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CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA


Introduction Site Location Climate Demographics Timeline Site Pictures Photo Documentation of hill Social Infrastructure Social Class distributions Public transportation Site Model Figure Ground Cirulation Map of relocation Land Use Advantages and Disadvantages Topography Solar Analysis Prevailing winds Soil Synthesis for Master plan Objectives Schemes Sketches

Γ’€œNo memory can preserve the past. What remains is only that which society in each era can reconstruct within its contemporary frame of reference.Γ’€? Jan Assman

Concept/Objective Program description Matrix Spaces to scale Studies on Program adjacencies Exhibition Catalogue Exhibition Network

Programming the plaza Landscaping strategy Circulation diagram Structural System Natural ventilation / Daylight

Centro Cultural de Moravia Museo de la Memoria de Medellin Museum of Struggle Museum of the American Indian

Material inspiration Material selection Facade concrete castings

Sketches Models Sections Scheme 1 Scheme 2 Scheme 3

Wall section details Elevation details Final model Exterior views

Diagram Building + Context Diagram Settlement in 2007/2012 Diagram Building Parti/ roof plan 1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor 3th Floor 5th Floor 6th Floor Sections Model

VERONICA VELASQUEZ PROF. LANCE BROWN SPITZER SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE . CCNY . FALL 2012


Casa de la Memoria is located in Moravia, a small, dense urban settlement in Medellin, Colombia. Moravia is known for its garbage hill and the complex urban fabric that took over it. This hill (Morro) was the city’s official dump from 1970 to 1984. It’s central location, close to the river and the railroad, proved to be a good β€œnew start” for families that migrated from the rural towns due to poverty and violence between the 1900’s and the 1950’s. The new inhabitants depended on the decaying garbage. They built their homes using repurposed materials, and fed their children with the income from the recycled garbage, sometimes fed them the actual garbage. While this informal settlement grew, so did they garbage piles in the hill, reaching 18 acres in size and 140’ in height. By the time the landfill stopped its operations, the hill had become the home of 17,000 people. From this point on, the hill was known as a dirty, poor and dangerous place, even though tress grew over the garbage and families enjoyed their life in the steep land. The community organized itself to improve their living conditions, the Morro became an icon of hope and change. Even though the neighborhood strengthen, the rest of the city still judged its shabby houses, narrow steep stairs, and their humble culture. As a result of a fire at the site on 2006, the City government began a slow evacuation of the hill in 2007, arguing the poor health conditions of the site. Most of the families have been displaced to different neighborhoods, only 80 families remain in the hill. The City has proposed the Morro as a remediated urban park. The people of Moravia, current and former inhabitants, beg for the government to not let the memory of their friends and family die with the new park. They need to remember their struggle and accomplishments, their past and their present. They wonder where their collective memory will rest once the government changes the face of the hill. They need a space to remember, to educate themselves and others, and to create new memories that wil strengthen their culture. They need a physical manifestation of their emotional ownership of the hill.

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LOCATION : MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Size: 146.8 SQ Miles Population : 3, 594,000 Elevation : 4,9905 FT above sea level Climate : Average annual temperature is 72F Public Transportation: Bus, Metro, Metro Cable, Metro Plus Medellin has over 20 public libraries, 40 museums, 21 parks, and 28 theathers

LOCATION : COMUNA 4. ARANJUEZ, MEDELLIN Geographical Division : 16 Comunas (DISTRICTS), 5 Townships, 271 Neighborhoods

LOCATION : MORAVIA 43.7 Acres SITE: FORMER INFORMAL SETTLEMENT LOCATED ON A CITY DUMP INHABITED BY 10,000 PEOPLE. Currently in process of remediation. other neighborhoods.


MEDELLIN CLIMATE CONDITIONS TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATE β€œthe city of eternal spring”

5905 FT above sea level Avg Temperature :

75 F

Highest Temperaturte : 89 F Lowest Temperaturte : 50 F

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Highest Temp

81 F

82 F

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62 F

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21

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175 HRS

149 HRS

154 HRS

128 HRS

133 HRS

173 HRS

203 HRS

191 HRS

153 HRS

132 HRS

136 HRS

156 HRS

Avg Rainy days Monthly sunshine days

September October November December


SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF COMUNA 4 Aranjuez 2011 % POPULATION BY AGE

% POPULATION BY SEX

5.12 % 1 - 4 yrs

WOMEN

15.64 % 5 - 14 yrs

MEN

49.27 % 15 - 44 yrs 17.75 % 45 - 59 yrs

69,569

54,07%

61,130

45,93%

0

11.82 % > 60 yrs

50,000

100,000

SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD CLASS

POPULATION

1. Low low 2. Low 3. Medium Low 4. Medium

3,824 12,885 15,563 11

%

11.85 39.91 48.21 0.03

5. Medium High

12,885

15,000 10,000 5,000

15,563

3,824

0

6. High

Total

20,000

32,283

100.00

1

2

3

11

0

0

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SITE TIMELINE IN IMAGES

1920

THE SITE, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, SHOWS THE SITE CONTIDIONTS BEFORE THE LAND WAS A LANDFILL, AND PRE-OCCUPATION


1984

THE GARBAGE DUMP IS ACTIVE AND THE SETTLEMENT IS ITS BOUNDARY


1984

DAYS BEFORE THE CLOSING OF THE GARBAGE DUMP. THE ONLY UNOCCUPIED AREA OF THE HILL WAS THE TOP, WHICH WAS STILL USED FOR DUMPING.


