Puertas abiertas: welcome center para inmigrantes en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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Ocasio Meléndez, Josué Yadiel
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Esta investigación explora el Welcome Center como una tipología arquitectónica de mediación social capaz de articular hospitalidad, infraestructura y territorio dentro del contexto migratorio de Puerto Rico. A partir del análisis histórico, urbano y social de Aguadilla, el estudio identifica la ausencia de infraestructura integrada de acogida como una problemática espacial que refuerza la fragmentación institucional y dificulta el acceso a servicios esenciales para las poblaciones migrantes. En respuesta, la propuesta desarrolla un Welcome Center que reorganiza servicios legales, sociales y comunitarios mediante una configuración accesible, legible y no segregada. El proyecto incorpora estrategias de sostenibilidad y resiliencia climática, incluyendo ventilación cruzada natural, control solar pasivo, captación de agua de lluvia, energía solar y adaptación como refugio comunitario ante emergencias. La investigación demuestra que la arquitectura puede funcionar como una infraestructura de hospitalidad capaz de facilitar procesos reales de orientación, integración y pertenencia dentro del territorio.
This research explores the Welcome Center as an architectural typology of social mediation capable of articulating hospitality, infrastructure, and territory within Puerto Rico’s migratory context. Through the historical, urban, and social analysis of Aguadilla, the study identifies the absence of integrated reception infrastructure as a spatial condition that reinforces institutional fragmentation and limits access to essential services for migrant populations. In response, the proposal develops a Welcome Center that reorganizes legal, social, and community services through an accessible, legible, and non-segregated spatial configuration. The project incorporates sustainability and climate resilience strategies, including natural cross ventilation, passive solar control, rainwater harvesting, solar energy generation, and adaptation as a community shelter during emergencies. The research demonstrates that architecture can function as an infrastructure of hospitality capable of facilitating tangible processes of orientation, integration, and belonging within the territory.
This research explores the Welcome Center as an architectural typology of social mediation capable of articulating hospitality, infrastructure, and territory within Puerto Rico’s migratory context. Through the historical, urban, and social analysis of Aguadilla, the study identifies the absence of integrated reception infrastructure as a spatial condition that reinforces institutional fragmentation and limits access to essential services for migrant populations. In response, the proposal develops a Welcome Center that reorganizes legal, social, and community services through an accessible, legible, and non-segregated spatial configuration. The project incorporates sustainability and climate resilience strategies, including natural cross ventilation, passive solar control, rainwater harvesting, solar energy generation, and adaptation as a community shelter during emergencies. The research demonstrates that architecture can function as an infrastructure of hospitality capable of facilitating tangible processes of orientation, integration, and belonging within the territory.
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