Acts of Cleaning
Activating the interior space of the urban block
Miguel Peluffo Navarro (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Alberto Altes Arlandis – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Jorge Mejia Hernandez – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Gilbert Koskamp – Mentor (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
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Abstract
In the face of growing densification pressures in Teusaquillo, Bogota, this project revolved around deriving a method to activate the interior space of a typical urban block for (a) the augmentation of public space and (b) the further proliferation of present and future activities. The resulting method synthesizes a variety of architectural operations under a conceptual notion of cleaning in order to thread the different components involved in the strategy. Consequently an attempt has been made at providing a rational design system to tackle the various complexities of the typical urban block in Teusaquillo with the clear aim of activating the interior space of it.