Centro de memoria para Tunja

Abstract

This document exposes the importance of the architectural heritage and National Monument Parque Bosque de la República and its surroundings. It is a strategic place for the project because it is located in a popular sector of the city, from where the development and demarcation of the historic sector on its southern side begins, which makes it a point where many customs and activities converge that make a messy mix between colonial and modern architecture, and residential and commercial architecture, a park with elements of historical and architectural value overshadowed by planned modern interventions, coupled with institutional abandonment makes the use by part of the population is not the most appropriate, despite the difficulties that this generates. The proposal that is developed through the present urban architectural project with emphasis on cultural heritage, "Memory Center for the city of Tunja" makes up for the loss of memory and identity in the city, therefore, some design guidelines are proposed that give response to a character of cultural architecture that allows to revitalize the sector of the city to intervene, through a cultural facility contributing to the integral urban development having a departmental and also regional character. The project proposal for a cultural identity center offers to explore the relationship between architecture and the urban, physical, historical and cultural context. The objective is to understand in greater depth the role that architecture can play in preserving the identity of the place.