Jennifer Rozo Pinzon (WiSe 2022/23, Master)

„Re-working the Andina brewery: Revitalization of industrial heritage as a strategy for urban transformation“

Verfasser*in: Jennifer Rozo Pinzon
Hochschule: Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Fakultät für Architektur
Betreuung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Jung, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Janna Hohn
Abschlussarbeit (Master) – Wintersemester 2022/2023

The Andina Creative District is a cultural and architectural regeneration of the former Andina Brewery in Bogota city. This proposal intends to provide the opportunity for the arts and the audience to work and interact in a district of art, community, and exchange.

It is proposed a new urban development that will renew the industrial district of Puente Aranda, Bogota, by proposing a mixed city with housing, commercial areas, services, and facilities, taking as a catalyst the rework of the old Andina Brewery, all articulated through a generous network of public spaces.

The masterplan proposes porous, semi-open blocks of mixed uses, organized around a linear park that runs along the triangle’s mediatrix. Three strips are proposed, the outer strips are mixed-use buildings, and the central strip is located the linear park and facilities such as a school, community facilities and the new creative Andina district.

The scheme provides an opportunity to culturally regenerate the city center of Bogota by creating a permanent solution for the artistic community and encouraging public interaction and exchange with the arts. By providing studio space, exhibition space, convention center, and hotel, along with the creation of a collaborative environment for artists, will allow a variety of creative and community programs to thrive in the building.

The concept of porosity is translated to the old brewery that due to its variations over time, remained as a large block with empty center. Therefore, it is proposed a subdivision of this large space through smaller courtyards with different atmospheres, as well as the generation of a promenade that allows possible to link up with the city and take people off the street into the space of the arts, which helps create a social bridge between the artist and the public.

The re-work of this iconic landmark with a new spirit that boosts the creative industry and, together with the new urban development, will turn it into a destination for Bogota’s residents and visitors to the city.