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CALI ENTREAGUAS

CALI ENTREAGUAS

LOcation: Cali, Colombia
surface: 4250 m2
program: cultural center and market
year:2022

Experimental academic project. Cultural Center for the city of Cali.

The Cali entre aguas project begins as a design plan for a new HUB for the northwest of the city, intending to act as an urban staple in a critical point identified as an urban fissure or barrier. This area experiences high pedestrian traffic and has thus become a strategic location for street vendors as a primary source of economic sustenance. The Cali transport terminal moves around 30,000 people daily from all over the country, many of whom come from rural areas or smaller municipalities to receive hospital care. Therefore, Cali entre aguas aims to connect public space with two of the most important facilities in the neighborhood the public hospital and the transport terminal and also to provide a dignified and suitable place for people who make a living from street commerce.


EXPERIMENTATION

The structure of the building and the envelope were conceived as an experimental system based on prefabricated fiberglass panels with a folded surface texture. Inside the building, a cooling system was designed using water circulation between the envelope, which would constitute the structural ribs of the project.


PARAMETRIC DESIGN and Flow analysis

During the design process, it was aimed for the building to be structurally solid due to its geometry and capable of responding to the local climatic conditions, characterized by heavy rainfall. Therefore, strategies were implemented to incorporate water as a natural design element within the project.