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Urban-Landscape Design Centro Chia

CHIA - COLOMBIA

2018

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The urban design reflects the restoration of the streets surrounding the Four Seasons San Francisco Hotel, located in Getsemaní, Cartagena de Indias, as a living, flexible, humane, and sustainable public space.
The new model of public space is based on the review and updating of the factors that make up the city: a heritage that enhances its character and value as a material entity; a public space and the idea of urbanity that places people at the center, reinforcing proximity and strengthening its multifunctional use; and a green infrastructure that uses nature as an ally in resilience and mitigation of climate change. In this way, a new type of space is being introduced, a new reference landscape that also has the capacity to generate a new urban identity for Getsemaní.
The recovery of this public space we want is a place for those who inhabit it. A place that responds to the needs and desires of its inhabitants, granting them rights and opportunities.
 

Safe, healthy, sustainable, inclusive, and vital spaces.

The goal is to humanize the use of inclusive public space to prioritize pedestrians, as is the case in most historic centers around the world, through these five objectives:

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PACIFICATION AND REGURALIZATION OF MOBILITY

The Street as a Public Space: The street is the area of public space designated for circulation, between walls, along which citizens enjoy and move. The street is not just the vehicular roadway; it is the space from wall to wall, consisting of sidewalks, vegetation, furniture, cycle paths, lanes for public and private transport, median strips, functional gardens, and safe pedestrian crossings, among other things.

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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT REFORMULATION

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ROAD PACIFICATION

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IMPROVEMENT OF PLACES AND ACCESSIBILITY

WAYFINDING

Direct and continuous in its layout and surface. Connected by ramps and safe crossings, free of obstacles, and illuminated.

It supports the development of ecological connectivity corridors, environmental comfort, and mitigates the effects of climate change. It includes functional gardens and trees, and helps create spaces for visitors and contains elements that support the adjacent connectivity with Centenario Park.

For mixed vehicular traffic. The comprehensive design improves the circulation of non-motorized modes. Additionally, the FPM lane allows for intervention to create parking bays.

With a clear layout, it is sure to promote constant speeds and avoid level changes. Located in accordance with the recommendations of the city's planning team. It is marked and includes traffic safety features.

Main Avenue

Alameda

RE-NATURALLY UNIQUE

Bring back the importance of the shopping center's slogan "naturally unique" through strategies to renaturalize its surroundings.
The concept of a continuous and uninterrupted Pompeian system proposes a continuous surface at the same level as the sidewalks, creating a sense of spatial, visual, and material continuity. It provides full accessibility for all residents: children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It prioritizes pedestrian traffic over vehicular traffic. By removing these barriers, the street is not segregated for each mode of travel, leveling the street level to a single level.
The treatment of floors and pavements varies according to the use zone (vehicle lane and bicycle lane) and intersections, adding visual interest that can be used to make other traffic-calming strategies even more visible, providing a sense of safety and ownership of the space for each mode of traffic.

Place identity through landscape and nature

Oak Forest

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Master Plan for Landscape Improvement

Master Plan for Landscape Improvement

FURNITURE DESIGN

Seeking the identity for which the shopping center is committed, the furniture is designed under the following premises:

* Low impact on carbon footprint.
* Local production.
* Adaptability to different scenarios and flexibility in the use of space.
* Modular elements.
* Lightness and durability.
* High-strength concrete material with fiberglass reinforcement, taking advantage of the mechanical, architectural and functional advantages of the material.
 

Landscape Elements and Furniture

PALETTE OF NATIVE AND SAVANAN VEGETATION

Landscape design. Palette of trees, shrubs, and hedges

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