Casa M / Plan B Arquitectos
Architect: Plan B Arquitectos
Location: Medellín, El Poblado Quarter, Colombia
Project Manager: Felipe Mesa + Federico Mesa
Project Team: Daniel Tobón, Carlos Blanco, Sebastián Serna, Ivanovha Benedetto
Text: Plan B Arquitectos
Project Year: 2011
Area: 360 sqm
Photographs: Sergio Gomez
Rio Cedro House / Plan B Arquitectos
Architect: Plan B Arquitectos
Location: Río Cedro, Colombia
Project Manager: Felipe Mesa + Federico Mesa
Project Ream: Ivanovha Benedetto, Sebastián Serna, Carlos Blanco
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Sergio Gomez
Medellin’s Architectural Renaissance
A renaissance through architecture has been unfolding throughout the past several years in Colombia’s second largest city – Medellin. Home to 3.5 million inhabitants it was plagued by violence in the 1980’s and 1990’s. However, through an ambitious plan headed by former mayor Sergio Fajardo, the cityscape has undergone a dramatic shift since his election in 2003. One of the defining principles of this initiative that invested millions into civic architecture and public infrastructure was to build in some of the roughest districts of the city. More details after the break.
Gimnasio Campestre / MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Architects: MGP arquitectura y Urbanismo / Felipe González-Pacheco
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Designers: Felipe González-Pacheco, Alvaro Bohorquez, Alberto Aranda
Team: Juliana Sorzano, Paola Moreno, José Cohecha, Camilo Correa
Construction: Exacta proyecto total, Luis Guillermo Vallejo
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 6,200 sqm
Photographs: Andrés Valbuena
Four Sport Scenarios / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa (Plan:b)
Architects: Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa (Plan:b)
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Constructor: Coninsa-Ramón H
Structural Engineering: Nicolás Parra y Daniel Lozano – CNI Ingenieros
Electrical Engineering: EBINGEL
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Bogota Tourist Information Spots / Juan Melo, Camilo Delgadillo
Architects: Juan Melo, Camilo Delgadillo
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Client: Instituto Distrital de Turismo Bogotá + ETB
Construction: Consorcio Inmetsa
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Gustav Arvidsson
New Doctorate’s Building, National University Bogota / Steven Holl Architects
The importance of the National University of Colombia campus began with its enlightened master plan by the architect Leopold Rother in the 1930s. With its green center, classical axiality, and layered concentricity, the campus contains some wonderful examples of architecture.
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Design Architects: Steven Holl, Chris McVoy, Garrick Ambrose
Senior Partner in Charge: Chris McVoy
Project Architect: Garrick Ambrose
Project Team: Johanna Muszbek, Scott Fredricks, Dimitra Tsachrelia
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Project Area: 70,000 sqf
Disconnected Pavilion / Plan B Arquitectos
Architects: Plan: b Arquitectos – Felipe Mesa + Federico Mesa
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Sergio Gómez
Barn House / Oficina Informal
Architects: Oficina Informal - Antonio Yemail + Michel Pineda
Location: Sisga, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Design: Antonio Yemail and Michel Pineda
Construction: Informal Office, Carlos Picón (master builder), Benjamín González (metal structures)
Project area: 240 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2008
Photographs: Mateo Pérez
AeI Headquarters / Arquitectura e Interiores
Architects: Arquitectura e Interiores, AeI
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Design Department Director: Juan Pablo Campos
Design Quality Coordinator: Natalia Heredia
Architect Designer: Ignacio Arciniegas
Construction Department Director: Daniel Salcedo
Project Coordinator: Alfonso Llanos
Architect Building Supervisor: Maria Fernanda Correa
Project Director: Marta Gallo
General Manager / Partner: Juliana Fernandez
Project area: 910 sqm
Photographs: Andres Valbuena
Casa las Palmas / Carlos Eduardo Molina Londoño Architect
Architects: Carlos Eduardo Molina Londoño Architect
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Client: Claudia Lopez, Gustavo Rojas
Photographs: Carlos Tobon
House on the Slope / Paisajes Emergentes
Architects: Paisajes Emergentes
Location: El Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia
Collaborators: Juan Carlos Aristizábal, Farid Maya, Erica Martínez and Sebastián Monsalve
Landscape: Paisajes Emergentes + Carlos Zapata
Structural Design: Jorge Aristizábal
Contractor: Gedesa
Project Area: 480 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2010
Photographs: Cristobal Palma
El Porvenir Social Kindergarden / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Location: Bosa, Bogota, Colombia
Project Team: Fredy Pantoja, Susana Somoza, Ricardo Silva, Andrés Sarmiento, Juliana Angarita, Rocio Lamprea, Jairo Ovalle, Andrés Morales, Maria Alejandra Perez
Collaborators: Felipe Castro, Beatriz Robayo, Ramon Morales
Model: Jaime Borbon
Project Area: 2,100 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Rodrigo Davila
Housing for Colombian Soccer Team / Adriana Hernández Quicazan & DL+A
Architects Rene Daniels Ayala + Miguel Angel Lozano Vargas + Adriana Hernández Quicazan have designed a proposal from the housing of the Colombian Soccer Team, along with vegetal trails and sports fields, on the site of the main open and public space of Bogotá, the Parque Simón Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia. The design proposes an articulation of the Metropolitan Park in its relationship to the rest of the city.
