Corferias
Can redesigning a building transform a city district?
Our master plan for the expansion of Bogota’s largest exhibition hall, Corferias, aims at increasing accessibility and transforming this crucial civic area into Bogota’s next lifestyle district.
Location
Bogota, Colombia
Research Areas Parametric Design
Typology Urban Design
Size
Extra Large
5,144,148 SQF
Status Complete
Project Team Carlos ArnaizLaura del PinoNutchanun BoontassaroGiulia ChagasJun DengValentina Meloni
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To improve the District’s connectivity, CAZA designed all the buildings as modular, connective structures, with bridges and walkways that link the center’s various buildings to one another as well as to surrounding public transportation hubs—applying principles of distributive networks and parametric design. The design also incorporates resiliency by weaving green infrastructure throughout the site.
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The master plan includes a 200-room hotel so that convention center visitors and exhibitors have onsite lodging and a 15-story office building for the water company Acueducto that features hanging gardens overlooking Avenida de las Americas and Corferias—bringing aspects of metabolic architecture and eco-industrialization into the urban fabric.