This project takes place in the city of Bogota (Colombia), in one of the blocks that make up the historic center, where the San Carlos Palace is located, in front of the Colon Theater. What is sought with this work is to understand the way in which the block is constituted, how it works, which are its urban relations and those within it, and to see each of the buildings that compose it in order to determine which are the elements that require some kind of transformation. 

 

For this, an assessment of all these factors is made, which is done from the moment or family to which it belongs (architectural style), understanding its characteristics. On the other hand, to understand if each of the elements behaves as an independent block or as part of the whole, thus generating a rupture or union of the block, all this is necessary to be able to determine the state of consolidation.

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However, it should be clarified that the state of consolidation is not linked to the fact that an element is valuable just because it belongs to a particular style, since heritage is not valuable just because it responds to an old architectural system and style, but it must have the capacity to adapt to the new needs of the city without losing its essence, so that the heritage does not remain as an immovable museum piece but begins to be part of the urban structure and life, and this is what can determine that the state of consolidation is high.