CENTENNIAL PARK

The Goicoechea Centennial Park is a sports project that is currently in a state of deterioration, which leads to its use for criminal activities; therefore, the project proposes a sports complex that meets safety standards, and that will generate an impact on the social and sports culture of the canton.

Currently, the park has a semi-Olympic pool, a basketball court, a sand court, an athletics circuit, a skate park, a music school and the offices of the cantonal sports committee, all of which are in a state of disrepair. Its pedestrian areas are in poor condition with little security, making it a home for the homeless, and a dangerous area at night.

However, the municipality has recently built a plaza for handicrafts, a soccer field with an athletics track, restored the basketball court and part of the internal streets.

The proposal proposes, through the use of the slope to generate 2 terraces, the first for a large building that houses all the roofed activities and the other for outdoor activities.

The large building includes the swimming pool, the day center, the music school, the sports committee and an exhibition hall, through a metal structure with 4 waters with a downspout placed every 12m. The other terrace is used for a sand field, a football field with an athletics track, a basketball court and a tennis court, with its proper dressing rooms and bleachers.

Structurally, the roofed area is made up of 42 columns with 12m between, where each column drains 24m2 through a single central downspout surrounded by 4 structural columns that support a roof made up of 6 waters and 6 limaollas.

Pool, Sports Committee and Day Center Plan

School of Music and Amphitheater Plan

Transversal Cut A-A

Transversal Cut B-B

Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Arquitectura Taller de Diseño 8