Espacios culturales comunitarios en Venezuela

José Adolfo Peña

doi:10.3989/ic.2004.v56.i491.426

Community centres in Venezuela

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José Adolfo Peña U. Ing, Civil

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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2004.v56.i491.426

Abstract

The community centre programme in Venezuela (ECC,Spanish initials for Espacios Culturales Comunitarios) wasundertaken in 2001 on the initiative of the Deputy Ministry ofCulture’s Department of Cultural Buildings. The idea was todesign an extremely simple, flexible and inexpensive system,readily applicable all across the country and suitable for atropical climate. The programme was headed by ProfessorJuan Pedro Posani, who created the architectural design forthese centres. Engineer José Adolfo Peña and architectCarmen Yáñez authored the structural and buildingengineering. The solutions devised to meet constructionrequirements were based on two principles: the choice of alightweight prefabricated building system and the definition ofthe extreme climatic conditions characteristic of the tropics asthe core issue to be addressed.
In terms of architectural and humanist policy, the project is anarchitectural commitment to the environment, buildingtechnology and the conditions and demands of a clearlydisadvantaged social community.

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Author Biography

José Adolfo Peña, U. Ing, Civil

Director General de la Empresa Oficina Técnica Ing. José A. Peña U.C.A (OTIP), Caracas. Profesor de Postgrado del Instituto de Desarrollo Experimental de la Construcción (IDEC) de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Coordinador del Sub-Programa XIV.

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2004-06-30

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Peña, J. A. (2004). Community centres in Venezuela. Informes De La Construcción, 56(491), 53–60. https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2004.v56.i491.426

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Vol. 56 No. 491 (2004)

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