Museo de la Memoria y la Cultura en la zona esmeraldífera – Muzo- Boyacá

Abstract

The human being has the psychic ability to retain and remember the past; This process is known as "memory", a constant relationship that has always existed between "memory", "identity" and "learning". However, "memory" has evolved to become a cultural fact. Its existence contributes enormously to the definition of the identity of a nation, people or collective. The relationship between the concepts of memory, identity and architecture gives rise to a series of questions that were the guide of this monograph, emphasized in projecting an architectural proposal based on the social impacts that were generated as a result of the desire of the Colombian people for the search of the emerald, one of the most precious stones in the world, which as a consequence unleashed one of the conflicts with the greatest impact in the country, the so-called “green war”, which for many years featured stories of violence and war around the control of emeralds, Muzo, from where some years one of the largest emeralds in the world (Fura), and where the exploitation and commercialization of emeralds is one of the most important lines of its economy, was not the exception of this conflict and it has been one of the most affected by the so- called green war. The objective of this research and architectural proposal was based on defining the role of memory in today's society, its impact and how this is expressed in the architectural discipline; discover what are the factors that influence the moment of conceiving a “memory architecture”. To understand what the current challenges are and if it is possible to effectively help the preservation of memory. The Museum of memory in the emerald zone in the municipality of Muzo, is an architectural proposal, which is in accordance with national policies against The design proposal is developed through the recovery and consolidation of memory through strategies of design. The result is a comprehensive proposal that highlights the values and respect for all actors in the conflict.