Walirumana Ethno Educational Center / Salba

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  • Architects: Salba
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3122 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Terratec
  • Lead Architects: Juan Salamanca Balen
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Walirumana Ethno Educational Center / Salba - Exterior Photography
© Juan Salamanca Balen

Walirumana Ethno Educational and Entrepreneurship Center is located 20 kilometers north of Uribia, established on the side of the road that leads to Puerto Colombia, in the department of La Guajira. The socio-environmental conditions in which many of these Wayuu communities live are complex. The desert that extends throughout this region to Venezuelan territory is a determining factor that has impeded the normal development of this native culture. The difficulty to generate an economy of production and consumption, the lack of infrastructure to communicate and provide basic services, added to other factors, has generated very difficult living conditions. The ethnoeducation and entrepreneurship centers materialize the three pillars of the foundation in charge of the project, Proyecto Guajira. Education, development, and basic social assistance are essential to generate a real change, and under this premise, an architecture model is proposed that aims to impact various communities in the upper Guajira by providing adequate space for these activities.

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Cite: "Walirumana Ethno Educational Center / Salba" [Centro etno educacional Walirumana / Salba] 28 Apr 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/980382/walirumana-ethno-educational-center-salba> ISSN 0719-8884

© Juan Salamanca Balen

Walirumana 民族教育中心 / Salba

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