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The Casa del Niño (Children's Home): A Dehumanizing Intervention

The Breakfast Podcast

Published
June 20, 2026
Duration
2:04
Summary source
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Last updated
Jul 5, 2026

Discusses society, culture.

Summary

The Casa del Niño (Children's Home) is much more than an abandoned building: it is a key piece of our history and of architectural rationalism in the Canary Islands.Its halls housed hundreds of children, becoming a place of contrasts: a project funded by public subscription and, at the same time, a space marked by the strict ideological and pedagogical di…

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The Casa del Niño (Children's Home) is much more than an abandoned building: it is a key piece of our history and of architectural rationalism in the Canary Islands.Its halls housed hundreds of children, becoming a place of contrasts: a project funded by public subscription and, at the same time, a space marked by the strict ideological and pedagogical discipline of the post-war era.

Themes

  • society
  • culture