2005

AFTER THE CITY DUMP WAS CLOSED, THERE WAS MORE IMMIGRATION TO THE HILL. THE INHABITANTS WERE FORCED TO FIND OTHER WAYS OF EMPLOYMENT BESIDES RECYCLING. THE HILL WENT THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS OF VIOLENCE DUE TO THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THE NOW DENSER LIVING CONDITIONS.


2011

THE HILL DURING THE PROCESS OF RELOCATION. YELLOW FLAGS INDICATE THAT A HOUSE HAS BEEN DEMOLISH AND THE FAMILIES RELOCATED.


2012

IN-SITU CAPPING METHOD IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THE SITE. THESE AREAS WILL BE COVERED WITH PLANTING IN THE FUTURE.


LIVING CONDITIONS IN SETTLEMENT THESE WERE THEIR STREETS


THESE WERE THEIR HOUSES AND BUILDING MATERIALS


THE HILL BEFORE AND AFTER RELOCATION


ENCLOSURE, REMEDIATION AND DIVISION


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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS/ICONIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC LIBRARIES

LOCATED IN MARGINAL AREA

GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS CULTURAL BUILDINGS

1 mile away

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

METRO


SOCIAL CLASS DISTRIBUTION & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION LOW LOW

MEDIUM

LOW

MEDIUM HIGH

ECONOMIC CENTER/INSTITUTIONAL

METRO METRO CABLE

MEDIUM LOW

HIGH

METROBUS

HIGHWAY

PUBLIC TRANS. STOPS

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria



PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA

OPPORTUNITIES DISADVANTAGES

FIGUREGROUND GROUNDANALYSIS ANALYSIS. REVERSED FIGURE RIVER/CREEK PRIVATE BUILDING PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC BUILDING PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

RIVER/CREEK PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0” PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

FIGUREGROUND GROUNDANALYSIS ANALYSIS FIGURE PRIVATE BUILDING PRIVATE BUILDING PUBLIC BUILDING PUBLIC BUILDING OPEN SPACE OPEN SPACE

RIVER/CREEK RIVER/CREEK PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC

Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0” SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

PARQUE URBANO PARQUE URBANODE DEMORAVIA MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

PARQUE URBANO PARQUE URBANODE DEMORAVIA MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

FIGUREGROUND GROUNDANALYSIS ANALYSIS. REVERSED FIGURE RIVER/CREEK PRIVATE BUILDING PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC BUILDING PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

PARQUE URBANO PARQUE URBANODE DEMORAVIA MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

RIVER/CREEK PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0” PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC

Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

FIGUREGROUND GROUNDANALYSIS ANALYSIS FIGURE RIVER/CREEK PRIVATE BUILDING PRIVATE BUILDING PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC BUILDING APPROPIATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OPEN SPACE OPEN SPACE PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

RIVER/CREEK PUBLIC SPACE WITH RESTRICTIONS SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0” PRIVATE SPACE OPEN TO PUBLIC

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

PARQUE URBANO PARQUE URBANODE DEMORAVIA MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria


CULTURAL CENTER & PRE-SCHOOL

MAJOR ENTRANCES TO MORAVIA

LINEAR PARK FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BIKES

PEDESTRIAN PROMANADE

($) COMMERCIAL

LOCAL CLINIC

MIDDLE SCHOOL RESTRICTED ENTRANCE SOCCER FIELD

MAJOR ENTRANCE TO EL MORRO

BRIDGE CONNECTING ACCROSS RIVER EXPRESSWAY-FAST LANE NORTH

EXPRESSWAY-FAST LANE SOUTH

NORTH BUS TRANSPORTATION HUB

TRAIN

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM FAST LANE/EXPRESSWAY TWO WAY TRAFFIC ONE WAY TRAFFIC/PEDESTRIAN WALKING TRAIN TRACK TREES

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria


December 2006

April 2007

August 2007

December 2007

February 2008

2009

Today

ALAMOS II Comuna: Aranjuez Number of Apartment: 76 0.28 miles away from El Morro

ALAMOS I Comuna: Aranjuez Number of Apartment: 192 0.32 miles away from El Morro

LA HERRADURA Comuna: Aranjuez Number of Apartments: 926 0.60 miles away from El Morro

LA HUERTA Comuna: Robledo Number of Apartments: 926 1.86 miles away from El Morro

PAJARITO Comuna: Robledo Number of Apartments: 1015 3.03 miles away from El Morro

CUIDAD NUEVO OCCIDENTE

Comuna: Laureles Number of Apartments: 2509 4.5 miles away from El Morro

RELOCATION ANALYSIS MEASURE 1/2 A MILE

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria


LAND USE MULTIPLE ACTIVITY AT ZONE SCALE

PUBLIC SPACE

PRODUCTION

ACTIVITY AT NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE

INSTITUTIONAL

HEALTH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RESIDENTIAL T1

RESIDENTIAL T2

RISK ZONE

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

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THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS CURRENTLY THE CORE OF MORAVIA'S CULTURAL ACTIVITY. DUE TO ITS LOCATION, PROGRAM, ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT IT HAS BECOME A TOOL FOR CHANGE. USEFUL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SEQUENCE OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION BY THE COMMUNITY.

