Network of Care revives the Sabana de Bogota, a wetland that Muiscas once inhabited with a sense of care that recognized water as not just blue but also green. Today, this wetland is severely depleted by a city’s impervious surfaces, polluted with trash, and disrupted by floods. Our strategy is to make water visible in its many shades of blue and green particularly in streets and existing concrete ditches built to drain water to the Bogota River, and to connect this growing visibility with current remnants of the wetland that currently stand isolated. Along with water visibility, we expand the ideals of Care Blocks, a social Infrastructure project initiated by the city, to care for and guide this revival of a wetland system and related natural ecosystems. Our aim is to create a city that is in the stewardship of a Care Network that considers water a partner in inhabiting the Sabana de Bogota. It is a shift from water fear to water trust.
