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THE PUBLIC MACHINERY
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ECO INDUSTRIAL PARK Network of Socio-Productive Modular Units Alongside Yemail Arquitectura + Insitu // Los Cerrajones, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. // 2015 (on going project)
An artificial landscape created using soil excavated during construction and pigmented prefabricated tiles, made from recycled concrete.
ÂŤ Through the development of civic infrastructures and environmental playground scenarios, the project has accomplished to amalgamate in a legal foundation model, all the cultural, sporting and aid groups, experimenting with a new micro economies model based on a collective landscape, civic infrastructures, soil reengineering and connectivity patterns that manage new relations between massive housing plans and informal settlements.Âť
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unclaimed in-between space was a hotbed of crime and antisocial This simultaneously ignites and activates new micro-economies, such as studios and cafes. Whereas previously this unclaimed in-between space was a Whereas hotbed ofpreviously crime andthisThis simultaneously ignites and activates new micro-economies, such as studios and behaviour, now it becomes the pride of both communities, an invention and consolidation of The openness and undefined nature of the new strata and internal spaces challenges local antisocial behavior, now it becomes the pride of both communities, an invention, cafes. The openness and undefined nature of the new strata and internal spaces new ways of working, playing and learning together. creativity and supports a civic engagement in the formation of the use of the park and its and consolidation of new ways of working, playing and learning together. challenge local creativity and supports civic engagement in the formation of the use legacy. of the park and its legacy. 3 Photo: Alejandro Haiek
The The participatory element is central to its design and function. The involvement of local comThe participatory element is central to its design and function. involvement munities from both of local communities from both sides of the divide forms a legal, as well as social,sides of the divide form a legal, as well as social, basis for the future use the park.that It becomes a collective landscape which plays host to cultural, sports, care and basis for the future use of the park. It becomes a collective of landscape plays support groups, play and experimentation networks. host to cultural, sports, care and support groups, plays and experimentation networks. The park becomes a culturally rich environment where the community develops and gain strength through their own ambitions.
The park becomes a culturally rich environment where the community develop and gain strength through their own ambitions.
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5 Photo: Irina Urriola
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Thisgrid project This project creates new connections between the formal urban and creates informalnew connections between the formal urban grid and informal favela settlements. This is done through the creation of a continuous landscape linking these two stark favela settlements. This is done through the creation of a continuous landscape urbanisms. linking these two stark urbanisms. Reengineering of the physical landscape creates a civic infrastructure between them, which weaves through impenetrable hermetic barriers and psychological boundaries that have grown over decades.
A reengineering of the physical landscape creates a civic infrastructure between them, which weaves through impenetrable hermetic barriers and psychological boundaries that have grown over decades.
Photo: Irina7Urriola Photo: Irina urriola
Cultural infrastructure is conceived as participatory, political and reverse result is self-initiated, self-supported and autonomous public projects which estabThe cultural infrastructure is conceived as participatory, political and economic The result is self-initiated, self-supported and economic autonomous publicengiprojectsThe which neering. The projects grow from historic precedent based on community leadership and lish and reverse engineering. The projects grow from historic precedent based on establish and consolidate alternative models for the democratization of the built consolidate alternative models for the democratisation of the built environment participatoryenvironment networks using a collaborative design process. and the renewal of inactive and non-regulated sites. community leadership and plug into participatory networks plug usinginto a collaborative and the renewal of inactive and non-regulated sites. design process. 8 Photo: Irina urriola
9 Photo: Irina urriola
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: "Parque Socio-productivo el gigante de los cerrajones".
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GERENCIA TECNICA: Anabel Mendez CIV:
COMUNIDAD: Urb. Cleofe Andrade_Los Cerrajones / Barquisimeto - Lara - Venezuela
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(Second-hand metal board ceiling for a Comunity Info-Center). 14 Photo: Irina urriola
15 Photo: Alejandro Haiek
16 Photo: Alejandro Haiek
17 Photo: Irina Urriola
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19 Photo: Irina urriola