Casa Municipal Chichinales. "Interfaz para la puesta en valor de los paisajes locales"

Abstract

The objective of this final project is to design and plan a key urban element for the town of Chichinales: the new Municipal Administrative Building. This building will integrate public management functions with formal and informal educational, cultural, social, and sporting programs, offering an institutional landmark for the community. During the 20th century, the town experienced institutional, social, and economic consolidation. It developed productive and community structures that included planned irrigation areas, farms, cold storage facilities, wineries, packing sheds, and sawmills. However, despite this organic growth, urban expansion left some areas and buildings incomplete or pending development. Such is the case of the municipal building, a long-standing debt to the community: at the time of the town's founding, the lot designated for this purpose existed within the town's central core—next to the plaza, the church, the hospital, the fire station, and the social club—but it was the only one that never materialized. The goal is to concentrate diverse activities, currently scattered, into a single physical space, giving identity and a central focus to the urban fabric, while simultaneously strengthening the local economic and productive profile and supporting the development of new economic sectors.