Centro cultural con énfasis en el séptimo arte para el Municipio de Girón, Santander

Abstract

This project aims to design a cultural center with an emphasis on the seventh art for the municipality of Girón, Santander, which seeks to enhance the spatial experience based on the generation of atmospheres that show the link between interior and exterior to generate sensations in users. In this sense, a design thinking approach based on Rogelio Salmona and Peter Zumthor is carried out to recognize the architectural implications of their theories in the equipment of cultural centers in order to apply the principles identified in the theoretical framework. For this, three architectural references are analyzed and evaluated in the international, Latin American, and national contexts. This analysis reveals principles of spatial organization that constitute an architectural program with main areas for cinemas, audiovisual interaction rooms and complementary spaces. After the architectural, urban, and social analysis of the user population, five criteria are proposed to determine the ideal location, applicable to three buildings in the studied municipality, for their quantitative evaluation and final choice. With this, the project is located in the Ciudadela Villamil neighborhood of the Girón municipality, Santander. Finally, three types of patios were designed. The first one configures an access square with paths delimited by nature. The second, without columns, is made up of bushes. In addition, in the perimeter corridors, it receives the shadow reflected on the stretches of openwork wall that surround the facade. And the third, with columns, is structured by paths and gardens. Each one is expressed from the modification of the elements that constitute it to create types of experiences.