BD Bacatá

BD Bacatá
BD Bacatá under construction
General information
Type	Mixed-use
Location	Calle 19 #5, Bogotá, Colombia
Coordinates	4°36′17.1″N 74°04′13.2″W / 4.604750°N 74.070333°WCoordinates: 4°36′17.1″N 74°04′13.2″W / 4.604750°N 74.070333°W
Construction started	2012
Estimated completion	2016
Cost	COP $ 240.000 million [1]
Height
Architectural	South tower: 240 m (787 ft) North tower: 216 m (709 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	South tower: 67 floors[2] North tower: 56 floors
Design and construction
Architect	Grupo Alonso Balagúer
Structural engineer	Prabyc Ingenieros
Website
www.bdbacata.com

BD Bacatá (Bogotá Downtown Bacatá) is a skyscraper currently under construction in Bogotá, Colombia, the tallest one in the country, surpassing the Torre Colpatria (Colpatria Tower) and the second tallest in South America. When completed it will be 67 stories high composed of 1.2 million square feet. Development includes office and retail space, apartments and a 364 room hotel.^[3] It will be the tallest skyscraper in Colombia,^[4] and the first crowdfunded skyscraper, meaning that it was funded by natural persons through buying of shares and fiduciary rights allowed by the colombian law.

Design

The BD Bacatá complex has the two tallest buildings in Colombia, one with 67 stories, where the new hotel, owned by the Spanish firm Eurostars, will be operating; and the other with 56 stories. The main materials used in the construction of the skyscraper are glass, aluminium and concrete. Both buildings will be connected by a pedestrian footpath in the first floor through the mall's platform, shared by both of them, and it will also have two pedestrian bridges, located in the 14 and 25 floors of both towers.

In the south tower, where the hotel will be located, the predominant material will be glass, notable in the curtain wall planned for it. The office section, located in the north tower, will also have a glass facade and the apartments section will have windows from floor to ceiling, and balconies.

Crowdfunding

BD Bacatá is the world's first crowdfunded skyscraper.^[5] It is the first skyscraper to be built in Colombia in 35 years. The structure is financed by over 3,800 ordinary Colombians.^[6]

External links

• BD Bacatá Sitio Official(Spanish)

References

1. "El edificio más alto de Colombia ya dispone del 55% del capital necesario para su construcción". Portafolio. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "BD Bacatá". Skyscraperpage. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
3. "Crowdfunded Skyscraper: Record-Breaking Tower in Bogotá". web Urbanist. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
4. Berg, Nate. "Crowdfunding a Skyscraper". City Lab. The Atlantic. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
5. "A Crowdfunded Skyscraper Rises In Colombia". Fast Coexist. Fast Company. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
6. Alois, JD. "Largest Crowdfunding Campaign Ever: BD Bacatá Skyscraper from Prodigy Network". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2015.