La huella: conservación de la memoria cultural y arquitectónica de brazo corto

Abstract

El Proyecto de Brazo Corto contempla una propuesta para el mejoramiento arquitectónico del corregimiento, ubicado en el municipio de Timbiquí, departamento del Cauca, el cual pretende garantizar un estilo de vida óptimo satisfaciendo las necesidades y supliendo las principales problemáticas de éste, a partir de un crecimiento progresivo, conforme pasa el tiempo, para el modelo existente de la aldea menor, así mismo la renovación del tejido urbano compuesto por pasarelas. Con esto se realizan una serie de intervenciones arquitectónicas como el mejoramiento de la vivienda teniendo en cuenta su asentamiento lineal fluvial, y la modulación en áreas de la casa existente. De igual modo, al trasladar las viviendas a zonas de menor riesgo por inundación, se genera una “huella”, y en memoria a esto se emplazan las primeras propuestas de residencias según el estado de las casas actuales en el que se encuentren, pasando a ser éstas las pioneras. A su vez, se establecen dos módulos de vivienda nuevos, donde ambas tipologías mantienen las mismas dimensiones en áreas con variaciones en cubierta de pérgolas. El primer módulo se destaca por tener una pérgola en el medio compartida, generando un espacio entre viviendas unificando la zona de producción, la segunda propuesta de pérgolas es independiente, con una modificación siendo la rampa la transición entre lo público y privado; Ambas tipologías con posible ampliación en la zona del patio. Así mismo con variaciones y movimientos en altura del emplazamiento con respecto al terreno. Se plantea una pasarela en memoria a la anterior, que no solo conecte los módulos de vivienda propuestos, sino también algunas de las edificaciones previas a este planteamiento. A su vez, la nueva estructura de cubierta a dos aguas invertida que genera un manejo de la humedad por medio de la ventilación cruzada.

The corregimiento of short arm stands out from the other neighboring settlements due to the modality of a smaller Village, the lifestyle of its inhabitants and the design of a linear river site that is elevated in palafitos, since only this one offers an element hierarchical connector, the catwalk, giving an interior, exterior relationship with the homes, in addition to generating the feeling of a disintegrated space, but at the same time producing atmospheres that communicate with the immediate environment. With regard to translation, understood mathematically as the movement in a straight line of an element that in turn leaves a mark, which is proposed through the cultural and architectural memory of the district. In relation to the smaller village, it is inferred that they are small settlements that cover between 30 and 50 houses, and are aligned on the edge of the river bank, this defined according to (Gilma Mosquera 2014), in his book housing and traditional architecture in the Colombian Pacific. Since Afro-descendant populations were located in the territory they have been located at the edges of water sources, interpreting this as a source of life, an indispensable resource for their mobility and supply, a fundamental part of their culture; in this way they have been implanted in a system of self-sustainable villages that respond to the name of Ecoaldea according to (Robert Gilman 1995), founder of the Context Institute and author of the book Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities; which defines it as a human settlement that involves all aspects important to life, such as integration with the natural environment and the support of ideas in healthy development processes that can persist in an indefinite future. In other words, each aspect corresponds to a variety of fundamental ideas explained as follows, the first is to inhabit and appropriate the territory through homes and businesses 12 located in a specific space that can be located in a city or country, which also contains a cavity of human reach to house a number of 150 to 250 inhabitants that contribute and encourage agricultural, artisanal, cultural and spiritual activities, in which the natural environment is integrated through construction proposals with non-toxic local materials and renewable energies as it affirms (Carlos Enrique Garcés 2016), in his book La Palafítica del Pacifico Housing. Likewise, it must be taken into account that the inhabitants conceive the architecture from their way of living day to day, since this condition is linked to the feeling and expression of community rooted in living and sharing among them; because they are part of the “soul of the place”, a more precise definition with the theme of tradition, expresses it (Hildur Jackson 2002), in his book Ecovillage living in which he speaks of this as the spiritual dimension, referring to the relationship that each person establishes with his deep being and that of others; It is also expressed through elements that highlight the rite and celebration that are a fundamental part of the union and identity of a community. Therefore, it is concluded that a minor Village subsists through categories and strategies which are identified as the way of living, as well as the human being lives in a disintegration present in the environment that involves the same element that allows a translation in their day by day between the change from one state to another, and a responsibility with the environment and life through the union through existing traditions in the territory.