Coexisting in Architectures that Coexist. Front Building and Covered Patio in the UC Extension Center, Campus Oriente, Providencia, 2019

Abstract

The articulation between the new and the preexisting is a permanent dilemma for architecture. The usual responses - formal mimesis or radical contrast - entail possibilities at opposite ends that do not ensure the coexistence of different architectures. This project is committed to an alternative strategy, to simply let the preexistence be and add only what is missing: a façade, a roof, and an underground program.