Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía

Pilares La Pulga Innovation and Cultural Center 

Taller de Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach

PHOTOGRAPHS
josué Mejía, Taller De Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Ciudad De México, Mexico

CATEGORY
  Cultural Center

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía

The PILARES initiative arises as part of a collaboration by the Secretary of Works and Services of Mexico City to provide infrastructure for the educational and cultural sectors in different delegations of the capital through the design of 25 new points of Innovation, Freedom, Art, Education and Knowledge (Pilares).

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía

The comprehensive plan includes the construction and planning of 274 venues, of which 165 are completed (32 new buildings and 133 rehabilitations), 56 are in the process of construction (50 new buildings and 6 rehabilitations), 41 are in the process of tender (35 new buildings and 6 rehabilitations) and 12 are being managed by SECTEI (11 new buildings and 1 rehabilitation).

To achieve this, the firm led by Alberto Kalach developed the project "La Pulga", located in the Cuauhtémoc delegation, which consists of 1,231 square meters of construction and two levels.

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía

A structure of arches in both directions was thought of, which were rigid and solid, accompanied by apparent vaulted slabs.

That is why the choice of concrete as the main material was an ideal response governed by the concepts of durability and practicality that would allow the creation of spaces that would shape the users' movements, offering fluid circulations and versatile spaces.

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía

In addition, the contrast of the concrete with the black iron stairs and fixed wooden furniture, combined with the height of the ceilings, was used as a visual resource.

Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía


Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía


Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía
Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Josué Mejía


Pilares La Pulga Innovation And Cultural Center
© Taller de Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach