Navegando el Pacífico

Navegando el Pacífico is a tourism-oriented mobility system designed to connect visitors and local communities with the natural and cultural wealth of Buenaventura and its surrounding Pacific coastal attractions. The system seeks to deliver a seamless, comfortable, and authentic travel experience through the integration of small yacht cruises, floating stations, and collectible tickets as narrative artifacts.

Although Buenaventura primarily functions as a transit hub to other attractive tourist destinations in the region, it is often perceived as an unsafe and polluted environment characterized by inadequate infrastructure and limited mobility, factors that constrain its potential as a tourist destination in its own right. Within this context, Navegando el Pacífico suggests that COTECMAR could strategically integrate the cultural richness of local communities -such as traditional navigation and boat-building practices using local materials- with contemporary technologies, including sustainable propulsion systems and efficient resource management. Furthermore, the concept emphasizes the importance of design approaches that prioritize comfort, accessibility, and user experience, thereby positioning tourism mobility as a vehicle for social, cultural, and territorial transformation.

A low-resolution prototype of the vision concept Navegando el Pacífico. The authors are Gabriela Acevedo, Santiago Díaz, and Emanuel Mendoza. The image was captured by Esteban Rios, and the model was created by Felipe Páez.