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CENTRO COMERCIAL GUADALUPE

CONCEPTUALIZED AS A NEW GREEN CENTER FOR THE CITY OF GUADALUPE, THIS PROJECT RE-USES AN OLD BUILDING AND TRANSFORMS IT INTO A CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL AND COMERCIAL LOCATION AIMING TO A LACK OF HIGHER-END OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL SPACE. HALF OF THE BUILDINGS ORIGINAL STRUCTURE IS BEEN RE-USED AND ALL THE ORIGINAL TRUSSES CONFORM THE ROOF CEILING RESEMBLING THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE. ITS PROXIMITY TO THE GUADALUPE CATHEDRAL AND ITS GREEN PARK INSPIRED US TO PROPOSE A CONNECTION OF GREENERY, BIKE-LANES AND PEDESTRIAN BOULEVARD FROM THOSE ICONS TO THIS NEW GREEN CENTER, OASIS OF NATURE, OXYGEN CREATOR, CENTER CITY HUB. THIS CONCEPT EMBODIES THE IDEA THAT EVERY SOCIAL BUILDING MUST AND SHOULD ENGAGE IN PROPOSING AND AFFECTING THE CITY SCAPE AROUND IT, IN ORDER TO CREATE IN THE FUTURE A NETWORK OF URBAN SPACES THAT THREAD GREENERY INTO THE CITY. THE DESIGN ALSO PROPOSES A FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE USED FOR SEVERAL PURPOSES, SUBDIVIDED INTO MORE OFFICES OR FUNCTION AS ONE BIG SPACE. ALSO ITS WHITE TECTONIC ALLOWS FOR A NEUTRAL BACKGROUND THAT CAN BE MODIFIED EASILY FOR THE USE OF SPECIFIC TENANTS REQUESTS.

< TYPE OF PROJECT > SHOPPING CENTER AND OFFICES

< LOCATION > SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

< YEAR > 2016-2017

< STATUS > BIDDING PHASE AND PERMITTING

< LSD PARTNERS > RODOLFO TINOCO AND LUIS MAURICIO SOLIS

< LSD TEAM > MAURICIO SALAS, DANIEL BERMUDEZ AND ADRIAN GUEVARA

< COLLABORATORS > S3 INGENIEROS AND CJ INGENIERIA