SOCCER COURT AND HIGHSCHOOL ARE PART OF THE CULTURAL CORES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE BECOME PLACES FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEIR CLOSE LOCATION TO THE RIVER, TRAIN, HILL AND CREEK IS IMPORTANT.

THE HILL IS THE ICON OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S STRATEGIC LOCATION AND SCALE ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAYOR PUBLIC PROJECT. IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES PRESENT A CHALLENGE TO THE CITY AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. IT'S HEIGHT AND LENGTH CAN OPPOSE TO THE URBAN FABRIC ADJACENT TO IT'S BACK IF THEIR CONNECTIONS ARE NOT TREATED PROPERLY.

PLANNED LINEAR PARK THAT DELINEATES CREEK AND CREATES A PERIMETER CIRCULATION. BRINGS CIRCULATION FROM SOCCER COURT AND SCHOOL TO CULTURAL CENTER. STRATEGIC LOCATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO RIVER, HILL, CULTURAL CENTERS AND CREEK.

THESE STREETS ARE HEAVYLY OCCUPIED BY PEDESTRIANS. THEY FILTER THE PERIMETRY CRICULATION AND BRING ACTIVITY TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY PRESENTS SEVERAL CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, LIKE THEIR NARROW PROPORTIONS, LACK OF SIDEWALKS, LACK OF PLANTING AND ONE WAY VEHICULAR CIRCULATION. THEY CAN ALSO BE STRATEGIC IN CONNECTING THE HILL TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLANNED SPACE FOR PUBLIC ACTIVITIES. INTEGRATION OF PEDESTRIAN/BIKING/PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. WIDE STREETS WITH DEFINED LANDSCAPE AND GROUND STRATEGY INCREASE COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY. DIRECT CONNECTION TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE SOUTH. IT CAN BECOME A BOUNDARY DUE TO ITS SCALE.

THESE THREE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS BECOME THE GATE TO MORAVIA. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BRING THE PUBLIC CIRCULATION TO THE SITE, AS PART OF THAT CIVIC PROMENADE

THE ALLEYWAYS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE HILL AND HOUSES ARE CURRETNLY UNDER UTILIZED, SMALL AND DIRTY SPACES. THEY CAN BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFORMAL AND SMALL SCALE GATHERING AREAS. THEIR LANGUAGE, PROGRAM AND RELATIONSHIP TO HILL, HOUSES AND STREET HAS TO BE NEGOTIATED.

TWO LARGE TRANSPORTATION HUBS BRING PEOPLE FROM THE NEAR TOWNS AND WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S PROXIMITY IS AN ADVANTAGE THAT COULD SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THE SITE BECOMING AN URBAN PARK.

THIS STREET EDGE IS OCCUPIED BY RECYCLING FACILITES AND OTHER SMALL INDUSTRIES, IS POORLY PAVED AND WITHOUTH SIDEWALKS. THEREFORE IS NOT BUSY WITH DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE BRIDGE SEPARATES THE NEIGHBOIRHOOD FROM THE REST OF THE CITY. THIS RECYCLING ZONE CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE NEW PROGRAM OF THE URBAN PARK

THE RIVER DIVIDES THE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER IS USED MAINLY FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES. IN THIS CASE THE SEPARATION IS POSITIVE. THE RIVER CAN BECOME AEN ELEMENT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, TO BE LATER CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE β€œBEAUTIFUL RIVER” INICIATIVE. THE RIVER BECOMES ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL GIVEN ITS IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROCESS OF OCCUPATION.

SYNTHESIS. ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA

ADVATAGES OPPORTUNITIES DISADVANTAGES

SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria



GENERAL STRATEGIES OF ACCESS TO MORAVIA 1

2

3

GENERAL STRATEGIES FOR URBAN PARK PLANNING AND BUILDING LOCATION

EXTEND PUBLIC PROMENADE REDESIGN 77TH ST TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC BUILDING SEQUENCE AND CARRY IT TOWARDS THE URBAN PARK

4

IMPROVE RIVER EDGE RELANDSCAPE AND IMPROVE STRUCTURAL AND AESTHETIC CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE RIVER WALK IMPLEMENTED ALONG THE RIVER ITHROUGHOUT THE CITY

PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR 5

CULTURAL CENTER

BUILD NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO COMMUNICATE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE URBAN PARK TO THE TRANSPORTATION HUB

LINEAR PARK

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6

TOP OF HILL TO BE OPEN SPACE SPACE TO REMEMBER FORMER RECREATIONAL AREA STABLISHED BY THE RELOCATED. CONDUSIVE TO LEISURE AND RECREATION

7

ALLEYS BECOME SOCIAL SPACE ADAPT/DESIGN ALLEYS IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE PERIMETER OF HILL AND TO BRING LOCAL ACTIVITY TO THE PARK

8

BEST BUILDING AREA THESE AREAS ARE FIT TO HOLD BUILDINGS DUE TO ITS HEIGHT, LIGHTING CONDITION AND PROXIMITY TO ACCESS.

CLINIC

7

SOCCER FIELD

MIDDLE SCHOOL 1 5

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CULTURAL NODE

6 10

2

3

AREAS OF SHADOW THESE AREAS WILL RECEIVE SHADOW EITHER ON THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON. PLACE NOT FIT FOR BUILDING PLACEMENT ONLY GREEN AREA DIFFICULT SLOPE CONDITIONS. LIMIT IT’S PROGRAM TO BUFFER ZONE OR GREEN SPACE.

COMMUNAL GARDEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTENT RESIDENTIAL AREA MAKES THIS SPACE IMPORTANT AS A GENERATOR OF OPEN COMMUNCAL SPACE AND IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TIE BOTH BUILDINGS TOGETHER POSSIBLE PLAZA AREAS FIT FOR PLAZA DUE TO THEIR LOCATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

MAYOR TRANSPORTATION HUB

SITE /CONTEXT CONCLUSION FOR MASTERPLAN COMMUNAL GARDEN

RIVER STRATEGY

NEW PUBLIC PROMENADE

STEEP SLOPE

SUITABLE BLD SITE

EXISTING PUBLIC PROMENADE

SHADE AREA

OPEN SPACE

ALLEWAYS

NEW PUBLIC PROMENADE CITY ACCESS LOCAL ACCESS

PARQUE URBANO DE MORAVIA SCALE 1/200”= 1’-0”

Centro de Reciclaje & Casa de la Memoria


MASTER PLAN SCHEMES FOR THE β€œMORRO” DEVELOPED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

MASTER PLAN 1

MATERIAL STRATEGY

ACCESS

PLANTING STRATEGY

GREEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE/PLAZA

ARCHITECTURE

MASTER PLAN 2

MASTER PLAN 3

MASTER PLAN 4


MODEL AND SKETCHES DURING THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE CHOSEN SCHEME


PUBLIC AREAS entry lobby

1

1,000

information booth storage restrooms

1 1 2

150 300 600

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION cafΓ©

1000 access to all public services functions, can also be used for private events. located adjacent to lobby. Receptionist will be work there and provide all the necessary information to the visitors. This will also be the 150 place to purchase tickets to the museum. 300 for the staff that operates the main floor. Place to locate brochures guides, office supplies and necessary equipment. 1200 sized to anticipate the large exhibition openings or auditorium audiences.

1

1000

1000 it will provide a small resting space equipped with small bakery and coffee bar. Some seating area will be provided

restaurant/bar

1

2,000

gift shop large gallery small gallery

1 3 6

6 00 30 0 0 900

auditorium informal gathering areas outdoor exhibition

1 4 3

2600 800 2000

2000 used by both the visitors and staff. It'w kitchen will also be ued as cooking space for events located near the lobby, will house all the souveniers, reading material, exhibition books, and commercial material of the museum. 600 Adjacent office and inventory space will be provided. 9000 to house main exhibitions, either permanent or temporary. Controlled lighting levels 5400 to house smaller and/or private exhibitions Used for museum events and private groups. Must be accessible even when galleries are not open. Will include control room 242sf, stage 2600 828 sf, backstage 764sf, bathroom 30sf 3200 places for the community to gather. It can be either outdoor or indoor. 6000 space for events, exhibitions, public art forms.

library

1

2 5 00

research center

1

2000

classrooms

5

80 0

archives

1

1000

1000 to house the digital and physical material of investigationa and exhib ition. Only accessible to the staff.

1 1 1 2 1

1000 200 100 200 150

1000 an open space provided with desk space for the administrative workers 200 small conference room for the staff to hold meetings 100 small space with easy access where office supplies and others can be stored 400 private restrooms accessible from offices 150 small kitchen area inside the admin area, used for refreshments or lunch area. Must have basic appliances and eating space

1

800

800 this area will be at the back of the house, with aaccess to main road, to the super's office and to the galleries

100 80

100 adjacent to loading area and must have a celar visual connection to it 240 place to store all cleaning products. Only accessible to janitors

EDUCATIONAL AREAS

400 300

4000

4000

990 3400

1990 3 6800 1

4 gallery4equipment storage

3000 2 1 4000

1500 500

1

1000

1000 it will serve the whole building. Must have a connection to outside and it ust be located at the back of the house.

3brm house

2brm house

sro

gallery equipment storag

IT room/electrical room

mechanical room

exhibition storage

securtiy office

staff restrooms

janitors closet

locker area

superintendent's office

loading area

gift shop

small gallery auditorium

restaurant/bar

large gallery

cafΓ©

x5

x2

2000 sf

800 sf

x2

x2 x2

It will celebrate the memory of the Morro and the people that inhabited it. It will be a mediator between the recorded memory and the one that is created day to day.

1000 sf

500 sf

x3

1000 sf

200 sf

350 sf

100 sf 80 sf 150 sf

x4

SCALE 1/32” = 1’-0”

1500 sf

2600 sf

900 sf 800 sf

1000 sf

1000 sf

x6

200 sf 100sf 200 sf 150 sf

x3

800 sf

2000 sf

3000 sf

600 sf

Its dual quality of informal and formal narration of events will also be explored in the way in which the tourists and locals relate to the different spaces. 2000 sf

1000 sf

600 sf

300 sf

150 sf

It will provide areas for the community to gather and discuss the current social issues of the neighborhood. The program of the building will allow people to not only see the exhibited documents that will tell the story but also to express their own reactions to the history in different ways.

x2

2500 sf

It will be a space for the locals to remember in both formal and informal ways.

entry lobby information 860 booth storage restrooms cafΓ© restaurant/bar gift shop large gallery small gallery auditorium informal 450 gathering 450 areas outdoor exhibition library research center classrooms 800 800 archives office/open conf. 80 conference room office storage staff290 restrooms 290 pantry loading area 390 390 superintendent's office janitors 500 500 closet securtiy 450 450 office locker area staff restrooms 56,535 exhibition storage gallery equipment storage IT room/electrical room 67,842 mechanical room

2

1000 sf

960

information booth

not critical

2

restrooms

desirable

480 900 860

entry lobby

3800 3800 very important

storage

SPACE PROXIMITY

Casa de la Memoria de Moravia, an addition to the new urban park, will be a space for memory. The House will collect physical, oral and visual traditions from the people of the settlement.

