the national industry. Its contribution and engagement in the production of weapons and war materials were fundamental for the Defence manufacturing industry. The good professional standard of the establishment and the growing demand for technology and development led to its natural expansion and the diversification of its disciplines and skills. At the start, the Institute comprised several units that were geographically dispersed. In 1969, its operations were brought together on the nineteen hectares that it currently occupies in the town of Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires Province, including thirty-three thousand square meters of facilities dedicated to laboratories and workshops, as well as an off-site test bench, located in the grounds of the Military Factory of Villa María, Córdoba Province.

Officers’ housing complex / EMGE recreational centre

Sirio – Libanes Club / El Abierto Tennis Club

In 1925, a group of youngsters from the Syrian town of Homs organised an association called "La juventud Homsiense" (Homs Youth), and on May 6, 1938, the “Homs Club” was established, on the corner of Ayacucho Street and Pacheco de Melo Street in Buenos Aires City. The building was designed by one of the leading professionals of art-deco in Argentina, architect Alejandro Virasoro. On December 6, 1978, the institution changed its name to “Club Sirio Libanés de Buenos Aires”.1 In 1985, the club acquired the concession for the plot of land that it currently has, where it built major sports facilities, with two entrances, one at Galván 3960 and the other one at Triunvirato 6401.


"Juan Pedro Esnaola" Music School was created by Presidential Decree No. 35, on July 3, 1974, with the aim to expand opportunities for the community to access the sources of knowledge through state education centres throughout the national territory. Thus, the Ministry of Education of the Nation created schools for a large number of students in locations that were away from the large cities as well as in more remote districts of Buenos Aires City. Among others, the following educational establishments were created: Multipurpose Art Centres in La Rioja, Posadas, Esquel, San Isidro, Santa Rosa (La Pampa); Dance School I in Mataderos, and the Lola Mora School of Fine Arts in Villa Lugano (CABA). Since then, the Juan Pedro Esnaola Music School has trained teachers in different music instruments and specialties. In 1984, a high school programme was created for music students to complete their secondary education in the same institution. The option to take the regular high school programme is only for students of the specialised music programme; therefore, high school students can only attend this school if they are taking the music programme.

Abandoned HoAo structure, now belonging to the Ministry of Defence / C.I.T.E.F.A.

Chinese Embassy and Consulate

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Argentine Republic is the main diplomatic representation of China in the country. It is located at Crisólogo Larralde 5349, in Saavedra, Buenos Aires City.


University Teaching Hospital in Saavedra

. 24x7 Emergency unit

. Hospitalization

. Outpatient clinic without appointment (*)

. Outpatient clinic with appointment

The Director of the CEMIC Institution states:

“The Norberto Quirno Centre for Medical Education and Clinical Research (CEMIC) is a philanthropic organisation with the mission to promote and develop educational and technical training of medical students and graduates, to foster clinical research in all areas, and to stimulate and encourage the development of medical sciences and therefore the improvement of medical care.”

Florentino Molina Golf Range

With a track record of more than 40 years, Florentino Molina became a legend of Argentine golf. Since his early days as a golf professional back in 1959, he has won more than 80 national and international competitions. His notable achievements include the following tournaments: the Argentine Open, the Maracaibo Open, the Argentine Masters and PGA, the Peru International, and the Atlantic Open in Canada. He had an outstanding performance in the 1970’s when he alternated his wins at major competitions with Roberto de Vicenzo, Vicente Fernández, Luis Carbonetti, Adan Sowa and Fidel de Luca. In 1977, as a result of his great career, he received the Silver Olympia Award, a prize granted by the Sports Journalist Association of Argentina. During the 1980’s, he held major executive positions. He was the president of the Argentine Association of Golf Professionals (AAPG) and president of the Professional Golfers Association (JPGA). He is currently the leader of this project, making his extensive experience and knowledge available to all golfers.

Gas Tank on Constituyentes Avenue

For more than half a century, this monumental gas tank has been a landmark at the juncture of General Paz and Constituyentes Avenues. It stands on the property of the San Martin Operations Centre, now belonging to utility company Natural Gas BAN. Eighty-five meters tall and fifty meters in diameter, the tank used to be part of a coal gas and coke plant that supplied fuel mainly for residential and street lighting (old lampposts).

The gas tank at the intersection of General Paz and Constituyentes Avenues is the tallest structure that stands out in the area.

The control authority is the National Gas Regulator (ENARGAS).

Officers’ housing complex

Sports field of Dr. Dámaso Centeno Social Military Institute

In 1891, the first Board of Directors of the “Home for the Orphans of Military Men” was established. This association evolved and now operates with the name “Damaso Centeno Social Military Institute Charity” (ISMDDC), formally established in 1947. ISMDDC was created by Law 13.043 of October 2, 1947, based on the legacy of the previous institute, with the mission to provide the orphans of military men in an underprivileged position with the means to access education and support.

On August 27, 1968, by means of Decree 5.234, which regulated Law 17.877 (published in the Official Gazette on September 12, 1968), the Institute became the responsibility of the Military Command II MM, and the Charity Society kept the responsibility for managing the Home.

In November 1995, the “Dr Dámaso Centeno” Charity donated to the National Army the plot of Cachimayo 51, where the Home was based. The donation was accepted by Ministry of Defence Resolution 549 of June 29, 2002.

Since 1998, the ISMDDC has taken responsibility for the teaching and administrative supervision of Kindergarten 1 “General San Martín”. With the change in the reporting structure, the institution changed its name to ISMDDC – “General San Martín Annex” (Preschool).

