A roof for Barrancabermeja´s Parks

Architecture ist action

A roof over a sports area can do a lot. This one is located in Barrancabermeja, a town with 191,000 inhabitants in the north of Colombia. It’s not just about protection from the weather, but also about social interaction.

“Architecture is action” say the architects.

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Barrancabermeja

In Barranca­ber­meja, a muni­ci­pa­lity on the banks of the river Magda­lena, in Colombia’s depart­ment of Santander, stands this open pavi­lion contai­ning recrea­tional and sports faci­li­ties. The 7,000-square-meter public center is protected by a modular struc­ture raised on slender columns, faci­li­ta­ting future enlar­ge­ments.

The system of elon­gated rhombi has openings to filter in sunlight and incor­po­rate venti­la­tors, sprink­lers, and sound and lighting devices.

Prototype

This projects aim is to create an open space that gives true rele­vance to the role of the commu­nity in the cons­truc­tion of a city.

A modular system is composed from an elon­gated rhombus type piece that multi­plies and unites in a base module or a comple­men­tary module, making an adap­table and progres­si­vely growing and trans­forming struc­ture. A vast gene­ra­tive ceiling emerges from a series of connected and raised pieces that allow exis­ting and unique reali­ties of its loca­tion to infil­trate within its inte­riors.

A sequence of physical percep­tions based on natural factors such as humi­dity, heat, cold or lumi­no­sity accom­pa­nied by controlled elements like light filtra­tion, fans and asper­sers, or sound and water imple­men­ta­tions, create a spon­ta­neous atmo­sphere that make people sensible to their own bodies rela­ti­onship with nature.

Structure

The struc­ture acts as a tool for promo­ting any sort of acti­vi­ties ranging from spor­tive, ludic, economic, academic and cultural, to social, taking advan­tage of its open kind that suggests inter­ac­tions between people and with nature.

The design is defined by the trees’ and bushes’ shape, which deter­mine if the struc­ture bends, expands or wraps around them.

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Project data

Architect

El Equipo Mazz­anti
Calle 69 No. 10 – 06 
Bogotá
Kolum­bien

Client

Muni­cipio de Barranca­ber­meja

Opening

2016

Team

Gian­carlo Mazz­anti, Carlos Medellín, Humberto Mora, Simón Escabi, Juan Carlos Zapata, Luz Rocío Lamprea, Juan Carlos Zapata, Laura Pachón, Lorena Mendoza, Manuela Dangond, Andrés Melo,  Juan Esteban Parra, Julian Quiroz, Pablo Maal

Trag­werk: Nicolás Parra

Photos

Alejandro Arango — Pequeño Robot
Dirección de foto­grafía: Mariana Bravo

Text

El Equipo Mazz­anti

Plans & Visualisations

El Equipo Mazzanti

Die Archi­tekten von El Equipo Mazz­anti sehen das so: „Archi­tektur ist Action. Wir indu­zieren Hand­lungen, Gescheh­nisse und Bezie­hungen, aus denen wir Formen, Muster und offene mate­ri­elle Orga­ni­sa­tionen entwi­ckeln, die wiederum sozialen Zielen folgen. Damit wollen wir neue Verhal­tens­weisen und neue Dyna­miken auslösen, die Menschen ermu­tigen, auf eine Art und Weise zu handeln, die sie sich niemals vorstellen konnten.“

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