The Colombian studio Yemail Arquitectura has been commissioned to develop the renovation of a mixed-use cultural project in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This intervention was carried out to pay homage to the school of small buildings of early modernity in Bogota.

The programme developed consists of a confluence of workshops, shops, and multi-purpose space. These are intended to house activities of a creative nature, such as visual arts, plastic arts, music, and theatre.
The project by the Yemail Arquitectura studio is developed on four floors, which were intervened and rehabilitated over two years, 2018-2020. In terms of construction, the refurbishment was carried out with a cactus grey metal structure and clay masonry in various formats.

The project results in an architectural exercise that values the scale and construction tradition of the Bogotá neighborhood. This is how the project harmoniously assembles different uses, as well as the possibility of understanding the front garden as an active boundary equipped for interaction with the street.
 

Description of project by Yemail Arquitectura

Binario is a cultural project that mixes workshop spaces, shops, terraces, and flexible spaces that in the words of Alejandra Molano and Andrés Felipe Pardo, the minds behind it all, houses creative practices such as visual and plastic arts, design, music, and theatre in small formats.

It is also an architectural exercise of 4 levels designed and built by several hands between 2018 and 2020, with a nopal grey metallic structure and clay masonry in various formats.  In its origin coexist the question of scale and the constructive tradition of the neighborhood, a tribute to the school of small buildings of the first modernity of Bogota, the intention of harmoniously assembling different uses, or the possibility of understanding the front garden as an active boundary equipped for interaction with the street.

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Yemail Arquitectura.
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Design team
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Architect in charge: Antonio Yemail. Design Team - Yemail Arquitectura.
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Collaborators
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Engineering - Yemail Arquitectura. Landscaping.- Alejandra Herrera Molano + Andrés Felipe Pardo Fuquen. Consultants.- Metric (Structural Design). Mauro García (Electrical Design) Mezzanines and roofs (Acesco). Collaborators.- Antonio Yemail + Juan Camilo Anzola + Eduardo Sandoval + Hania Podladowska. Model.- Sara Escobar Aristizábal + Architect Juan Sebastián Vélez.
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Client
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Alejandra Herrera Molano + Andrés Felipe Pardo Fuquen.
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Area
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359 sqm.
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Dates
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Construction completion year - 2019.
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Location
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Bogotá, Colombia.
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Alejandro Arango. Photographic record Model.- Julian Mahecha.
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Yemail Arquitectura, founded in Bogotá in 2007, develops its professional activity in the design and execution of public and private architectural projects in various parts of Colombia and abroad.

We have worked with cultural institutions, galleries, and museums in the design of pavilions, exhibition halls, museographies, and shops, as well as in collaboration with artists for the development of installations and special projects and with creative agencies, micro and large companies in the design of workspaces, production and sales centers. We also work with developers and individuals in housing development exploring cooperative management models, the rehabilitation of modern heritage, and the use of low-cost manufacturing systems. We have participated in consultancies with foundations, universities, and development agencies for the development of public space interventions, street furniture design, and public policy planning.
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