5 beehives + laboratory. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura
25/09/2021.
[Bogotá] Colombia
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
Located in the center of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, the urban apiary project for the Universidad del Rosario was a special commission for Palafito Arquitectura.
The program called for two very different spaces: a laboratory area for researchers from the university's Faculty of Sciences and another dedicated to the hives that will house more than half a million bees.
The program called for two very different spaces: a laboratory area for researchers from the university's Faculty of Sciences and another dedicated to the hives that will house more than half a million bees.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph by Simón Bosch.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura. Photograph courtesy of Palafito Arquitectura.
Site plan. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Ground floor plan. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
First floor. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Roof plan. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Section A. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Section B. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Axonometry. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Axonometry section. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Axonometry. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Construction. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Construction. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Construction. Urban Apiary by Palafito Arquitectura.
Along with the duality of programmatic requirements, Palafito Arquitectura has used two materials: guadua, a plant of the bamboo family, which forms the structure, gives an order to the building, and accentuates its powerful verticality.
On the other hand, the metal that forms the enclosure and allows a certain permeability between the building and its context. This is how the building results in a small pavilion for bees and humans.
On the other hand, the metal that forms the enclosure and allows a certain permeability between the building and its context. This is how the building results in a small pavilion for bees and humans.
Description of project by Palafito Arquitectura
In July 2020, we finished the construction of the urban apiary of the Universidad del Rosario in the geographic center of Bogota; a small building that would house more than half a million bees.
The design was based on squares of different sizes that complement each other in plan and section, marking the corners of an efficient structure.
The building is resolved with two materials: on the one hand, guadua forms the structure, like a forest of columns that do not always touch the floor, but give order to the building and accentuate its powerful verticality. On the other hand, the metal forms the enclosure and allows a certain permeability between the building and its context, through the thresholds, circulations of different dimensions, and interstices that the columns create.
For this unusual commission, we responded to the concerns of researchers from the university's Faculty of Sciences, as the program required two very different spaces. The second floor is where the workspace is located: a translucent metal box that prevents bees from entering and forms a solid base in the guadua forest. This contrasts with the upper level, reserved for the hives: a light, equally metallic, and translucent enclosure that opens to the sky and invites the bees to leave in search of more urban gardens.
In this way, the building is for bees and humans alike, with the paradox that the bees are inside - but in a space that opens to the sky - and we humans are outside - but protected among a slender, sculptural forest.
More information
Architects
Design team
Architect.- Mg. Santiago Pradilla H. Architectural Team.- Laura Vispe, José López, Juanjosé Bacca, Juan David Daza and Santiago Pradilla H.
Collaborators
Structural Design.- Ingeos Consultoría S.A.S. Leonardo Ospina MSc. Construction.- Palafito Architecture Team + William Orozco, Luis Ruiz, Bambú and Guaduas de Colombia - Germán and Myriam. Metal structure.- Lormicortes - Lilia, Miguel and Mauricio.
Client
Area
68 sqm.
Dates
2020.
Location
University of Rosario, Siete de Agosto neighborhood. Bogotá, Colombia.
Photography
Santiago Pradilla Hosie. Santiago Pradilla Arquitectos
Santiago Pradilla Arquitectos is an architecture studio founded by Santiago Pradilla Hosie, an architect from the Javeriana University and a Master in Habitat and Housing from the National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
Santiago is the winner of the 2019 National Architecture Award - Colombian Society of Architects. and winner of the National Architecture Biennial in 2018 and 2014. He has received other important international recognitions such as the Cemex Award in Mexico, Final Selection in 2019 from the Arquia-Spain Foundation. and the 2018 nomination for the Mies Crown Americas Prize in Chicago.
He has rehabilitated various buildings of the modern movement in Bogotá and is also the author of the books: "Emotional cartographies, an approach to Housing of cultural interest" 2010, published by the National University and "Cupica" published by the Javeriana University in 2005.
Co-founding partner of El taller de Santiago y Sebastián and Estudio Palafito. He currently teaches at the Javeriana University and at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.
Santiago is the winner of the 2019 National Architecture Award - Colombian Society of Architects. and winner of the National Architecture Biennial in 2018 and 2014. He has received other important international recognitions such as the Cemex Award in Mexico, Final Selection in 2019 from the Arquia-Spain Foundation. and the 2018 nomination for the Mies Crown Americas Prize in Chicago.
He has rehabilitated various buildings of the modern movement in Bogotá and is also the author of the books: "Emotional cartographies, an approach to Housing of cultural interest" 2010, published by the National University and "Cupica" published by the Javeriana University in 2005.
Co-founding partner of El taller de Santiago y Sebastián and Estudio Palafito. He currently teaches at the Javeriana University and at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.
Categories
Our selection
