La ampliación del mambo como catalizador urbano para la integración cultural y ambiental del centro de Bogotá.

Abstract

Modern or contemporaneous art has been one of the artistic movements established in the western cultural scene due to its north-American influence and its capitalist conception. (Ventós, 2006). Particularly in Bogota, this panorama is evident on the increase of visitors’ number to the Bogota Museum of Modern Art (MAMBo as its Spanish acronym), going from 30.000 to 47.000 persons between 2015 and 2017 (Díaz, 2018). However, the actual size of its building does not fulfill its space and storage capacity needs, becoming a big issue to its artworks and permanent collection. Based on an architectural and functional analysis of the MAMBo’s building, along with international references in public space and expansion interventions, a design proposal is exposed that allows extend its exposition area and storage at the same time as it joins the museum in an efficient way with the public space that surrounds it, so that can be exploited the artistic potential of its collections on greater and bigger galleries, taking advantage of its internal areas and becoming an urban catalyzer on a social and abandoned zone.