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This article is part of the Hidden Architecture series “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” , where we will try to publish and bring back to current days forgotten texts and manifestos written by architects which are essential to understand the discipline of Architecture within our social context. Este artículo forma parte de la serie desarrollada por Hidden Architecture llamada “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” , donde intentaremos publicar y poner de actualidad nuevamente textos y manifiestos olvidados, escritos por arquitectos y fundamentales para entender la arquitectura dentro de nuestro contexto social. Archives 6. Solano Benítez & Gloria Cabral In order to understand projects by Gabinete de Arquitectura, it is important to comprehend the context in which they are created, the reasons for which they are planned and the way they are built. Para alcanzar a comprender la obra del Gabinete de Arquitectura es importante entender el contexto en el que es creada, para el que es proyectada y cómo es construida. With this in mind, their resources are limited by economic restraints, but for Gabinete this restriction becomes an enlightening process of research into the possibilities of reusing what has been thrown away or already used. The exploitation of waste is an efficient way of diminishing damage to the surrounding environment after construction or demolition work. En ese contexto, los recursos son limitados por razones económicas, y esta limitación se transforma para el Gabinete en un proceso enriquecedor de investigación sobre las posibilidades de volver a usar lo desechado o lo ya usado. El aprovechamiento de los residuos es una forma eficiente de disminuir el daño en el entorno tras los procesos de construcción y demolición. Materials resulting from demolitions are a constant feature in Gabinete's building work, as is the use of materials found to be defective in manufacturing processes.