At the same time, Monlevade was a competition project for a working-class housing complex, in which the pavilions of joined dwellings were elevated from the ground over pilotis, but were built in reinforced adobe with lightweight roofing.
A su vez, Monlevade fue un proyecto para un concurso para una villa obrera, en el que los pabellones de viviendas pareadas se elevaban del suelo sobre pilotis, pero se construían en barro-armado con cubiertas livianas.