Social gatherings and local culture. Music house by COLECTIVO C733
19/07/2022.
[Nacajuca] México
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Nacajuca Music house is a project designed by COLECTIVO C733 a group of architects with an interesting architectural background. The project is located in the municipality of Nacajuca, one of the smallest in the coastal state of Tabasco, Mexico.
In Nacajuca, music and festivities are an important aspect of local memory, a reference in the culture of the place (represented through the pochó dance, with Mesoamerican roots) as well as an essential aspect in daily contemporary manifestations.
With these references, when it was requested to project the new House of Music, one of the important strategies was the reuse of some elements of the pre-existing construction as a base to create the new building, providing a space for meetings, rooted in the memory of the population.
In Nacajuca, music and festivities are an important aspect of local memory, a reference in the culture of the place (represented through the pochó dance, with Mesoamerican roots) as well as an essential aspect in daily contemporary manifestations.
With these references, when it was requested to project the new House of Music, one of the important strategies was the reuse of some elements of the pre-existing construction as a base to create the new building, providing a space for meetings, rooted in the memory of the population.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Site plan. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Site plan. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Ground floor plan. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Ground floor plan. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Section. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Section. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Section. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Façade. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Section. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Sketch. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
Sketch. Music house by COLECTIVO C733.
The solution proposed for Music House by COLECTIVO C733 formed by the architects Gabriela Carrillo, Eric Valdez, Israel Espín, José Amozurrutia and Carlos Facio (TO), displays wide and well-ventilated spaces. It is characterized by an interesting and immense gabled roof (actually three) that makes it unique.
The program is made up of eight classrooms, a cafeteria, restrooms, and administration. There is an open floor plan of about 32m x 24m and a core of services with cellars, bathrooms and kitchens for the different events that can be organized.
The materials used in the project recognize the advantages of implementing local media and resources and encourage craft production. The construction reduced the carbon footprint using local coconut wood, brick and clay tile, proposing a sustainable solution to the environment, also being the first building in the town to pour clean water into the rivers, through a system that ends in a series of treatment wetlands.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.The program is made up of eight classrooms, a cafeteria, restrooms, and administration. There is an open floor plan of about 32m x 24m and a core of services with cellars, bathrooms and kitchens for the different events that can be organized.
The materials used in the project recognize the advantages of implementing local media and resources and encourage craft production. The construction reduced the carbon footprint using local coconut wood, brick and clay tile, proposing a sustainable solution to the environment, also being the first building in the town to pour clean water into the rivers, through a system that ends in a series of treatment wetlands.
Music house by COLECTIVO C733. Photograph by Yoshihiro Koitani.
Description of project by COLECTIVO C733
Music and festivities play a fundamental role in Nacajuca´s daily life, both in the Mesoamerican-rooted poncho dance and in contemporary manifestations.
The new Community Center reuses the foundations of the pre-existed building and provides space for social gatherings, with an open floor plan of 32 x 24 meters, and a core of services with cellars, restrooms, and a kitchen for special events, the upper floor works as a mezzanine for workshops or as a stage for local musicians.
Mirroring the Community Center, conformed by a public boulevard between both buildings, the new music school faces a polluted creek. The walls are aligned to the rhythm of the pre-existing structure of the Community Center in such a way that when all its doors are opened it is possible to look through the entire complex in a cross direction.
The Music School is made up of eight classrooms, a cafeteria, restrooms, and management offices, thanks to the slope of its roof, each of these spaces has double height and an upper terrace from where you can observe the treetops. The complex is the first building in Nacajuca that discharges clean water into the rivers, through a system that culminates in a series of treatment wetlands. Our intention is to demonstrate how another approach to the river is possible.
Wide, well-ventilated spaces were built with local coconut wood, partitions, and clay tiles to provide warmth, natural freshness, and good acoustics.
The project provides a space for the social gatherings of local people, with warm materials and natural freshness through cross ventilation. For musicians, spacious, isolated, and equipped classrooms. It is a project of SEDATU (Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario Territorial y Urbano), of the Federal Government, as part of the PMU (Programa de Mejoramiento Urbano) to attend to highly vulnerable areas in the country.
It´s fundamental that the projects pay homage to the place where they belong, especially if it has the opportunity to highlight what already exists.
The rainwater is captured, collected, and filtered, for use in the restrooms, after that, it passes through a system of biodigesters and biofilters through wetlands, before returning to the river. In addition to water treatment, the coconut wood for this site is highly sustainable, since it is an abundant and renewable resource. During its life, it captures a huge amount of CO2. Its production and transfer generate a minimum carbon footprint in comparison to other materials.
The materials are used to recognize the advantage of implementing local resources and encourage handicraft production and the local workforce.
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Architects
COLECTIVO C733. Lead architects.- Gabriela Carrillo, Eric Valdez, Israel Espín, José Amozurrutia and Carlos Facio (TO).
Design team
Álvaro Martínez, Fernando Venado, Eduardo Palomino.
Collaborators
Executive architect.- Leticia Sánchez, Victor Arriata.
Structures.- LABG (Eric Valdez), GIEE, GECCO Ingeniería.
Electrical and mechanical engineering.- Enrique Zenón.
Landscape architects.- Taller de Paisaje Hugo Sánchez.
Other consultants.- Carlos Hano, Laurent Herbiet.
Structures.- LABG (Eric Valdez), GIEE, GECCO Ingeniería.
Electrical and mechanical engineering.- Enrique Zenón.
Landscape architects.- Taller de Paisaje Hugo Sánchez.
Other consultants.- Carlos Hano, Laurent Herbiet.
Client
SEDATU, Municipio de Nacajuca.
General contractor
Francisco Tripp - Grupo Plarciac.
Area
Site area.- 3,350 m².
Built área.- 1,325 m².
Built área.- 1,325 m².
Budget
$ 25,000,000 mxn.
Dates
Design phase.- April 2020 – Agoust 2020.
Construction phase.- Agoust 2020 – May 2021.
Construction phase.- Agoust 2020 – May 2021.
Location
Gregorio Méndez Magaña , Centro. 87453 Nacajuca, Tabasco, Mexico.
Photography
Gabriella Carrillo, Carlos Facio, Jose Amozurrutia, Eric Valdes, Israel Espín. COLECTIVO C733
C733 COLLECTIVE. C733 is a collective since 2019 for the development of public projects; with the collaboration of the studios of Gabriela Carrillo, Carlos Facio and Jose Amozurrutia (TO), Eric Valdes and Israel Espín, architects by the Universidad Autonoma Nacional de México, they are architecture and design studios with international reach in public and private projects, ephemeral interventions, community work, among others. Their first project as a collective was through a competition organized by the SEDATU through the UNAM.
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