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Day 3 - La Frater Community Center

Case 3: La Frater Community Center / Sommet

Hi people, 

It is fun when you pretend that you have an audience waiting for your blog, well I'm doing it for me so hi future Zeina whose read this a hundred times, hope you're doing fine. 

Today's project was a very interesting one, the beautiful thing about architecture that along with analyzing the project you get to know different cultures and social activities around the globe. So I present to you Bolivia's fraternidad which is a Spanish word that represents a group of people that have the same interests and bond together like siblings. They gather up at the outskirts of the city where they grill and play cardboard games. In general, They occupy spaces beside a pool or soccer field. collectively they build semi-open spaces made of wooden structures and Jatata roofs. 

semi-open community centers 

For the people of Bolivia, these spaces represent their collective community.
Here they celebrate their weddings, birthday parties, and their unity. 


Well, let's get into the project.

This time the fraternidad took place inside the city giving an impression of another house in the neighborhood. More than a building the interior space was contained through panels creating a fluid space where the outside and the inside blends. The L-shaped space represents the interior with two gardens.


The interior space is divided into two masses, the first one is a large open fluid space, and the second is a closed air-conditioned space. 


Through interior space, different activities were offered. A place for grilling, playing cardboard games, and billiards were designed. 


Another aspect that showed people's intentions to design their own spaces was that all the materials were donated. The architects were able to create amazing harmony between the concrete, sheet metal, and bricks.



References :
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