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Architects: Bermúdez Arquitectos, Estudio Herreros
- Area: 70000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Aluman, Accesorios y Acabados, Argos, Construcciones Acústicas, Constructora Parque Central, Etex Colombia, HB Sadelec, HID Global, HR-Experta, Hunter Douglas, Industrial Taylor, Marmisol, Metecno, Redes y proyectos, Taylor Clay Products, Titán prefabricados, meTecno
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Sustainability: Arup, R. Rodríguez, T. Uribe, J. Ramírez, S. Varón
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Acoustics: ADT Diseño y Tecnología, AKUSTIKS, J. Soler, C. Blair, S. Brandt, D. Duplat
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Lighting Design: MTS, ALS, M. T. Sierra, J. Laverde, A. Aman, M. Juarrero
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Structural Design: Consorcio PyP, CNI, BAC ECG, L. Moya, X. Aguiló, C. Gastelbondo, N. Parra, A. Palomino, C. Palomino
ÁGORA-BOGOTÁ will not just be like any convention centre used by sporadic visitors who have little contact with the city, but aims to ascend to the category of a public building infused into all citizens’ imagination. Therefore, all efforts have been concentrated on meeting collective as well as specialized demands. First and foremost, it offers an image which represents the aspirations of a society in transformation and that resembles an environmental sensitivity which inscribes the building in today’s concerns. The specialized demands focus on practical aspects such as circulation systems, easy and comprehensible; an invisible but hierarchical and interconnected distribution of all the internal services that embodies the logistics’ scheme of the building; and a concept of flexibility that accepts the programming of very diverse formats. To this end, the project has adopted two innovative solutions: first, articulating the logistic scheme on the basis of four large vertical circulation and services cores, one in each corner, to facilitate and accommodate the most varied programs; and, second, dispensing with the conventional auditorium’s inclined floors and fixed seating in order to visualize ÁGORA-BOGOTÁ as a place of encounters and activities as diverse as anything and everything the imagination of its events organizers is capable of generating.
