멕시코 Zócalo 광장에 설치된 임시구조물, 20미터 지름의 작은 토론장은 도시광장을 이용하는 사람들의 다양한 이벤트를 제공하기 위한 시설물로 광장 내 미팅장소, 쉼의 장소, 어린이들 놀이의 장소로 사용된다. 45,000 콘크리트 블록(24*12*7cm)은 비대칭 동심원을 그리며 내부로 부터 외부로 점진적인 스텝을 형성한다. (동시에 내부로 수렴되는 공간감 형성) 다수의 사용을 위해 열린공간, 퍼블릭 스페이스 디자인은 모두의 보편적인 활동을 보장하기 위해 유연하게 열린공간을 형성하는 것이 중요하다. 여기서 건축의 개입정도는 어떻게 해야 할까? 소극적, 적극적. 여기서 적극적인 개입은 공간을 구분지으며 공간을 한정한다. 이러한 적정성은 이번 프로젝트와 같이 이용자들에게는 보이지 않는 소극적인 개입을 통하여 이용자의 적극적인 활용을 유도하는 선에서 개입되어야 한다.
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In 1843 was convened a contest in Mexico City for a monument to the heroes of independence.
The monument was
going to be a column in the center of its main square. Its construction
began but the column was never finished. Only the plinth was concluded.
For years the base of the monument stayed there. Citizens began to call
the main square plinth: zócalo in Spanish.
Program: temporary installation
Architect: Alberto Odériz
Team: Alejandro Palafox and Pamela Hernández
Construction: Lucía Villers (luciavillers.com)
Client: Feria de las Culturas Amigas 2014 – CDMX
Throughout its history the place has changed names (Arms Square, Main Square, Palace Square or Constitution Square), also has changed uses (bullring, market, parades, processions). However, the name of Zócalo that the people gave it, has remained to this day.
This story about
the origin of the Zócalo tenaciously reminds us that any construction
on the square is temporary and that protagonists are the citizens. On
the occasion of the 2014 Fair Cultures instead of building a monument, a
plinth for people is proposed. A small forum with 20 meters diameter
made of 45,000 concrete blocks (24x12x7cm) is meant to be recovered once
the Fair is finished, in June.
This is not the first time that Zócalo square is hosting a fair. Not the last. Every month, every week, every day, this square receives events and new visitors. We could even say that the main quality of Zócalo is to be a place to host anything: fairs, monuments, celebrations, parades, concerts and ice rinks. But above all Zócalo welcomes people.
The installation Zócalo was meant to be a meeting place, the meaning was always under construction and was none other than the collective sum of all the people that visited it: children playing with kites, tourists, politicians who give speeches, couples who fall in love, citizens commemorating anniversaries and also manifested when they disagree with injustice.
The poet Julio Cortázar said in his poem “A bridge is a man crossing a bridge” with this in mind we could say: “A square is people in a square”.
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