Bogotá-based firm Alejandro Rogelis Arquitectura has won first place in the design competition for the future Centro Felicidad (CEFE) in the Chapinero district. Located at the corner of Calle 82 and Carrera 11, the project sits in one of the city's most commercially valuable sectors, right at the transition between the dense urban retail of Zona Rosa and the residential area of the highly valued El Retiro neighborhood.
The Bronx neighborhood, located a few blocks from the country's most important square and the presidential residence, was until mid-2016 the most dangerous street in the city. Since then, the Bogotá Mayor's Office has managed the partial plan for the neighborhood's renovation to convert it into Bogotá's creative district.
