Re- evoluciona la plaza, Patrimonio cultural de la plaza de mercado del barrio Las Cruces

Abstract

The iconic “plaza de mercado” of Las Cruces neighborhood in Bogotá, has become abandoned by vendors and customers despite its values as national monument and as an important food supplier for the community and the city during the XXth century. This project aim to stimulate the community’s appropriation of the material and immaterial heritage contained in this marketplace through several activities that generate knowledge and strengthen the links among the people who works and live around the plaza. The project also looks for revitalizing the historical marketplace as a commercial and as a meeting point for the different social groups of the neighborhood. This can be accomplished by giving new and cultural related uses for the unused spaces inside the building, and making the people an active part of the planning and execution of the activities that are projected here.