50840 SF x1.2 61008 SF

3000

pantry

2000

museum factor TOTAL

2

office storage

2000

1

staff restrooms

mechanical room

150 350 20 0 1000

conference room

IT room/electrical room

150 must be located in te loading area in order to provide safety in the door. 350 adjacent to staff restrooms, mainly used by janitors and security, or persoonnel that wears an uniform. 400 private restrooms accessible from service area 2000 adjacent to loading area and to exhibition spaces. Access is restricted to staff. 1500 mostly electrical and mechanical equipment used to run and maintain the galleries. Must be close to halleries and to staff. 500 it will serve the while building. Must be accessible to staff and located at the back of the house

1 2

classrooms

securtiy office locker area staff restrooms exhibition storage

office/open conf.

superintendent's office janitors closet

archives

SERVICE AREAS loading area

research center

9

informal gathering areas

office/open conf. conference room office storage staff restrooms pantry

4000 these should be designed to be flexible in order to allow for conferences, learning groups, ciommunity meetins and teaching.

outdoor exhibition library

400 200 900

ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS

to hold all the reading material for the museum both physically and digitally. Will have book stacks, reading areas, media center, computer andused newspaper room. also 2500 lab be by ouse e Toog aphave e s. a elibrarian's e ey desk pe with o some e ooffice a space g a dand a astorage. ys g o e o a o ey ga e a e e d. space for conference and small meeting group is required. To also have an interactive component that will allow the community to 2000 investigate and privude valuable information abpout their culture

PROGRAM

It will gather the collective memory of the Moravians, from their everyday life, which will help in the process of strengthening their identity as a community.


mechanical room

gallery equipment storag

IT room/electrical room

exhibition storage

locker area

staff restrooms

securtiy office

superintendent's office

janitors closet

loading area

pantry

staff restrooms

conference room

office storage

office/open conf.

archives

research center

classrooms

informal gathering areas

outdoor exhibition library

large gallery

small gallery auditorium

gift shop

cafΓ©

restaurant/bar

restrooms

not critical

storage

desirable

entry lobby

very important

information booth

SPACE PROXIMITY

entry lobby information booth storage restrooms cafΓ© restaurant/bar gift shop large gallery small gallery auditorium informal gathering areas outdoor exhibition library research center classrooms archives office/open conf. conference room office storage staff restrooms pantry loading area superintendent's office janitors closet securtiy office locker area staff restrooms exhibition storage gallery equipment storage IT room/electrical room mechanical room

OBJECTIVES - Narrate the story of its people and honors their will and determination. Provide spaces that are conducive to the remembrance of the occupation of the β€œMorro”. - Educate the visitors on the physical history of the site. The process of it becoming a landfill, the occupation and the process of remediation, and all the challenges that these present. - Allow for ethnographic research on the background of the people that lived in the β€œMorro” as well as the rest of Moravia. - Strengthen the community by providing spaces to cultivate the collective memory of Moravia and allowing for cultural manifestations. - Manifest the innovation and development of the city, while emphasizing on the need to coexist with the more rustic and undeveloped systems in the urban fabric.


RECOLLECTION . EDUCATE

newspapers . books . articles . legal documents

paitings . drawings . collages . photographs

handmade articles by locals . recycled

photographic documentation of events and people RESPONSE . REMEMBER

installations of materials and living conditions

documentaries . music

graffitti . informal installations demonstrations . propaganda DAILY CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS . CREATE

performances by locals . informal . dance . theatre . poetry . music

comunal farming and building

Understanding that there are no boundaries between these categories; that a painting can educate, remember and create, there is still an attempt to organize in order to later disorganize. What starts as one event branches out and becomes a complex network. These categories interact with one another in an informal way . As the events that happened in Moravia have been documented, the peopleΓ’€™s response to them have enabled them to create memories within the community, these are the ones that allow them to remember the past. As the neighborhood changes there needs to be a space for the creation of new and positive collective memory that is grounded in their history but that is a result of their culture. EDUCATE

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REMEMBERING VICTIMS

MUSEO CASA DE LA MEMORIA DE MEDELLIN GENERAL Medellin, Colombia Architect: Juan David Botero GENERAL MATERIALS AERIAL/SITE PLAN 41,000SF under constructionMATERIALS INFORMATION AERIAL/SITE PLAN INFORMATION RESTAURANT

20’

LINEAL SEQUENCE THAT BRANCHES REFERENCES ONE EVENT AND THE MANY LIVES IT AFFECTS ENTRANCE AND EXIT IN DIFFERENT LEVELS AS A SYMBOL OF THE INTERNAL CHANGE WITHIN ONE AS A SPACES/CIRCULATION RESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE CONCLUSION

WHAT IS EXHIBITED

SPACES/CIRCULATION

WHAT IS EXHIBITED

CONCLUSION

STORE

CENTRO CULTURAL DE MORAVIA Medellin, Colombia Average Temp. 72F Architect: Rogelio Salmona 17,000SF 2007

CONF. ROOM

AUDITORIUM

CULTURAL CENTER AS A HOME

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES LOBBY

GALLERY A

RESTAURANT

CONF. ROOM

FOLLOWS TRADITIONAL COURTYARD HOUSING TYPOLOGY. SCALE APPROPIATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT.

