Carie Penabad-Barranquilla Public Spaces

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Barranquilla Public Spaces
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces
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Globalization in our world is associated with the
generic and the commonplace. Uniformity has
become a global epidemic and placelessness is now
an integral part of our everyday lives.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces
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The project for five, new, public spaces, located
within Barranquilla, Colombias historic city
center, is conceived otherwise, and returns to
the profound lessons learned from the past (the
not so distant past) where the citys unique
architectural and urban development was the
result of a confluence between nature, building
and local folklore.  .
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces
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To this end, the project explores the potential
to create spaces of cultural specificity where
the colloquial and the vernacular participate in
the composition and construction of the
contemporary city.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces
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The project includes the redesign of the Plaza
San Nicholas, the citys emblematic public space
the Plaza San Roque defined by new program
(largely a rectory serving the adjacent
cathedral) that supports a large, hovering, roof
which serves to protect the citys inhabitants
from the intense tropical heat the Paseo de las
Palmas with its broad canopy of native acacias
and palms, the Plaza de las Palmas with its new
cultural center and grandstand the Plaza San
Jose, and finally the Plaza del Hospital with its
new school.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces
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Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Barranquilla-Public-Spaces