Centro Deportivo Integrador Interbarrial, General Roca

Abstract

This final degree project aims to address the challenges faced by various areas of the city of General Roca, particularly its outskirts. These areas are characterized by irregular urban layouts, uncontrolled urban development, limited public facilities, and high levels of social stigmatization.

This highlights the need to rethink the role of sports facilities within the neighborhood and the city, leading to the central question guiding the project: how can architecture, through the design of sports and educational infrastructure, transform a fragmented and underutilized site into a space of neighborhood cohesion and social inclusion? This Integrated Sports Center project seeks to reverse this situation through an architectural intervention that reinforces the existing sports infrastructure, incorporating spaces for educational, recreational, and training support. Furthermore, it aims to open the site to the city and encourage community ownership, creating pathways and meeting areas that promote integration among different neighborhoods. The ultimate goal is for sport to once again function as an engine of social cohesion, inclusion, and community building.