A lighthouse that belongs to its territory
The project translates Pacific identity into a contemporary landmark. Its illuminated skin, lookout and public base make it both a recognizable horizon and an inhabited meeting place.
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01 — Living infrastructure · Tumaco, Nariño
Faro Vivo del Pacífico
A civic landmark conceived as far more than a lookout: a vertical ecosystem where water, culture, memory and community build belonging.
Overview ↓01 — Overview
An infrastructure that provides. An icon that represents.
- Location
- Tumaco, Nariño · Colombia
- Typology
- Cultural landmark · Public space
- Status
- Architectural and experience proposal
- Approach
- Art · Architecture · Community
02 — The story
Culture rises through the building
The interior is organized as a cultural journey: learning, memory, food, art, gathering and contemplation are stacked into one connected experience. What happens inside is part of the monument.
From icon to living system
Vegetation, shade, water and circulation soften the monumental scale. The proposal treats the tower as civic infrastructure capable of hosting everyday life, not as an isolated object.
03 — Before → transformation → after
From functional infrastructure to an urban landmark.
The proposal begins with the existing water-tank structure and preserves its concrete skeleton as the foundation for a new civic life. Light, color, vegetation and cultural programs turn an unfinished utility into a vertical public destination: water, height and community forming a new image for Tumaco.
01The existing water tank: a 37-metre concrete structure with a powerful presence but disconnected from public life.
02A direct before-and-after study shows how the original frame can become an inhabited, illuminated and biophilic social icon.
03Six public levels and a 360° rooftop lookout transform the tower into a cultural destination and a new horizon for Tumaco.
- 37 m
- Approximate height
- 6 + 1
- Levels and rooftop
- 360°
- Panoramic lookout
04 — Visual archive
07 visual pieces
The Pacific horizon becomes the project’s first material.
A biophilic ascent wraps the vertical structure.
The illuminated landmark at sunset.
Public life gathers around the base.
Interior programs turn the icon into a cultural center.
A lookout opens the city toward the sea.
Moving image
Film: architecture, pattern and landscape shape the living lighthouse.