BD Bacatá

BD Bacatá
BD Bacatá under construction
Interactive map of the BD Bacatá area
Hotel chainEurostars
Record height
Tallest in Colombia since 2 April 2015[I]
Preceded byTorre Colpatria, Bogotá
196 m (643 ft)
General information
TypeMixed-use
LocationCalle 19 #5-20, Santa Fe, Bogotá,  Colombia
Coordinates4°36′17.1″N 74°04′13.2″W / 4.604750°N 74.070333°W / 4.604750; -74.070333
Named forHotel Bacatá
Construction startedOctober 2011
Topped-out24 July 2015
Estimated completionunknown[6][7]
Height
Architectural
  • South tower:
    216 m (709 ft)
  • North tower:
    167 m (548 ft)
Technical details
Floor count
  • South tower:
    67 floors
  • North tower:
    56 floors
Design and construction
Architecture firmGrupo Alonso Balaguer
DeveloperBD Promotores
Structural engineerPrabyc Ingenieros
Other information
Number of stores30
Number of rooms300
Parking
  • 739 places
  •  405 private
  •  334 public
Website
www.pbpsa.com/case-studies/bd-bacata---bogota-co
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

BD Bacatá (abbreviation for Bogotá Downtown Bacatá) is an architectural complex currently under construction in Bogotá, Colombia, featuring the tallest building in the country, surpassing the Torre Colpatria, and the sixth tallest in South America.[8] The South Tower is 67 stories high and covers a total surface area of 1,200,000 square feet (111,480 m2). Development includes office and retail space, apartments and a 364-room hotel, replacing the former Hotel Bacatá that was constructed in the same location.[9] It will be the tallest skyscraper in Colombia,[10] and the first crowdfunded skyscraper, meaning that it was funded by private individuals through the purchase of shares and fiduciary rights allowed under Colombian law.

The project's main investor, Spanish national Venerando Lamelas, stopped disbursing funds to the contractor Prabyc Ingenieros, leaving the works unfinished. The company Total Co took over the project's recovery in the final quarter of 2024, with a plan to complete the unfinished floors of the South Tower and renovate apartments in line with sales flow; however, by early 2026 the company reported that 30% of the work remained to be done.[11] A total of 133 billion COP $ in debt has been registered.[6][7]

Name origin

The complex was named after an old hotel which used to be in the construction site, but was sold to the Spanish design firm, Alonso Balaguer. The old hotel was demolished; however, its name will remain, as it acknowledges Bogotá's (and Colombia's) indigenous heritage.[1]

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.

Power generation equipment is located on the lower floors, with electricity distributed via busbar systems to electrical substations on the upper floors.[12] A building-wide water management system minimises waste by recycling greywater through a three-cycle reuse system, including rainwater harvesting.[13] Materials used in construction include 56,000 m³ of concrete, 25,000 m² of glass, and 11,500 tonnes of steel.

Construction

BD Bacatá is the world's first crowdfunded skyscraper.[14] It is the first skyscraper to be built in Colombia in 35 years. The structure is financed by over 3,800 ordinary Colombians.[15]

The site was previously occupied by the Hotel Bacatá, which was fully demolished in October 2011 before excavation and foundation works began. Due to the constrained footprint, the excavation employed a top-down ring system to construct the seven basement levels. Workers excavated a few metres at a time to form each basement floor slab and retaining walls, leaving a central void through which they excavated progressively deeper, floor by floor. This process ultimately allowed for the construction of approximately 300 piles, 40 metres deep and between 90 cm and 2.5 m in diameter, which support the superstructure.[16] By December 2012, all retaining walls — between 35 m and 45 m deep — had been completed and excavation of the basement levels was under way.

