Alhambra's cross
Temporary open-air church created for 'pandemic Easter' in Bogota.
Bogota's major announced that Easter celebrations were to be restricted and limited.
Colab-19 approached Bogota's archdiocese in order to donate a temporary church.
"Parroquia Santa Maria de la Alhambra". was the one in more need of this donation.
They don't have an existing temple, just bought a house, right before the pandemic began. Suffering as well the consequences like many other sectors of the city.
Our first step of action was to think about keeping the Christianity architectural language
The Greek Cross type
and the second one, seek to recycle systems related to the construction in order to achieve no waste in our new experiment
"horizontal framework"
(a system used to cast concrete slabs)
a system that today is considered outdated due to the evolution of the system itself.
A hazard to our environment with many pieces to arrive in many landfills around the world for the next years.
our approach is to offer a recycled and recyclable design.
The Colombian Society of Architects joined us under their program #architectureforlife
with their support we were able to enhance public-private partnership with the donation of the system by equinorte.
Originally these pieces are finished in raw material or are painted in orange but for this occasion, equinorte decided to paint it white.
CESCA a student's collective organization from the Colombia Society of Architects played also an important role, they were the link with young students from different architectural schools to start assembling the temporary church
Collaborators
Arquidiocesis de Bogota.
Colombian Society of Architects.
Equinorte.
CESCA.
Photos
Drone image by David Carretero; other photography by Alberto Roa
April 2021.