Frio Solido

Abstract

Architecture partly preserves the history of its city; there are many styles, shapes, purposes, or trends that can be seen, which correspond to the machinery of an era: its technologies, its ways of doing things, its politics, ultimately its possibilities. Since we had the interest in developing the project in a space that spoke of everyday life, we began to search for a house, a place designed to be inhabited. This led us to a long search in different parts of the city, discovering different forms of the same history through neighborhoods, streets, houses, and people. The continuous practice of something makes it easier over time, which is why identifying rental signs or 'for sale' signs while we were on the bus or walking down the streets became simple. However, it was not as easy to corroborate the information, which was not always truthful or up to date, and many times, the numbers listed would not even respond They appeared. Finally, after so much searching, we found a house in the neighborhood of La Candelaria. The La Candelaria neighborhood in the city of Bogotá speaks of the history it represents through its streets, its organization, its location, and its houses. All these elements refer to the moment they were made, to their past, to colonial times, to their memory. In (cr3 12-37) is the house where the work took place. It had been a family house until its last owner, who intended to modify it and convert it into a restaurant. While this was happening, he lent it to the urban nexus foundation; it would be until that moment the first artistic project to be carried out in it.