boulevard de las culturas
Black and white paving stone surface (Yekuana weave).
Caracas, Venezuela.
2012 - 2013

Calle Real de Quebrada Honda hosts a wide array of buildings representative of the diverse cultural expressions found throughout our country, encompassing religious, artistic, educational, and natural institutions. The intervention along the boulevard seeks to unify these institutions on a cohesive urban "tapestry" that visually and physically connects their foundations, while emphasizing their entrances through a series of urban anterooms—created by intentional deformations in the ground pattern. At a broader scale, the boulevard will serve as the grand forecourt to Los Caobos Park, where landscaped surfaces will signal the park’s presence and frame its two main access points: the CASMSB gateway and the Plaza de la Música, a future entrance to be developed on the site currently used as the Colegio de Ingenieros parking lot.

The paving and urban furnishings will form a platform for free cultural expression, accommodating the wide range of events and performances that take place within the boulevard’s limits. To support these, seating steps and specialized paving treatments will be installed near kiosks and bus stops, creating informal stages for small-scale street performances that enliven the pedestrian experience. The boulevard will prioritize pedestrian mobility, non-motorized transport (such as bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and wheelchairs), and collective public transport. It will feature multiple bus stops integrated with the Caracas Metro system, public bike stations, and connections to nearby parking areas—transforming the boulevard into a multimodal transportation exchange zone. Vehicular traffic will be seamlessly integrated into the boulevard’s graphic paving pattern, with its boundaries defined by bollards rather than curbs. The main vehicular axis will run east to west, with dual lanes only at the far ends of the boulevard to provide necessary access to residential areas on the east and private parking on the west. The section from the Colegio de Ingenieros to the Social Action Complex will be reduced to a single-lane, east-to-west street, regulated by speed-calming devices. The graphic design of the paving not only defines the boulevard’s visual identity but also informs its functional and constructive layout. All street furniture—benches, planters, trash bins, lighting fixtures, and other elements—will be modularly integrated within this framework, harmonized in scale and material to standardize construction processes and create a cohesive, easily legible public realm.

/// Public space design.

Project: adjkm + Rodolfo Agrella ///. Team: Alejandro Méndez, Daniel Otero, Khristian Ceballos, Mawarí Núñez, and Rodolfo Agrella ///. Collaborators: Abel Piñate and Josymar Rodríguez. ///. Client: Alcaldía del Municipio Libertador ///. Phase: Project (all design phases) ///. Surface: 35.000 m² ///. Program: Pavement design, public space, and parking.

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