OFFICES GALLERY B

AUDITORIUM

GALLERY C

LOBBY

GALLERY A GALLERY B LIBRARY / ARCHIVES GALLERY A GALLERY C

RESTAURANT 5’ 10’

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

5’ 10’

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20’

40’

20’

REMEMBERING VICTIMS

MUSEO CASA DE LA MEMORIA DE MEDELLIN Medellin, Colombia Architect: Juan David Botero 41,000SF under construction MUSEUM OF STRUGGLE

LINEAL SEQUENCE THAT BRANCHES

REFERENCES ONE EVENT AND THE MANY LIVES IT AFFECTS THE MEMORY OF A STRUGGLE ENTRANCE AND EXIT IN DIFFERENT LEVELS

Noero Wolff Architects. Average Temp. 77F Port Elizabeth, South Africa 31,500SF 2005

RESTAURANT

AS A SYMBOLOF OF THE INTERNAL CHANGE THE MUSEUM AS A CONTAINER MEMORY ANDWITHIN NOTONE ANAS A AUTORITYRESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE EXHIBITION BOXES HOUSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE SAME STORY, MAKING A NON-LINEAL AND MULTIFACETED RECOLLECTION.

STORE

CONF. ROOM

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

LOBBY

EXHIBITION BOXES

OFFICES

GALLERY A

RESTAURANT

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION CORRIDOS

CONF. ROOM

GALLERY B

AUDITORIUM

GALLERY C

EXHIBITION BOXES LOBBY

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION CORRIDOS GALLERY A

EXHIBITION BOXES

GALLERY B LIBRARY / ARCHIVES GALLERY A GALLERY C

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

5’ 10’

15’

RESTAURANT

20’

THE MEMORY OF A STRUGGLE

MUSEUM OF STRUGGLE Noero Wolff Architects. Average Temp. 77F Port Elizabeth, South Africa 31,500SF 2005

THE MUSEUM AS A CONTAINER OF MEMORY AND NOT AN AUTORITY EXHIBITION BOXES HOUSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE SAME STORY, MAKING A NON-LINEAL AND MULTIFACETED RECOLLECTION.

LOBBY

EXHIBITION BOXES TEMPORARY EXHIBITION CORRIDOS

EXHIBITION BOXES TEMPORARY EXHIBITION CORRIDOS

INFORMAL GATHERING SPACE

EXHIBITION BOXES

AUDITORIUM

EXHIBITION BOXES 5’

20’

AUDITORIUM

LOBBY

INFORMAL GATHERING SPACE

LOBBY

40’

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 1st & Second FL Architect: Cass Gilbert New OF York City, USA Average Temp. 27F low- 84F high MUSEUM THE AMERICAN INDIAN 1st & Second FL Architect: Cass Gilbert 70,000SF 1907, renovation 1973-2007

INFORMAL GATHERING SPACE

FORMALIZING THE INFORMAL EXHIBITION BOXES

5’

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LOBBY

INFORMAL GATHERING SPACE

ONE SEQUENCE CAN BE EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT WAYS ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BEGINNING POINT IS. FORMALIZING THE INFORMAL EVENTS AND CULTURES ARE DISPLAYED IN VARYING METHODS ONE SEQUENCE CAN BE EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT WAYS ACCORDING TO THETOINTENT ACCORDING WHAT THE BEGINNING POINT IS.

New York City, USA Average Temp. 27F low- 84F high 70,000SF 1907, renovation 1973-2007

EVENTS AND CULTURES ARE DISPLAYED IN VARYING METHODS ACCORDING TO THE INTENT

PERMANENT EXHIBIT 10 YEARS

PRIVATE

PERMANENT EXHIBIT 10 YEARS

TERMPORARYPRIVATE PHOTO GALLERY

TERMPORARY PHOTO GALLERY

SPECIAL EXHIBIT 1YEAR

5YEAR GALLERY

5YEAR MAIN GALLERY GATHERING SPACE

CONTEMPORARY EXHIBIT 6 MONTHS

SPECIAL EXHIBIT 1YEAR

5’10’ 20’

EDUCATION CENTER

FILMS

OPEN TO OUTSIDE

EDUCATION CENTER

SERVICE

5’10’ 20’

1st floor

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION

LIBRARY

LOBBY

LOBBY STORE

2nd floor

1st floor

STORE

40’

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

LOBBY

LIBRARY

40’

LOBBY

CASE STUDY MATRIX

CONTEMPORARY EXHIBIT 6 MONTHS

SMALL GALLERY

FILMS SMALL GALLERY

MAIN GATHERING SPACE

2nd floor

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA un museo etnografico

CASE STUDY MATRIX OPEN TO OUTSIDE VERTICAL CIRCULATION HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION

SERVICE

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA un museo etnografico

5’10’ 20’

40’


MUSEUM AS A COLLECTOR OF NON-LINEAR EVENTS

An analogy of history as a network of events, memories and points of view that differ but ultimately help construct meaning. What in plan looks like similar and parallel circulations, later develops to be different in section as they branch out towards other spaces both on the park and the building. In this scheme the three exhibition types are being carved by the circulation of the park.