On 15 April 2014, above-grade construction of the south tower's 67 floors commenced. The construction process allowed one floor per week to be completed, with each level built in a stepped, consecutive sequence.[17]

On 19 April 2015, while construction was under way on the 51st floor, BD Bacatá surpassed the Torre Colpatria — which has 50 floors — in number of storeys.[18] That same month, demolition began on the piles that had served as temporary support for the basement retaining ring during the foundation phase.[19] On 2 June 2015, the building surpassed the height of the Colpatria Tower, which had held the title of Colombia's tallest building for 36 years.[20] On 24 July 2015, the final slab of the south tower was poured, completing 67 floors and the full 216 m height, while the north tower was still under construction at floor 30.[21] On 9 December 2015, the north tower also surpassed the Colpatria Tower, becoming the country's second tallest structure. On 20 December, the final slab of the north tower was poured, completing its 56 floors and 167 m.

On 24 February 2016, the structural work was completed and inauguration was scheduled for the following year.[22] However, works were delayed and came to a halt in early 2018 due to financing difficulties.[23] In March 2019, it was announced that construction would resume with a target completion in the second half of 2020.[23] This was again derailed when works were suspended during the COVID-19 lockdown, pushing completion to an indefinite date.[24]

  • Hotel Bacatá before demolition, 2011
    Hotel Bacatá before demolition, 2011
  • Bogotá before BD Bacatá
    Bogotá before BD Bacatá
  • BD Bacatá, July 2013
    BD Bacatá, July 2013
  • November 2013
    November 2013
  • BD Bacatá, December 2015
    BD Bacatá, December 2015
  • In September 2016
    In September 2016
  • In April 2017
    In April 2017
  • In May 2018
    In May 2018
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References

  1. ^ Prabyc (ed.). "BD Bacatá". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "BD Bacatá". CVU Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BD Bacatá at Emporis.com". Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ "BD Bacatá". Skyscraperpage. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ^ "El edificio más alto de Colombia ya dispone del 55% del capital necesario para su construcción". Portafolio. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b (in Spanish) Así 'enderezarán' al BD Bacatá, 216 metros más cerca de las estrellas - El Tiempo
  7. ^ a b (in Spanish) Impagos y embargos: la caída del español que levantó el BD Bacatá - El Espectador
  8. ^ "Tallest buildings in South America (+150 m)". CTBUH.
  9. ^ "Crowdfunded Skyscraper: Record-Breaking Tower in Bogotá". web Urbanist. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  10. ^ Berg, Nate. "Crowdfunding a Skyscraper". City Lab. The Atlantic. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  11. ^ "BD Bacatá, el edificio del centro de Bogotá que descresta por fuera, pero los dueños de los apartamentos siguen amargados". Las2orillas. 14 February 2026.
  12. ^ BD Bacatá. "Construction Progress". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  13. ^ "57 floors of BD Bacatá, the country's tallest building, have now been built". El Nuevo Día. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  14. ^ "A Crowdfunded Skyscraper Rises In Colombia". Fast Coexist. Fast Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  15. ^ Alois, JD. "Largest Crowdfunding Campaign Ever: BD Bacatá Skyscraper from Prodigy Network". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  16. ^ "BD Bacatá foundation works begin". BD Bacatá. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  17. ^ "How is BD Bacatá progressing? Project authorities respond". La W Radio. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  18. ^ Torres, Guillermo (18 April 2015). "Colombia's new ceiling". Semana. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  19. ^ "Pile demolition at the BD Bacatá project". Roca Negra. 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  20. ^ "BD Bacatá building is officially Colombia's tallest and will be delivered in August". El Espectador. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  21. ^ Arango, Tatiana (24 July 2015). "BD Bacatá reaches floor 67, topping out Colombia's tallest building". La República. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  22. ^ "Construction of BD Bacatá, Colombia's tallest skyscraper, complete". ArchDaily Colombia. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  23. ^ a b "Construction of the BDBacatá skyscraper to resume next week". El Espectador. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  24. ^ "BD Bacatá, lejos de culminar". March 2021.
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