The Higher Institute of Industrial Design and Visual Communication (ISDI) will have a new headquarters at the intersection of 1st. and 32, in the beach municipality, according to the official of the central committee of the party, David Lahera in his Facebook profile.
For more than four decades, the ISDI worked in the building of Belascoaín, between Star and Maloja, Centro Habana.
However, the Advanced structural deterioration of the property led to declare it uninhabitablewhich forced students to relocate provisional classrooms within the Havana Universityto which the institute is subordinated as an independent budget unit.
The situation of the property was aggravated last January, when A part of the building He collapsedeven affecting several families that resided in the area.
The collapsed section had been declared in collapse four months before, when workers of the GECAL company began progressive demolition work.
After the event, construction companies withdrew about 800 cubic meters of debris.
The Odyssey of the Historical Headquarters of the ISDI
However, this was not an isolated event. In July last year, independent media reported another collapse inside the headquarterswhich had closed its doors in 2022 due to a complicated architectural failure.
For the 2025–2026 course, classes are expected to continue temporarily in alternative spaces, while constructive actions are executed in The new installation, which until the past year housed a Polytechnic Institute.
A reorganization process, coordinated by the Ministry of Education (MINED) and the central government, made possible the transfer, already completed in its administrative phase, said Lahera.
Since the closing of the last year, diagnostic, elaboration and approval of projects, executing and purchase of materials are developed, with a view to comprehensive removal.
The authorities estimate that the new headquarters will be ready in the coming monthsoffering an optimal environment for the learning of future designers, he said Cubadebate.
In more than 40 years of experience, the ISDI has graduated more than 3 thousand professionals.
