Foro Boca in Veracruz, Contemporary Mexican Building Development, Boca del Rio Architecture Photos
Foro Boca in Veracruz
Veracruz Music Venue in Boca Del Rio, Mexico design by Rojkind Arquitectos
30 Jun 2018
Foro Boca Concert Hall Shortlisted at World Architecture Festival 2018 Awards
Foro Boca Concert Hall, Boca Del Río, is one of 536 shortlisted entries across 81 countries:
World Architecture Festival Awards 2018 Shortlist
8 Feb 2018
Foro Boca Veracruz
Design: Rojkind Arquitectos
Location: Boca Del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico
Foro Boca
During recent years there has been a clear enrichment of the musical and cultural life of Boca del Rio, Veracruz. In 2014, the Boca del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra was formed, and through its performances it has attracted diverse musical expressions, local and foreign musicians, making it the heart of the cultural life of the city.
The philharmonic orchestra is unique not only in Mexico, but worldwide. Through three lines of action, consisting of a yearly season of Orchestral Concerts, as well as monthly Chamber Music performances, and finally, an after-school social development program for low-income children named “Orquestando Armonia”, which focuses on choral and orchestral education fostering values and a sense of excellence for the children and the community. The dynamics and activities of the orchestra have had a successful social and cultural development, and have demonstrated the need to create a new social enclosure to serve as the new home for the orchestra and its programs.
Foro Boca fits within a master plan that seeks to revitalize an urban area that is currently deteriorated. It is located in the estuary of the river, location that not only gives name to the locality, but also has a rich history and culinary tradition. The piece of land is located beside the breakwater dividing the river and the sea, the end of the Coastal Avenue Vicente Fox, and its point of convergence with Avenue Zamora, where all the local restaurants are lined.
The Foro Boca’s location is intended to articulate the dynamics of the central part of the city with the coastal avenue, and has the goal of functioning as an urban detonator capable of inciting modernity in the area. The forum itself is a tool that has permitted the reconstruction and renovation of the infrastructure and urban image of this part of the city.
The building appropriates the timeless expression of the concretes cubes formed by ripraps in the breakwater, assimilating them as its origin and re-interpreting them in a building made of apparent concrete, forming various areas of volume that contain the concert hall
In its interior, the concert hall unfolds the technical knowledge of foreign and local specialists in acoustics, isoptics and theatrical mechanics. It possesses the equipment to become the most sophisticated concert hall in the country.
The architectural program considers a concert hall for classical, traditional and popular music for an audience of 966, also having the possibility of presenting shows involving dance and theater, as well as cinema. Additionally, the forum will have a rehearsal hall that can also serve for camera concerts, floor theater plays, cinema and contemporary dance presentations. The hall can hold 150 spectators.
The Back of the House area of the forum responds primarily to the needs of the philharmonic orchestra. It will feature rehearsal halls for percussionists, pianists and solo performers, and a recording studio. It has general changing rooms, private changing rooms for directors, guest performers and the philharmonic’s director. These areas were conceived to combine the daily routines of the orchestra with the needs of the other activities, such as a theater performance. The building will also hold an office area and a musical library. In all these facilities, the forum will be able to offer workshops, courses and various festivals.
The public area of the building features a threestory height vestibule combining the floors and voids creating the access to the halls. The final floor fits a terrace overlooking the river and the sea. The building also has a cafeteria and a restaurant. Within the platforms of the vestibule, spaces are formed where solo concerts, camera concerts, dance performance and contemporary theater plays can be held.
The Foro Boca generates a public space on its exterior that permits the extension of the access plaza throughout the breakwater area, creating points of entertainment, or ludic spaces that complement the public life of the hall. There will also be an audio and visual projection system to be screened on the interior façade of the building, with the intention of consolidating a social enclosure that builds on the public sphere of the area.
Foro Boca, Veracruz – Building Information
Rojkind Arquitectos: Michel Rojkind Team: Agustín Pereyra (Project Manager)
Arturo Ortíz, Adrián Aguilar, Sandra Carvajal, Fernanda Casar, Salvador Cortéz, Diego Díaz Lezama, Paulina Elizalde, Rubén García, Daniel Gaytán, Paulina Goycoolea, Jorge González R., Alfredo Hernández , Laura Hernández, Pablo Herrera, Julieta Inclán, Carsten Lemme Andrea León, Félix Mendoza, Gerardo Salinas, Julio Serralde, Alfonso Paz, Cynthia Ponce, Víctor Velázquez, Ditter Vergara, Beatriz Zavala.
Structural Engineer EMRSA: Enrique Martínez Sergio Pérez Martín S. López Elsa Serrano Miguel Ángel Allende José Mejía Kevin Cruz José Martínez Vargas
Acoustic Consultants: Akustics Octavio Barragán Cristian Ezcurdia Hugo Garduño
Auerbach Pollock: Friedlander Len Auerbach Kevin MacPhearson Tom Neville
Seamonk: Lincoln Aguirre Itzel Alba Cristian Ezcurdia Jorge Romero
Mep ENGINEER / SPECIALTIES Gralte S.C.: Jorge Romero Daniel Velázquez Ismael Hernández Mario Navarro Germán Muñóz
lighting consultant Artec3: Maurici Ginés Jose Cardona Ana Ayala Carmen Valle Itzae Cardeña
Builder: Ingenieria y Desarrollo Arquitectónico S.A. de C.V. (Ing. Ricardo del
Rendering: PRTSARCH Rojkind Arquitectos
Program: Concert Hall
Construction Area: 5410 sqm
Design Date: 2014
Construction Date: 2017
Status: Built
Location: Boca Del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography: Jaime Navarro Courtesy of Rojkind Arquitectos
Foro Boca in Veracruz images / information received 080218
Address: Blvd. Vicente Fox Quesada, Pescadores, 94290 Boca del Río, Ver., Mexico
Phone: +52 229 202 2222
Location: Blvd. Vicente Fox Quesada, Pescadores, 94290 Boca del Río, Ver., México, North America
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