Culto Gallery 2020

Project Details

Culto Gallery is a meeting place for diverse elements, materials, timeframes, and scales. It is an artistic laboratory that blends exhibition, culture, and retail within a three-level corner house, where transitional spaces connect to create a new infrastructure for display.

The project begins at a small entrance, formerly associated with the old garage, that opens into a double height space. From there, a staircase connects the three levels and organizes a sequence of relationships between the facade, walls, archive, art gallery, offices, and workshop. Rather than simply distributing functional areas, the circulation stitches the parts of the house together and transforms its voids into active spaces.

The bridge’s columns also are shelving units. The bridge functions like a horseshoe, encompassing the facade and the double-height walls. This double-height space connects to a hall designed for works in multiple formats, serving variously as storage, archives, display systems, or active museography. On the second floor, rails, metal components, and interchangeable elements allow the gallery to be adapted to different installation methods.

Higher up, on the third floor, the offices and workshop complete the building's vertical proportions. Facing the street, a facade composed of 43 salmon colored metal panels creates a tangible presence: it functions not merely as an enclosure, but as a source of new urban energy for the neighborhood. The building extends outward via an open front garden, featuring climbing plants and cycads that softens the transition between the gallery and the street.

DETAILS

Use

Art shop and gallery

Type

Rehabilitation

Area

123,5 m²

Location

Bogotá D. C. – Colombia

Meters above the sea level

2625

Average annual temperature

13.1 °C

Year

2019

Client

Coolto Gallery

Design and construction

Yemail Architecture

Structural design

Yemail Architecture

Project team

Antonio Yemail + Jose Caceres

Architectural Model

Sara Escobar Aristizabal

Photo Credits

Carlos Buitrago

Categories: 1.4 Galleries, Culture, Production