SLP, Mexico.- A 78-year-old old woman was injured this Friday after the collapse of a part of the Higher Institute of Design Institute (ISDI) of Havana. In addition, four families cannot access because the rubble block the entrance to them.
According to the official journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso on his page Facebookvictims are not reported because of what happened but a 78 -year -old lady had to be transferred to a hospital, who was injured.
The incident left four families without access to their homes. It is estimated that approximately 800 cubic meters of debris fell.
Alonso confirmed, from what was notified by the authoritiesthat for four months the area of the ISDI building that collapsed was declared in a state of collapse. Since then they worked in the progressive demolition of the structure.
This afternoon, a part of the Higher Design Institute building (ISDI) collapsed this Friday. According to the information collected, firefighters went to the place to support in case there were victims.
Residents in the Bellascoaín and Carlos III area have been unable to get out of their homes due to the magnitude of the fallen debris, which block access.
Already last year, in July, a part of the facade Affected from the building had collapsed. Due to the collapse, the ISDI authorities prohibited access to the “until new notice” building and indicated that the weeks subtracted from classes would be developed non -face -to -face.
In March 2022, the ISDI authorities They had announced the closure of several teaching facilities due to “a complicated architectural failure.”
The Higher Design Institute (former Higher Institute of Industrial Design) was inaugurated in its current headquarters, a colonial building built in 1860.
This property was originally a military hotel and officers club and only had two floors. Between 1874 and 1878, it was a cadet school. After 1878, he was asylum of widows and orphans of the Spanish officers killed in the Ten Years War.
During the first American occupation of Cuba (1898-1902), the building served as the headquarters of the General Staff of the Occupation Troops. Since 1913, he hosted the Ministry of Health and Benefit.
For its part, the third floor of the building was built in the 1930s. Later, in 1940, it became the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance.
Between 1965 and 1982, the building served as the headquarters of several educational institutions. In 1982, it became the headquarters of the Polytechnic Institute for Industrial Design (IPDI) and, finally, on May 28, 1984, it was established as the Higher Institute of Industrial Design.
