Creating an interpretation center to value the miner historical past of Portovelo to safeguard the mining heritage; It will become the main tool to convey the beginnings of mining knowledge of the location to promote a new form of tourism.

The mechanical and industrial era replaced the landscape of Portovelo and filled it with infrastructure creating a new social, economic and spatial order.

Through an architectural design it is generated a tour by the ruins, equipped with low-cost interactive spaces; in order to create in users authentic sensations where they can see the history of the place.

The project rescues culture and working memory; The history focuses on gold, one of the natural resources most coveted by man.

The goal is to become the economical, social and cultural development engine, potentiating the local economy.

Technical data

The proximity that presents the field with yellow river gives the estate a better temperature due to moisture attributed to it. To generate a microclimate in the project a pond that follows the entire perimeter of the storage tanks (rooms) was generated; It improves the temperature as well as being an attraction for visiting children.

Unevenness and shape of the project provide the ability to capture as much cross ventilation in outer areas. The cylinders are ventilated through the subsoil by pipes located to a depth of at least 3 meters directed towards the prevailing winds which improve the air temperature leaving them escape through upper openings.

Vegetation and unevenness protect containers from received radiation.

It is pretended to provide the inclosure constant 20 degrees temperature inside, which must not exceed a difference of 10 in regard to the outside.