Centro de las Artes de Hatillo

Overview

Centro de las Artes de Hatillo is part of the Conjunto Hatillo and occupies three lots divided by two existing streets. It holds a central position among the proposed interventions and a direct relationship with the surrounding housing.

To the north rises a volume that houses the theater, entered from the north street and topped by a lookout plaza on its roof. To the south, the library extends toward the center of the project, where the bookstore, the daycare and the snack bar are gathered. A large south facing window frames the wooded area, the ideal view for the activities held in that space. The central zone links the various galleries of the center and a circular plaza that unifies the ensemble.

Centro de las Artes de Hatillo joins three lots and two streets in a single project. It proposes that culture become part of the urban fabric of southern San José as naturally as housing.