Escuela taller de artes manuales para el municipio de Barichara

Abstract

This project proposes to design the Workshop School (Escuela Taller) for Barichara, destined to the teaching and realization of handicrafts corresponding to: stone carving, fabrics with natural fibers and creation of ceramics, these are ancestral inheritance knowledge from Guane indigenous. Reinterpreting the heritage and cultural values of vernacular architecture within the framework of contemporary architecture, avoiding traditional typological reproduction. The project is configured as a “tape” following a modulation, which adapts to the marked slope of the land, through interior courtyards and volumes distributed at different levels, which allows differentiating both public and private activities; Along with the building, the creation of a new public space is proposed, generating a connection with the existing parks and green areas. All this within the regulations of the Special Management and Protection Plan (PEMP) designed and implemented specifically for Barichara by the Ministry of Culture in order to recover and preserve its heritage, since Barichara was declared a National Monument.