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Diego Carbonell / Chris Ramos: Centro Comercial Ciudad Tamanaco (Shopping Mall Tamanaco City), 1979–1982

  • Caracas, Venezuela, Show on map
  • #COM #Latin America
  • It is a big complex consisting of five corporative towers and a hotel over a great mall. Parking lots are located around the shopping levels, so people can park their cars near the shop of preference. Great white tents now occupy a section of the original parking lot. In the original plans, it was thought to be an exclusive complex which had to be approached by car, but throughout time it has absorbed varied types of public, since it works as a walking distribution point, due to its strategical location. The two main stages of construction finished in 1979 and 1982.

    The inverted pyramid belongs to the first stage of construction, and was the only part which was built from the original project. The second phase of construction contemplated the taller towers that are seen with detail in picture 3.

    Special thanks to Rodrigo Capriles

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