Centro cultural de arte culinario en el Centro histórico de la ciudad de Ibarra

Abstract

Imbabura is a province that has beautiful landscapes and diversity of ethnicities that still predominate in the most important cities, such as; Ibarra, Otavalo, Cotaca - chi, etc. It is a province constantly frequented by peo - ple from all over the world, attracted by the friendliness of its people, landscapes, culture, architecture and gastronomy. The project is planned in Ibarra; Although it is a city with a great gastronomic offer, it has lost the bond and res - pect that our ancestors had with food due to the inva - sion of “fast food” and the preference that many peo - ple have for foreign food, disregarding the high nutritional value that native foods provide us. The project “Centro Cultural de Arte Culinario en el Cen - tro Histórico de la Ciudad de Ibarra” is developed from the importance of proposing and creating a space that evokes the traditional kitchen´s essence by means of rescuing of the ancestral gastronomic culture and the revaluation of the patrimonial architecture that exists in the historic center of Ibarra. The idea is to do this project a space that vivifies the ac - tivities in the food preparation process and at the same time allows the people who visit it can walk , discover and experiment in the kitchen. The plan is emphasized in 3 zones; Explorar, Rescatar And Interactuar, which are joined by a defined route that crosses each propo - sed space according to the activities and requirements of the project.