Pachacamac Park

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PACHACAMAC PARK

-ARCHAEOLOGY OF EVERYTHING-

Open International competition

Competition entry

Lima, Peru

y=2019.

Physically, wall fragments are ruins, but by placing it in context, they become

an information of the nature of man. Nothing in nature is perpendicular, but man-made structures.

“God does not build in straight lines” (Prometheus, Riddley Scott)

The Context: A dichotomy between everyday life and archaeology

There are two prominent entities defining the physical context of the assignment: the archaeological site and the surrounding neighborhoods. Those entities share an intense, layered and complex divide. The settlements are constantly expanding, which results in inevitable urge to spread towards the archaeological grounds. This proposal argues that the new content, which is oriented towards the surrounding communities, will protect the heritage site better than any wall could.

Concept: An Aqueduct of Today.

The concept for this proposal comes from the divide that is present in the physical context. This issue is considered as a potential rather then as a problem. It is important to underline that this proposal is simultaneously focused on both problem-solving and sense-making, two equally important design strategies.

Structure: Designing the infrastructure.

The Aqueduct presents the main conceptual feature of the proposal and has a dual spatial and programmatic role for the project. The aqueduct is (1) a hydro-infrastructural network that provides public water for the settlements and irrigation for the new vegetation, but at the same time it is (2) a designed structure that offers new atmosphere and ambient for the park. In this sense the proposed structure is light, ephemeral, adaptive and responsive. In contrast to the aqueduct structure which is designed in the orthogonal manner, lies a rather fluid park a transformable walkways, recreational zones, agricultural zones, etc.

Form: The ideal geometry if a square.

Hydro infrastructure defines a precise, designed and defined form of the new landscape; orthogonal and highly technological the aqueduct defines the geometry of the perimeter- it serves as a clue from above marking the archaeological grounds. Much like Nasca lines, only a gaze from above reveals the true orthogonal nature and shape of the intervention.

Authors: Pavle Stamenovic, Dusan Stojanovic, Tijana Mackic, Zarko Uzelac, Maja Todorovic-Izquierdo, Milos Jokic

Associates: Andrija Vujovic, Teodora Spasic, Djordje Bulajic