- CIVIC CENTER TALCA
- Architecture: Bárbara Salazar, Paula Delgado & Thomas Busch
- Assignment: Competition
- Location: Talca, CL
- Year: 2020
- The international architecture and urban planning competition for a new civic space emerging from the former Talca Prison offers a transformative opportunity for urban development in one of the city’s most iconic areas. As the prison relocates, the site will be reimagined into a vibrant civic hub, blending historical legacy with contemporary needs. The proposal emphasizes the prison’s intangible fragments, fostering a dialogue between past and present. Key strategies include repurposing the prison wall, enhancing interior courtyards, and creating a continuous ground floor to integrate the project into the urban fabric. A first-floor gallery and upper-level walls restore facade continuity while connecting diverse programmatic spaces. Public courtyards within the block encourage varied activities, fostering community engagement. All images were hand-drawn, combining analog techniques with precise 3D modeling to ensure an accurate representation of the project. This mixed approach highlights the design’s integration into Talca’s evolving urban fabric. The project positions itself as an urban enclave, reinforcing city axes, generating pedestrian flows, and integrating green spaces and public plazas. By harmonizing history and modernity, it establishes a new civic center, preserving and revitalizing the prison’s heritage while meeting the city’s evolving demands.
- CIVIC CENTER TALCA
- Architecture: Bárbara Salazar, Paula Delgado & Thomas Busch
- Assignment: Competition
- Location: Talca, CL
- Year: 2020
- The international architecture and urban planning competition for a new civic space emerging from the former Talca Prison offers a transformative opportunity for urban development in one of the city’s most iconic areas. As the prison relocates, the site will be reimagined into a vibrant civic hub, blending historical legacy with contemporary needs. The proposal emphasizes the prison’s intangible fragments, fostering a dialogue between past and present. Key strategies include repurposing the prison wall, enhancing interior courtyards, and creating a continuous ground floor to integrate the project into the urban fabric. A first-floor gallery and upper-level walls restore facade continuity while connecting diverse programmatic spaces. Public courtyards within the block encourage varied activities, fostering community engagement. All images were hand-drawn, combining analog techniques with precise 3D modeling to ensure an accurate representation of the project. This mixed approach highlights the design’s integration into Talca’s evolving urban fabric. The project positions itself as an urban enclave, reinforcing city axes, generating pedestrian flows, and integrating green spaces and public plazas. By harmonizing history and modernity, it establishes a new civic center, preserving and revitalizing the prison’s heritage while meeting the city’s evolving demands.