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Bogotá, Colombia / 2011-2016 / Ágora-Bogotá multi-format meeting centre / In collaboration with Daniel Bermúdez Arquitectos / International Competition by CV selection / 1st prize / Area: 73.500m2
Awards
Holcim Awards Latin America 2014 – First Acknowledgment Prize
NAN Awards 2012 – Best project by a spanish architect
Providing Bogotá with an important, international Conference Centre requires the implementation of an instrument to re-locate both the city and the country in the map. Undoubtedly, the time has come to carry out this operation, linking it to two currently ongoing, major branding operations: Marca-Bogotá and Marca-Colombia. This new Conference Centre shall be a symbol of Colombian hospitality; a place for encounters in a city of encounters, the capital city of a nation of encounters. Thus, we named it AGORA – BOGOTÁ, assuming the double challenge of achieving the required singularity for the building to fulfill its media-related function while remaining faithfull to the Colombian architectural tradition, whose equilibrium, rigour and renounce to sensationalism have bestowed it upon international acclaim in a time of crisis and recession. Therefore, the challenge -as well as the potential offered by our team- may be defined as the pursue of notoriety through rationalism.
Team
CLIENT:
Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (CCB), Corferias
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Ramón Bermúdez (EH)
PROJECT TEAM:
Stan van der Maas, J.O. Pinzón, J.A Pardo, Alejandra Novoa, MªA. Carmona, J.Camilo Brito, Andrés Gutiérrez, Alberto Roa, Paula Sopó, David Caballero, David Barbosa (DB). Gonzalo Rivas, Abraham Piñate, Iván Guerrero, Victor Lacima, Raúl García, Beatriz Salinas, Carmen Antón (EH)
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
PAYC.SA, Mauricio Pérez, Fabio Castro
CONSULTANTS:
Structure: BAC ECG, Lluis Moya, Xavier Aguiló, Camilo Castelbondo; CNI, Nicolás Parra; PCA, Armando Palomino / Sustainability: BIOCLIMATICA, Jorge Ramírez, Sandra Varón; ARUP Ramón Rodriguez / Façade: ARUP Ignacio Fernández-Solla, Matías García / Lighting: ALS Antón Amann, MTS María Teresa Sierra / Landscape: Diana Wiesner / Conference: C. WISDOM, Rick Schmidt / Theatre: FISHER&DACHS, Josh Dachs, Bob Campbell / Scenery: Alejandro Luna / Accoustics: AKUSTIKS Jaume Soler, Chris Blair, Daniel Duplat / Traffic: Rafael Beltrán / Electricity: Jaime Sánchez / Safety: Jaime Andrés García / Soil mechanics: Luis Fernando Orozco / Ventilation: Mauricio Gómez / Identity: OAC, Joaquín Gallego, Norberto Chaves / Signaling: FOTOLETRAS, Carmenza Mondragón / Kitchen: Mario Daniel Motta
