Project Type: Urban design
Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia
Area: 30,000 m2
Project Year: 2014
Software Used: Autocad - Archicad - Artlantis - Photoshop
Role: Design Concept, Space Planning, Drafting, and Rendering.
Design Team: Cindy Jerez, Laura Bayona, and Alejandra Riveros.
Specific Objectives:
• Rescue the landscape potential of the site to generate an attractive image that turns the area into an urban hub and a visual center.
• Establish a link between the area and the city through a symbol that encourages a sense of belonging and identification.
• Benefit the residents through a project that uses urban transformation as a strategy to improve the conditions of public space, connections between neighborhoods, and mobility in this area.
• Promote continuity in pedestrian mobility through the improvement and construction of urban walks, linear parks, cycle routes, and public spaces.
• Propose a landscape architecture that respects and promotes the natural environment of the escarpment, taking into account that the topography plays an important role in the development of the project."