Space recovered for the community. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733
21/09/2022.
[Tapachula] Mexico
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
The C733 Collective was commissioned to carry out the rehabilitation of the Tapachula train station, inaugurated at the beginning of the 20th century, it was for a long time the gateway to Mexico, as well as the heart of the city. The building was abandoned after Hurricane Stan in 2005, where the rail system collapsed in several sections.
With the support of the community and the Urban Improvement Program implemented since 2019, the new proposal seeks to rescue the local memory and its character as an urban connector and public park. The intervention respects the existing urban fabric and dialogues with the landscape, taking advantage of the extraordinary local plant palette.
With the support of the community and the Urban Improvement Program implemented since 2019, the new proposal seeks to rescue the local memory and its character as an urban connector and public park. The intervention respects the existing urban fabric and dialogues with the landscape, taking advantage of the extraordinary local plant palette.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Site plan. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Context. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Ground plan. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Facade. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sections. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sections. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sketches. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sketches. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sketches. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sketches. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Sketches. Tapachula station by Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Edificio original. Estación Tapachula por Colectivo C733. Fotografía courtesía de Colectivo C733.
Starting from the concept of the nature of repetition, following the same linear scheme of the old lanes, the proposal for Colectivo C733 is resolved in a single section, capable of housing small-format spaces on its sides, for sports, cultural and community use. For large-format uses, the project adds a light cover 19 meters high and 32 meters clear.
The structural strategy arises from the place and uses bamboo elements, with Tapachula being the largest producer of bamboo in Mexico. As reinforcement elements, steel and concrete were used to promote cross ventilation and natural lighting in all spaces. The rehabilitation proposal strips the structural elements and preserves the original texture of its walls.
The structural strategy arises from the place and uses bamboo elements, with Tapachula being the largest producer of bamboo in Mexico. As reinforcement elements, steel and concrete were used to promote cross ventilation and natural lighting in all spaces. The rehabilitation proposal strips the structural elements and preserves the original texture of its walls.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Tapachula station by Colectivo C733. Photograph by Rafael Gamo.
Description of project by Colectivo C733
The Tapachula Railway Station was inaugurated at the beginning of the 20th century; with an eclectic and art deco appearance that would later change, in the seventies, to modernism. In October 2005, Hurricane Stan collapsed the rail system in several sections, making it impossible for the train to pass. Given the magnitude of the disaster, it was not profitable to rebuild, so this place, which was for a long time the gateway to Mexico as well as the heart of Tapachula, disappeared and was used as a garbage dump; at night, bedroom and latrine for indigent people.
Hand in hand with fundamental actions on the part of the community, the small space for cultural, sports and local memory activities was rescued, achieving through the Municipality the intervention of the Urban Improvement Program implemented by SEDATU since 2019.
The project seeks to rescue its character as an urban connector and a public park accompanied by flexible spaces with strategic measures to be covered courts, community dining rooms and recreational spaces.
Its conceptual essence arises from the nature of repetition, evoked by the sleepers of the train, and is resolved in a single section, capable of housing small-format spaces on its sides, for sports, cultural and community use, which serve as "foundations". exposed¨to support a light roof of 19 meters high and 32 meters clear, for large format uses; hand in hand with a landscape intervention that shapes slopes, squares and community gardens, taking advantage of the extraordinary local plant palette, breaking the limits between interior and exterior, between what is built and what exists.
The structural strategy and its color palette arise from the place, Tapachula being the largest producer of bamboo in Mexico, in addition to steel and concrete as reinforcing elements that promote cross ventilation and natural lighting in all spaces; and the stress elements that allow for slenderness in the large span, despite seismic and wind considerations.
The Old Station rescued its original character, stripping the structural elements and the original texture of its walls, as well as the character, already recovered by the community, of cultural space and memory for the heart of Tapachula.
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Architects
Colectivo C733.- Gabriela Carrillo, José Amozurrutia, Carlos Facio, Eric Valdez, Israel Espín.
Proyect team
Design Team.- Álvaro Martínez, Israel Carrión, Fernando Venado.
Executive Architect.- Vectores Urbanos.
Executive Architect.- Vectores Urbanos.
Collaborators
Structural engineering.- LABG and GIEE.
Mechanical and electrical engineering.- Enrique Zenón.
Lighting design.- Carlos Hano.
Landscape design.- Hugo Sánchez Landscape Workshop.
Mechanical and electrical engineering.- Enrique Zenón.
Lighting design.- Carlos Hano.
Landscape design.- Hugo Sánchez Landscape Workshop.
Client
SEDATU, Municipio de Tapachula.
Contractor
CRUM.– Martín García.
Area
7,200 sqm.
Dates
May 2021.
Location
Av. Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, 30786, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Photography
Gabriella Carrillo, Carlos Facio, Jose Amozurrutia, Eric Valdes, Israel Espín. COLECTIVO C733
C733 COLLECTIVE. C733 is a collective since 2019 for the development of public projects; with the collaboration of the studios of Gabriela Carrillo, Carlos Facio and Jose Amozurrutia (TO), Eric Valdes and Israel Espín, architects by the Universidad Autonoma Nacional de México, they are architecture and design studios with international reach in public and private projects, ephemeral interventions, community work, among others. Their first project as a collective was through a competition organized by the SEDATU through the UNAM.
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