PUBLIC SPACE

01. GENERAL PROBLEM

The city of Cusco has a deficit in public areas for recreation and leisure, aggravated by the rapid expansion of the city of Cusco, whose frenetic growth does not allocate enough space for public areas. One of the solutions presented by the provincial municipality of Cusco is the use of public funds to reduce the deficit of public space as well as housing and infrastructure for the city. Within this group, the most important is the Teniente

03. ROAD SECTIONS

Alejandro Velasco Ateste International Airport, with an area of 12 hectares, a central location within the urban area, and plans to move the airport to the city of Chincheros in Urubamba, Cusco.

02.SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

[ 1 ] INSUFFICIENT PEDESTRIAN SPACE

Small sidewalks and berms mean that pedestrians use the vehicular roadway for pedestrian traffic.

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3 ] INFORMAL COMMERCE ON SIDEWALKS

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4 ] ENCROACHMENT ALONG THE RIVERBANKS

Presence of houses in areas near the Huantanay River

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6 ] OBSTRUCTED AND SLIPPERY PAVEMENT

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5 ] NON-EXISTENT AND POORLY DESIGNED RAMPS

Some intersections are not adequately sized for the proper design of ramps.

The pavement has electricity poles and other obstructive elements that do not allow free transit. In addition, the rough surface becomes a risk when it rains.

01. IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT

The Velazco Astete international airport is located in front of the existence of prior parking lots, wich are required for the daily capacity of travelers it receives. These condition that the vehicular access is on the sides of the airport block; while pedestrian arrival is quite reduced, having narrow sidewalks as a means of circulation and a small square in the central axis of the project.

The Velazco Astete Airport block is observed as a regular and simple solid, characteristic of the architectural examples of the Modern Movement. In its shape, the rhythm and pattern marked by elements such as columns and post-tensioned beams are also highlighted, which allows a multiplicity of accesses to be extended to its main façade to streamline the flow of entry to the building in its extensive horizontality

The relationship between the Velazco Astete airport and its exterior components is highlighted by the autonomy of its parts, having the parking lots as an almost independent area from which it is accessed with a general view of the entire airport. Thus serving the premeditated order that there should be in this type of architectural use: A quick arrival at the parking lot followed by locating the closest entrance to reach the counters and thus boarding most efficiently.