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Workshop school : Sierra Morena Neighborhood

Perspective of the bamboo-framed workshop school stepping down the wooded hillside
Category
Architecture
Year
2019–2020
Location
Bogotá, Colombia
Client
National University of Colombia
Collaboration
with Felipe Franco

This project revitalises and rescues the traditional construction techniques rooted in the region. An innovative structure of bamboo scaffolding has been conceived that adapts to the sloping topography and the arrangement of the different habitable modules. We do not see it simply as a static construction, but as a dynamic project, capable of growing, evolving or disappearing. This space not only serves as a meeting place, where the community shares experiences and has fun, but also as a collective learning space, enabling the inhabitants to build their own homes in a sustainable and harmonious way with their surroundings.

First-floor plan at 1:150 laid over the contour lines of the slope
First floor over the slope, 1:150
Site plan showing the building within the Sierra Morena neighbourhood and its topography
Within the Sierra Morena neighbourhood
Roof plan at 1:150 with the planted courtyard between the modules
Roof plan with the planted courtyard, 1:150
Lower-floor plan at 1:150
Lower floor, 1:150
Construction details of the bamboo wall, floor and beam junctions, prefabricated and cast in place
Bamboo junctions, prefabricated and cast in place
Facade section through a module and its bamboo scaffold, with a figure for scale
Facade section through module and scaffold
Details of the bamboo scaffold joints, column bases, wall-to-floor junction and the slope retaining system
Joints, column bases and slope retention
Long elevation of the school on the steep slope, drawn against the mountain landscape
The school on the slope
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