SCHEME 1 PROS: Located at one of the entrances to the park. The placement on the site allows for great sun exposure and itΓ’€™s topographical qualities are ideal. The program is organized according to circulation. It mediates between city and neighborhood.

CONS: Somewhat narrow site that will result in either a long linear building or a smaller but more massive one. Since it sits where several paths meet, the building must either reroute them or incorporate them into the design. The branching circulation in section can be explored more to allow for it to begin modifying the condition of the spaces.

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA un museo etnografico


MUSEUM AS A PLACE OF APPROPIATION OF MEMORIES

The museum appropiates the negative spaces left by the traces of the past. It anchors itself between the main circulation of the park and the neighboring residential context. It meanders in an attempt to respond to the houses that frame it. Remember becomes the core of the programs both in plan and section. It's adjacency to the ruins of a few houses delineates the area where educate and remember meet.

SCHEME 2 PROS: ItΓ’€™s location within abandoned and existing houses allows the building to create a close relationship with the past but also the future of Moravia. The houses that flank the building bring both vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Its main entrance is located where many paths of the park meet. The adjacency of Remember and the abandoned houses is a great opportunity.

CONS: Very difficult sloping conditions. Sun exposure is not ideal specially in the afternoon. Due to the slopes, the internal circulation can become very fragmented. The proximity to the houses will present a structural difficulty.

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA un museo etnografico


MEMORY AS A RESULT OF SOCIAL RESPONSE

Memory as a result of social response In this scheme the circulation of the park creates one large space which will house the remember program. In this scheme this program becomes more informal and open and it feeds from the adjacent exhibitions located at the sides. As the center of the building, this space hopes to gather a lot of activity which is important in building collective memory in the neighborhood.

SCHEME 3 PROS: Ideal location in terms of slope, sun and circulation. It engages the site from the ground floor of the park, where the outdoor exhibition would happen. Its main entrance is in front of entrance to the park aswell. The adjacency of Remember and the abandoned houses is a great opportunity.

CONS: Smalles footprint of all options. The section needs to relate better to the concept and the plan.

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA un museo etnografico


The building fits within the boundaries of preexisting houses; both inhabited and in ruins, as a reminder of what was there and the process of relocation. This building aims to connect the community and the visitors. It works as a series of exhibition and gathering spaces that ascend and descend with the terrain, allowing connections between a larger public activity and small residential events at the community level.


MORAVIA MORAVIA NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD

OUTDOOROUTDOO GATHER GATHERING

TAKES TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ADVAN HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND MICR ECONOMY TO ECONOMY TO ACTIVATE ALLEY FAST CONNEC FAST CONNECTORS BETWEEN IN AND FORMAL AND FORMAL AREAS OPEN TO PUBLIC OPEN TO PUBL NEGOTIATES S NEGOTIATES SLOPE SCALE SMALL SCALE APTSMALL FOR CHILDRE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE SPACE

CASA DE LA MEMORIA CASA DE LA MEMORIA DE MORAVIA DE MORAVIA MEDIATORMEDIATOR

MEDELLIN MEDELLIN CITY

CITY

CASA DE LA MEMORIA CASA DE LA MEMORIA

SETTLEMENT CONDITIONS SETTLEMENT CONDITIONS IN 2007 IN 2007

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Casa de la Memoria is a mediator between an increas ingly public infrastructure and the residential fabric that lays below. Its placement is strategic, as it sits near the entrance to public transportation and it culminates at the neighborhood access to the hill. EDUCATION

PROXIMITY TO NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE DAILY USE OF MORAVIANS

EXHIBITION

MOVEMENT THROUGH GALLERIES CONNECTS FORMAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO THE NEIGHBHORHOOD AND ITS INFORMAL SPACES

OUTDOOR GATHERING

SMALL COMMERCIAL

TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND MICRO ECONOMY TO ACTIVATE ALLEYWAY FAST CONNECTORS BETWEEN INFORMAL AND FORMAL AREAS OPEN TO PUBLIC NEGOTIATES SLOPE SMALL SCALE APT FOR CHILDREN TO APPROPRIATE SPACE

BRINGS ACTIVITY FROM MORAVIA

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INDEPENDENT SUPPORTING PROGRAM

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SPACE FOR PUBLIC EVENTS BRING CITY WIDE ACTIVITIES

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OVERLOOKING THE CITY 3300SF 2

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MULTIPLE ENTRY EXHIBITION 3400

SMALL GALLERY

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CREATES CONNECTION BETWEEN PLAZA AND STREET 1500SF 4

OUTDOOR GALLERY

PLATFORMS CONNECTS RUINS/ABANDONED HOUSE WITH FORMAL EXHIBITION 3400SF

CASA DE LA MEMORIA DE MORAVIA

A PLACE TO REMEMBER A RICH INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN AN INFORMAL WAY ALLOWS FOR RENOVATION OF SITE WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE MEMORY OF ITS FORMER INHABITANTS SERVES AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTS AS A HOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MORAVIA AS CONFIRMATION THAT THE HILL STILL BELONGS TO THEM RENOVATED SITE THAT STILL SHOWS SIGNS OF THE PAST BRINGS MORAVIANS TO THE NEW PARK BRINGS TURISTS TO MORAVIA BEYOND THE PARK

OPEN TO BELOW

SCALE 1/16” = 1’- 0”


It’s programmatic requirements are divided between two main buildings. The Restaurant and Auditorium volume faces the public side of the hill, and it connects to the public transportation. The larger programmatic volume houses the exhibition spaces, meeting areas and library, and face the small scale of the neighborhood. These areas are meant to be mediators between the formal circulation of the visitors and the informal one of the inhabitants of Moravia. The terraces welcome the people to access the hill through the building and also become places of social interaction.

