Parque Pegoste Summary
Pegoste draws its name and spirit from the ingenuity and resilience found in third-world contexts, inspired especially by Minitecas—Venezuelan sound systems that emerged during moments of social and economic hardship. These ephemeral gatherings transformed abandoned spaces into zones of joy, using light, rhythm, and presence to temporarily reclaim the city. From this cultural lineage, Pegoste evolves into an architectural practice that “sticks”—tuning space through acoustics, light, and movement, rather than imposing rigid form.
The project culminates in Parque Pegoste, a large-scale public intervention at the ruins of Hotel Médano Caribe in Paraguaná, Venezuela. Once a beacon of tourism and now overtaken by salt and silence, the hotel becomes the grounding site for a new kind of cultural infrastructure. The project resists nostalgia and instead collaborates with ruin, creating layered spaces that span from artist residencies and informal shelters to sonic landscapes and a national art museum.
Parque Pegoste includes an artist residency, the Echo Ground, an informal camp, the Park Ground, and a cultural center and museum built from salt blocks sourced from the Cumaraguas salt lake. These spaces host works by artists like Cruz-Diez, Gego, Soto, and a new generation of Venezuelan creators.
Through these layers, Parque Pegoste offers not escape but resonance—anchoring celebration and care within abandonment. Though rooted in Venezuela, its logic is portable. A Pegoste can form anywhere, wherever sound, light, and memory find a way to stick.
