Tejo Turmequé

Bogotá, Colombia

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Tejo Turmequé

Bogotá, Colombia

Firm

Cabida Arquitectura

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Restaurant

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2024

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

The constant evolution of contemporary cities has intensified the need to preserve cultural traditions that risk fading over time. Within this context, the project emerges as an exploration of Colombian cultural heritage, seeking to preserve its essential values while reinterpreting them through new forms of inhabiting and collective experience.
The intervention takes place within a former parking garage located along one of the main avenues in northern Bogota, in an area defined by its active gastronomic and commercial character. Originally conceived as an introverted and utilitarian structure, the existing space presented significant spatial limitations, including low ceiling heights, limited natural light, and poor ventilation conditions.
The project proposes the transformation of the site into a contemporary tejo playing space dedicated to Colombia’s ancestral national sport. Rather than reproducing tradition literally, the intervention aims to reinterpret its social and cultural significance through a contemporary architectural language. Materiality, texture, lighting, and color are carefully articulated to construct an immersive atmosphere where tradition and contemporaneity coexist.
Architecture is therefore understood as a mediating element between memory and transformation: a space capable of preserving the collective spirit of tejo while projecting it toward new urban and cultural contexts.
Elements inherent to traditional tejo, such as water, the ephemeral condition of the spaces, and gradations of privacy, are reinterpreted as spatial devices that articulate the project. Water, in particular, shifts from a contained element to an open system that organizes the interior landscape, introducing effects of light, translucency, and reflection that intensify the spatial experience.
Railings, characteristic components of traditional tejo playing space, are reimagined through geometric forms that integrate both graphic identity and function. Beyond defining boundaries and providing protection, these elements operate as communicative surfaces, evoking both urban and rural expressions in which individuality is manifested through ornament and construction. In this sense, the project establishes a dialogue with contemporary explorations surrounding the aesthetics of paranoia, particularly in the work of Luz Lizarazo presented at MAMBO.
The interior atmosphere is further shaped through the incorporation of elements associated with the popular and the artisanal, including trees placed within oversized planters and pieces crafted from clay-based materials. These components are contrasted with dynamic lighting strategies and a contemporary chromatic palette. Finally, the protective modules are conceived as lightweight and multipurpose pavilions with variable configurations and an ephemeral character, recalling the spontaneous architectures historically associated with the culture of the game.

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Tejo Turmequé

Bogotá, Colombia

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Tejo Turmequé

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