Centro Cultural en Floridablanca

Abstract

The accelerated urban growth of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area has revealed a significant deficit of cultural facilities in municipalities such as Floridablanca, creating dependence on the cultural offer concentrated in the main city and limiting equitable access to adequate spaces for artistic training, dissemination, and performance. This situation restricts community participation, weakens local cultural identity, and affects urban quality of life. In response to this issue, the project proposes the architectural development of a Cultural Center in Floridablanca aimed at fostering citizen participation, strengthening local talent, and contributing to the municipality’s social, educational, and economic development. The research is based on the analysis of the urban and social context, the review of national architectural references, the conceptual and theoretical study of cultural centers, and the application of the current Colombian legal and regulatory framework for cultural infrastructure. As a result, design guidelines are established for a mediumscale, flexible, inclusive, and sustainable facility that integrates auditoriums, workshops, a library, artistic training spaces, and public areas connected to the urban environment. The project is conceived as a driver of urban transformation and social cohesion, capable of positioning Floridablanca as a metropolitan cultural reference and strengthening the appropriation of public space and territorial identity through architecture.