Centro de visitantes para la conservación de la biodiversidad

Abstract

The proposal developed in this architectural project seeks, through the design of a visitor center in the area of ​​the El Cocuy, Güicán and Chita National Natural Park, to propose a place where a new focus of tourism is generated, where the relationship prevails with nature and is conceived as a space for disseminating the importance of the conservation of nature and the customs of the U'wa indigenous culture belonging to the region.

Currently, the lack of awareness on the part of tourists has generated various conflicts between environmental authorities and indigenous leaders, so the park has been closed on different occasions, thus, in order to encourage tourism while respecting the park, the idea of visitor center, with sustainability as a principle, and mimesis with the environment, generating spaces of relationship with nature, the above based on The Living Building Challenge certification.