Independent Study Experience, RPI - LA PLAZA-BAZAR

These are the digital visualizations from a personal design study completed during my Independent Learning Experience through RPI, reimagining Santiago’s Plaza de Armas — the city’s historic center and one of its busiest commuter hubs. The proposal redefines the plaza by dedicating more space to street vendors while improving access to the metro, creating a cohesive public realm that preserves its cultural significance. Excavated spaces below the square open into a modern bazaar, where vendors and commuters converge beneath two parametric pavilions rising from the plaza’s excavated perimeter. The visualizations take on a diagrammatic tone, emphasizing the proposal’s role as a civic infrastructure formed by the overlap of formal and informal economy.