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ACCESS TO COURTYARD 1600SF

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GATHERING AREA FOR MUSEUM AND PARK 6000SF

COVERED OPEN SPACE USED FOR EXHIBITION 2700SF

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GALLERY EQUIPMENT STORAGE 655 sf

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EXHIBITION COURTYARD ADMIN STAFF AREA

GIFT SHOP EXHIBITION CAFE

RESTAURANT AUDITORIUM MAIN PLAZA MAIN EXHIBITION

SERVICE STORAGE PLAZA LIBRARY CLASS ROOMS FORMAL GATHERING

HOUSES REBUILT & RUINS CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SMALL PLAZA SMALL INFORMAL GATHERING

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CIRCULATION CORE GATHERING CIRCULATION

CASA DE LA MEMORIA de MORAVIA a place of memory


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STRUCTURAL PLANS

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The construction type is mainly poured in place concrete. Some areas of the building require a steel structure in order to minimize the presence of columns. Three bracing blocks are created to support the loads of the main exhibition areas. These blocks are composed of steel members that brace against lateral and seismic forces. They are furthered protected by their encasement in concrete walls which also become an architectural element of the building. ELEVATION STUDIES The large size of the blocks is also advantageous since it also serves as means of carrying services and provide storage as well.


The materiality of the building is inspired by the texture and patch work of the structures that previously exihisted in the hill. The typical materials used in construction in Medellin are concrete and brick, but for the shacks that were built in the hill the main materials were reclaimed wood, corrugated metal and plastic bags. The combination of steel and concrete structure allows for a varied spatial configurations. The integration of traditional elements like clay roof tiles with lightweight steel members allow the building to relate to its context while reducing its cost.


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WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE

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DRAINAGE CHANNEL

EL +88'-6" ALUMINUM FLASHING

WOOD BLOCKING 3/4" PLYWOOD SHEATHING WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE STRUCTURAL BEAM FIBER CEMENT BOARD COLD FORMED FRAMING WOOD BLOCKING 5/8 '' GYB. BOARD TO BE PAINTED

5/8" FIBER CEMENT BOARD

1 8'' BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL FACE PLATE

COLD FORMED FRAMING

(SAME PRODUCT AS EXTERIOR CLADDING)

NANAWALL FOLDABLE PARTITION WALL WITH DOUBLE GLAZED

AUTOMATED SCREEN PROJECTOR

NANAWALL FOLDABLE PARTITION WALL WITH BAMBOO INSERTS

5/8" FIBER CEMENT BOARD (SAME PRODUCT AS EXTERIOR CLADDING) LINE OF WALL BEHIND

MULLION LOCATION VARIES

STAINLESS STEEL RAILING TUBE TO BE TACK WELDED TO BOTTOM PLATE WIRE RAILING CAP/WIRE STAINLESS STEEL BOTTOM PLATE TO BE FLUSHED WITH F.F. STAINLESS STEEL DRAIN PAN 6'' REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB WITH POLISHED FINISH

LAMINATED CORNER FIBER CEMENT BOARD

3'' CORRUGATED STEEL DECKING

SLOPED SLAB TO DRAIN

F.F.E. LEVEL 6

SLOPED SLAB TO DRAIN

EL +71'-0" 3/4" PLYWOOD SHEATHING

DRYWALL MAIN BEAM DRYWALL CROSS TEE

HANGER WIRE TO STRUCTURE ABOVE

W 11 X ## TYP. BEAM TO BEAM CONNECTION TYP. LAMINATED CORNER 5/8" FIBER CEMENT BOARD (SAME PRODUCT AS EXTERIOR CLADDING)

REPURPOSED PERFORATED METAL PANEL

1 2"

PORCELAIN TILE SOURCE STONE 1 2"

THINSET

SLAB ON GRADE

F.F.E LEVEL 5 EL +62'-0"

LEVEL 4 EL +56'-0"

SCALE: 1 1/2”=1’-0”


STRUCTURAL PLANS

SCALE 1/8”=1’

SCALE 1/16”=1’-0” ELEVATION STUDIES

BB

AA

SCALE 1/16”=1’-0” FRONT ELEVATION 1/16”=1-0” B

A

B

A

C C

DD

C BACK ELEVATION 1/16”=1-0”

E

D

STRUCTURAL PLANS

D

SCALE 1/8”=1’-0”

E

SIDE ELEVATION 1/16”=1-0” ELEVATION STUDIES

E


A

A

B

D

D

B



The roofs are either landscaped or pitched in order to channel and store water. The arrangement of open vs solid walls allows for cross ventilation and passive cooling. Where needed air shafts have been designed in order to provide air circulation to specific interior spaces. Its facade protects the interiors from direct sun by a layering system of transparent glass, opaque glass panels and bamboo panels. All of these not only condition the interior environment but also relate to the users by allowing them to modify their configurations according to their needs. La Casa de la Memoria wants to feel warm and inviting by having a human scale that is approachable by all. The building uses a familiar element like concrete to create different textures and configurations, while integrating traditional and modern building techniques.




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