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Tuxtla Gutierrez Children´s Museum

C Cubica Arquitectos

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C Cubica Arquitectos
The Tuxtla Gutiérrez Children’s Museum was conceived with the purpose of creating a project to detonate the social and cultural advance of the children in the capital city of the Chiapas state, in southeastern Mexico. Although Chiapas is one of the states with the biggest cultural offer, it faces many challenges regarding education and economy. The task of carrying out a Children's Museum seemed complicated. However, the State Government supported the project due to a particular feature, the building would be a regional Children's Museum. All its contents, teachings and didactic material would be strictly related to the culture of the state and would open its doors to all child visitors free of charge.

The Tuxtla Gutiérrez Children's Museum is a sustainable project, with a great social impact and a unique architecture, which is based on the reinterpretation of the orography of Chiapas, characterized by its numerous elevations and valleys. The concept behind the project was the Sumidero Canyon, a natural landmark of Chiapas which is referenced through an irregular geometry, with foldings that evoke the movement and majesty of the canyon.

The building is divided in two levels, with a “horseshoe” shaped floorplan, surrounding a central park which is open to the community; serving as a public space to generate user interaction. The ground floor it is divided into, an access plaza, ticket office, auditorium with a capacity of 105 people, retail space, cafeteria, employees area, storage, workshops, nursing room, cloakroom and restrooms. The top floor includes permanent exhibition halls, 2 workshops, terrace for events, and administrative offices.

Each of the exhibition halls was adopted by a Secretariat of the State Government, guaranteeing the maintenance of the contents and their activities. Retail spaces were included in the program of the building to ensure the maintenance of public areas through their rental.

Despite its unique aesthetics, the building reduced costs by making efficient use of national materials such as stone slabs of the region and expanded metal sheets. The use of eco-technologies was an important consideration. Rainwater collection and a double façade, which acts as an element of solar protection and at the same time allows the entry of lighting and natural ventilation, reduce energy consumption.

The project aims to promote values in the Chiapas childhood through didactic activities, and respect for the natural and cultural biodiversity.

Credits

 Tuxtla Gutiérrez
 Mexico
 Chiapas
 11/2017
 6000 sq. m
 Andrea Cesarman, Emilio Cabrero and Marco Coello
 Israel Ruiz, Martin Cruz, Fernanda Chacon, Paule Barrientos, Oier Pagaegi, Sergio Solares, Regina Sanchez-Aedo, Humberto Muñozcano, Karla Lemus
 Jaime Navarro

Curriculum

C CUBICA ARQUITECTOS is an interdisciplinary firm founded in 1990 by Andrea Cesarman, Emilio Cabrero and Marco Coello, architects and urban planners. It emerges as an expression channel for their passion for good design as a powerful tool for better quality of life through their projects.

Their work covers a wide range of scales and typologies, seeking a balance between form and function in every one of their projects that is always complemented with design that creates a whole concept. The creativity and understanding of the firm has been captured in residential projects, commercial, sport complexes, cultural, hospitality, urbanism, landscape, restoration, interior design and art.

C CUBICA ARQUITECTOS work has been recognized with over 50 architecture and design awards in Mexico and internationally.

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