Multiple modifications, such as the incorporation of two new levels and a theater, ended up putting the initial structure of the building of the Higher Design Institute (ISDI) at risk, which suffered A collapse in one of its parts At the end of January.
“When there are two different types of constructions, beam and table mezzanines and those above reinforced concrete, the structure was overloaded much more,” explained To Channel Caribe the engineer Ramón Casado Morales, project director of the Specialized Construction Services (SECONS).
According to Casado Morales, the problems of the building were added problems derived from the lack of maintenance, taking into account the 165 years of existence of the property.
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Among the works that are carried out to avoid upcoming landslides in the building, the bracing technique stands out, to “support” the wall of the facade and thus prevent the rubble from damaging housing around.
A new future project
Before starting a project at the ISDI headquarters, specialists must first demolish the entire part of the damaged structure and prop up others, work that will be concentrated in a three -month period, the report points out.
After that time, an “opinion” will be carried out to evaluate the conditions in which the property was left after the demolitions, after which the headquarters would begin to be repaired with a new project.
The last collapse of the end of January did not leave fatal victims, but obstructed the access of four families to their homes.
According to the publication of the reporter Lázaro Manuel Alonso in Facebookthe collapsed area was declared in a state of collapse for four months, when the workers of the GECAL company began work of progressive demolition of the structure.
Time after the incident, construction companies were in charge of removing about 800 cubic meters of debris from the place.
In July last year, independent media reported another collapse inside the headquarters, which closed its doors in 2022 for a complicated architectural failure.
Then, the Board of Directors issued a release in which he assured the continuity of teaching activities in other “other spaces of the UH”, despite the closure.
“The lack of a physical place should not eclipse our creative will and excellence. It is not an easy task a new headquarters, but we are sure that we will have it, ”added the message.
The Higher Institute of Design turned 40 in 2024. It was formalized as a higher education center on May 28, 1984, although it was on October 7 of the same year that opened the doors in its first academic year with a total of 50 students .
