The Bogota Museum of Memory
Instructor/ Marcelo Spina
AT/Dylan Kruger
The Museum of Memory in Bogota is a testament to the intricate fabric of the city's history, culture, and societal narrative. By drawing inspiration from the vernacular architectural language of domestic sheds, our proposal offers a surrealistic yet grounded environment, adeptly echoing the challenges embedded within the museum's materials and content. The design actively champions spaces that foster social engagement, dialogue, and contemplation, ensuring that visitors can confront and engage with the museum's challenging content constructively.
Understanding the architectural intervention's significance requires appreciating its urban context. Its placement within the city isn't merely spatial but deeply symbolic, inviting everyday interactions and allowing the museum to become an integral part of residents' routines, akin to visiting a local market or taking a lunch break. The modularity of the design, reminiscent of a mat building, offers flexibility. This fluidity ensures that the exhibition, work, and community programs can adapt, morphing around the dynamic courtyards, embodying the ebb and flow of memories and histories.
Bogota's iconic brickwork, which has its roots in the city's colonial past, has been greatly enhanced over generations of innovation, and sets a unique architectural tone. The work of Elio Salmona, who used the reddish-pink brick to great effect, is a shining example of how this material has gradually become an integral part of the city's culture.
Our proposal seeks to resonate with this heritage. Our design for the building's façade involves using dynamic brickwork to capture the interplay between time, light, and human interaction. A mute icon, the building quietly asserts its presence, becoming a reflective and thought-provoking site within the bustling urban landscape of Bogota.
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Understanding the architectural intervention's significance requires appreciating its urban context. Its placement within the city isn't merely spatial but deeply symbolic, inviting everyday interactions and allowing the museum to become an integral part of residents' routines, akin to visiting a local market or taking a lunch break. The modularity of the design, reminiscent of a mat building, offers flexibility. This fluidity ensures that the exhibition, work, and community programs can adapt, morphing around the dynamic courtyards, embodying the ebb and flow of memories and histories.
Bogota's iconic brickwork, which has its roots in the city's colonial past, has been greatly enhanced over generations of innovation, and sets a unique architectural tone. The work of Elio Salmona, who used the reddish-pink brick to great effect, is a shining example of how this material has gradually become an integral part of the city's culture.
Our proposal seeks to resonate with this heritage. Our design for the building's façade involves using dynamic brickwork to capture the interplay between time, light, and human interaction. A mute icon, the building quietly asserts its presence, becoming a reflective and thought-provoking site within the bustling urban landscape of Bogota.