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    Fareros en Acción: para uso en los tiempos de ocio; sistema lúdico dirigido a la población de adultos mayores de la Comuna 6, en el Barrio Doce de Octubre, Parque “La Media Torta
    (2017) Rojas Cartagena, Juliana; Herreño Téllez, Elisabeth
    Fareros En Acción is a playfull system composed of tangible and intangible elements, designed to facilitate the physical exercise in the elderly population and enable them to feel socially active while caring for and give it a new value to the area and at the same time generate integration and interaction between them and with other habitants in the territory. Located in the sector northwest of the Medellín city, specifically in the Comuna 6, 12 De Octubre neighborhood. Public space known as the park of “La Media Torta”. One of the most extensive and historically representative green areas of the place because is a collective icon which paradoxically is little inhabited and don’t have practical purposes in benefit of different population groups that converge there exporadically. This Project allow the older adult be shown in a symbolic way as caretaker of the sector, like a lighthouse keeper of his lighthouse. Live this space will give it a new meaning away from vandalism, selling drugs, drinking liquor or other unappropriated activities