ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTEMPORANEITY
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ALFONSO LOPEZ ZONAL UNIT, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Riverfront Healthcare Center Design (Research Project) | 2017
The Project’s objective is to generate architectural spa-
ces in response to the constant change and uncertainty
of contemporaneity. Active and pertinent architecture, in
which the human being is considered part of an ecosys-
tem where nature and arti ce are integrated, and we
as human are agents in interaction with the natural en-
vironment. Architecture as the product of a composi-
tion of natural and arti cial elements acting as a whole.
Therefore, the Case Study is a Psychological Welfa-
re and Mental Health Center of zonal scale, by de-
termining that the disconnection between nature and
arti ce in urban areas has a negative impact on the
mental health of the population, due to various urban
generators of depression, mood and stress disorders.
The Design Concept is the Biophilia, a hypothesis
that states that exposure to nature promotes psy-
chological well-being, reduces the stress of the ur-
ban life, and stimulates physical health. So that, a
renewable, sustainable, lightweight, economical and
easily self-constructed technical approach is chosen,
based on the biophilic and natural architecture. This
corresponds to a structural system of reciprocal fra-
mework and enveloping composed of materials with
the least ecological footprint (guadua, aggregates
and natural bers), & a technical and spatial solu-
tion that has the advantage of being produced and
modi ed by users, and in this way, adaptable to the
constant change and uncertainty of contemporaneity.
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