I.N.T.A. National Agricultural Technology Institute

The National Agricultural Technology Institute (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, INTA) is a decentralised public agency with operational and financial autarchy, under the sphere of the Ministry of Agroindustry of the Nation. Created in 1956, its goals and efforts are focused on innovation as an engine for national development. As part of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation, it develops agroindustry capacity and takes part in networks to strengthen inter-institutional cooperation. Additionally, it produces knowledge and technologies that it makes available to different sectors of society, through its outreach, information and communication systems. INTA’s contributions allow the country to maximise its potential and create new opportunities to access regional and international markets with high value-added products and services. Created on December 4, 1956 by Decree-Law 21.680/56, this agency was designed to “promote, invigorate and coordinate the development of agricultural research and extension, and accelerate, with the benefits of these fundamental functions, technical advances and agribusiness and rural improvements.” Technology transfer and outreach activities have led to the creation of rural extension units distributed throughout the national territory, to serve the needs of the industry’s producers.


Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) is an Argentine state university founded in 1995 by National Law 24.495, with campuses in the Buenos Aires towns of Caseros, Saenz Peña and El Palomar, in Tres de Febrero District and in Buenos Aires City at the Borges Cultural Centre.

It has 16,000 students including the in-classroom and virtual programmes. The university advocates for innovative and creative thinking; it conducts research and publishes its ideas, and has a qualitative and diverse academic offering: At local level, it seeks an understanding of global phenomena, and at global level it seeks to strengthen its regional identity. The institution works for and with society, which is reflected in its motto “Public and Dynamic.”

The university has 32 undergraduate programmes and 74 graduate programmes, including Engineering specialties, Bachelor’s and complementation courses of study.

UNTREF has 45 applied research institutes in the fields of art, economics, sciences, social policy, historical studies, cultural diversity, communication, statistics and international studies. Focusing on the diverse fields of knowledge that are a priority for this university, the institutes are in charge of conducting research, teaching and extension activities.


Based in the city of tradition and the capital of industry, UNSAM was created in response to two needs: the decentralisation of the university system, and the desire of the local community of San Martin District to have a university in its territory. The initiative emerged at the San Martin local library, at the request of a group of neighbours. In July 1990, Deputy Antonio Libonatti submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for the creation of San Martin University. The initiative led to the foundation of UNSAM on June 10, 1992, by National Law 24.095. The Executive Power appointed Daniel Malcolm as its first President. The first academic activities for the undergraduate and graduate levels took place in 1994. In April that year, in a sector of the Esquiu Square of the Military School, courses started for the first group of students of the Economics and Business School, the 1994 Cohort.


The National Industrial Technology Institute (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, INTI) was created by Decree Law 17.138 of December 27, 1957, as part of the emergence of a number of national institutions designed to set in motion, in a planned manner, public investment, science and technology projects.

The first labs were located at the Miguelete Technology Park, of 19 hectares, in the San Martin District, Buenos Aires Province, which today houses some thirty centres, in addition to administrative and support offices. INTI today has a presence in different locations of the country through its Regional and Multipurpose Centres, creating an R&D network designed to drive industrial growth in each province. This expansion has allowed the Institute to cover a wide range of industrial specialties, in an articulated manner with universities, state labs, state companies, business chambers and other national and international organisations in the field of technology. From the start, INTI had the particularity of integrating industry chambers to lead activities at its centres, in order to ensure a close link with the concrete needs and demands of the industrial sector. Additionally, the centres partner with companies to enable the development of innovations which, due to their magnitude, cannot be afforded by companies on their own. With highly trained professionals and fully equipped labs –in some cases, one-of-a-kind in the region- INTA’s current capacities encompass almost all industry segments.

C.A.C. Constituyentes Atomic Centre / C.N.E.A. National Atomic Energy Commission

The Constituyentes Atomic Centre (CAC) is an Argentine R&D centre covering a wide range of activities focused on nuclear technology sciences, including basic and applied research, technology development and transfer, and pre-competitive production at pilot plant scale, as well as the training of human resources. It is governed by the National Atomic Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CNEA), which is also in charge of the atomic centres based in Bariloche and Ezeiza. It includes emblematic facilities of the Argentine nuclear industry, such as the first nuclear reactor of the Southern Hemisphere, the heavy ion accelerator TANDAR13, and various labs devoted to the manufacturing of fuel elements for research reactors, nanotechnology, and solar energy, among other areas. The CAC premises also host the Sabato Institute, which was created in 1993 by the National Atomic Energy Commission and General San Martin National University to train undergraduate and graduate specialists in materials science.

The National Atomic Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CNEA) is the government entity in charge of nuclear energy research and development. It was created on May 31, 1950 with the mission to develop and control nuclear energy for peace purposes in the country.

CNEA facilities are housed at the Bariloche Atomic Centre (in San Carlos de Bariloche), the Constituyentes Atomic Centre (in Buenos Aires Province), and the Ezeiza Atomic Centre (in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Province). The agency operates the research reactors at each of these sites.

Sarmiento Park


General Paz Park / Buenos Aires Cornelio Saavedra History Museum


C.I.T.E.F.A. / C.I.T.E.D.E.F.

Officers’ housing complex / EMGE Recreational Centre

Sirio – Libanes Club / Tennis Club


Abandoned HoAo structure, currently belonging to the Ministry of Defence

Chinese Embassy and Consulate


Florentino Molina Golf Range – Golf Practice

Gas Tank

Officers’ Housing Complex

I.N.T.A. National Agricultural Technology Institute




C.A.C. Constituyentes Atomic Energy Centre / C.N.E.A. National Atomic Energy Commission

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