1ST PRIZE
[Gustavo Sarmiento PeNaranda, Luis Enrique Moreno Morales, Camilo Alexander Pillimue Ortiz, Jacobo Quintana Cardona ]
CALI, COLOMBIA
The intercultural processes of knowledge exchange require teaching and learning universal platforms, whereas universally we recognize each other as equals and now, more than ever, as part of a globalized world. As said before, we believe that this project fits in the educational model of the NGO Teach on the Beach which purpose, in others, remarks learning through experience, the understanding of modern subjects and the critical thinking facing any problem.
We believe that the activities individuals have are capable of shaping spaces that developed them, and the educational activities (multi- intercultural) are able to facilitate the building of spaces that allow the growth of a wide relationship system where there’s room for the continuous learning. Therefore, the understanding of intercultural relationships, that the NGO encourages, are the beginning which organizes the formation of this architectonic scheme in which throughout different and new spaces are able to adapt into a place and a culture that inspires the cultural exchange in closed and open spaces, that permit communication, resulting in the transmission of messages, so the proposed spaces were intended to be a device for this purpose. For that reason, we created “continuous spatialities” that are mixed between the interior and exterior making possible different modes of educational practices by simultaneously allowing diverse cultural and artistic manifestations.
This architectural scheme is looking to dilute the limits that involve the creation of spaces with variant uses. We bring forward this generic structural system that gives way to organize the required program, but at the same time has the peculiarity to adapt to this with non-significant changes. Subsequently with this we achieve to occupy the spot in an organized way and promote the appearance of open zones that work like extension areas of contiguous covered spaces: each space that is located in the first level of the project has the possibility to expand to the exterior taking advantage of the benefits of the environment that surrounds it. In short, the comprehension and respect that the existent construction gave us guidelines to understand the place; this classroom building remains totally integrated to the project, becoming part of the structure of it, which will communicate with the new four buildings through the central yards, which will allow the concluding of what we denominate the Educative Valley ToB.
We believe that the activities individuals have are capable of shaping spaces that developed them, and the educational activities (multi- intercultural) are able to facilitate the building of spaces that allow the growth of a wide relationship system where there’s room for the continuous learning. Therefore, the understanding of intercultural relationships, that the NGO encourages, are the beginning which organizes the formation of this architectonic scheme in which throughout different and new spaces are able to adapt into a place and a culture that inspires the cultural exchange in closed and open spaces, that permit communication, resulting in the transmission of messages, so the proposed spaces were intended to be a device for this purpose. For that reason, we created “continuous spatialities” that are mixed between the interior and exterior making possible different modes of educational practices by simultaneously allowing diverse cultural and artistic manifestations.
This architectural scheme is looking to dilute the limits that involve the creation of spaces with variant uses. We bring forward this generic structural system that gives way to organize the required program, but at the same time has the peculiarity to adapt to this with non-significant changes. Subsequently with this we achieve to occupy the spot in an organized way and promote the appearance of open zones that work like extension areas of contiguous covered spaces: each space that is located in the first level of the project has the possibility to expand to the exterior taking advantage of the benefits of the environment that surrounds it. In short, the comprehension and respect that the existent construction gave us guidelines to understand the place; this classroom building remains totally integrated to the project, becoming part of the structure of it, which will communicate with the new four buildings through the central yards, which will allow the concluding of what we denominate the Educative Valley ToB.