More information and images after the break.
Video: Jardin El Porvenir / Giancarlo Mazzanti by Cristobal Palma
Architecture photographer Cristobal Palma shared with us another of his high quality video productions.
This time he presents us the new Jardin El Porvenir kindergarten in Bogota, Colombia by Giancarlo Mazzanti.
You can see our previous features on Mazzanti’s work, and also other projects photographed by Cristobal Palma.
Soon more info on this project.
Aquatic Centre for Southamerican Games / Paisajes Emergentes
Architects: Paisajes Emergentes / Edgar Mazo, Sebastian Mejia, Luis Callejas
Location: Medellin, Colombia
Landscape design: Paisajes Emergentes + Andres Ospina Duque
Coordination: Farid Maya
Collaborators: Juanita González, Eliana Beltrán, Sebastián Betancur, Andrés Zapata, Clara Arango and Adriana Tamayo
Project Collaborators: Farid Maya, Sebastián Monsalve, Luis Tobón, Iván Forgionni, Juan Sebastián Pérez, Andrés Zapata, Sebastián Serna, Juan Esteban Gómez, Érica Martínez and Aura Cuartas
Structural engineering: Jorge Aristizabal
Client: Medellín Mayor’s office, Inder, Coldeportes
Project Area: 16,000 sqm
Budget: US $10,000,000
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Chairama SPA / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa
Architects: Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa (planb)
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Project Team: Jaime Borbon, Andres Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda Pizarro, Jorge Gomez, Ivanovha Benedetto, Juan Pablo Giraldo
Façade Graphic Design: Juan David Diez
Design Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Sergio Gomez
Sinu River House / Antonio Sofan
Architects: Antonio Sofan
Location: Monteria, Colombia
Project Team: Jairo Gonzalez
Consulting structural and civil engineers: Fabio Gomez
Project Area: 500 sqm
Construction Cost: €500,000
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Carlos Tobon
Santa Elena House / Antonio Sofan
Architects: Antonio Sofan
Location: Medellin, Colombia
Project Team: Saul Miranda
Consulting structural and civil engineers: John Jairo Cuartas
Project Area: 106 sqm
Construction Cost: €150,000
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Carlos Tobon
Universidad de los Andes Sport Facilities / Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco
Architects: Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco Mejía & Juan Ignacio Muñoz
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Associate Architect: Alvaro Bohorquez
Collaborators: Camilo Correa, M. Juliana Sorzano.
Client: Universidad de los Andes
Contractor: Total S.A.
Project Area: 6,462 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Twin Houses / Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco
Architects: Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco (MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo)
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Collaborators: Alvaro Bohorquez, Camilo Correa, Gabriel Campusano, M. Juliana Sorzano
Client: Laura Gonzalez-Pacheco y Felipe Gonzalez Pacheco
Contractor: Tierra S.A.
Project Area: 1,136 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Andrés Valbuena, Jorge Gamboa, Rodrigo Dávila, MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo
