Video: Sports Facilities / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Plan B by Cristobal Palma
Since its beginnings, photography quickly became the principal architectural media tool. Now, with all the possibilities given by the new technology, specially new media, it seemed that video was supposed to be the natural evolution. However, only a few have been able to evolve from a fixed frame into a video proposal that can transmit the qualities of a building in motion, with most being just a slideshow with background music or a collage of different shots, which can’t tell more than a fixed photo.
But this is changing, and a few photographers have been able to embrace this new format and make a contribution to how buildings are presented, avoiding the use of a single good framing. This has been the case of the first video shot by photographer Cristobal Palma, a commission from our friends at Abitare.
This video shows the new sports facilities designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti with Plan B (Felipe Mesa) for the ODESUR Games in Medellin, Colombia.
For more, you can visit the projects photographed by Cristobal Palma at ArchDaily.
Omega Block / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Architects: Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Client: Colegio Anglo Colombiano
Project Team: Daniel Bonilla, Adriana Hernández, David Córdoba, Juan Andrés Díaz, Andrés Gutiérrez, Eduardo Varela.
Collaborators: Paula Gutiérrez, Alejandra Torres, Vanessa Vásquez, Sebastián Chica, Nicolás Carpio.
Project Area: 3,200 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Rodrigo Dávila
Porciúncula de la Milagrosa Chapel / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos‘s latest project is an open chapel in La Calera, Colombia that is gently nestled into the surroundings. The simplicity of the geometry adds a touch of elegance to the pious space, as the natural features of the environment, wind and light, create “an essential harmony.”
More images after the break.
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Building / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Architects: Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Project Team: Daniel Bonilla, Juliana Lozano, Mauricio Morales, Jaekson Baez, Keily Jaramillo, Manuel Mendoza, Marcela Albornoz, Pedro Pulido, Rodrigo Montoya, Mauricio Ortega and Germán Ortega
Client: Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá
Project Area: 24,876 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Rodrigo Dávila & Andrés Arenas
Athikia Building / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Architects: Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Client: Apiros
Project Team: Pedro Pulido, Alejandro Méndez, Seir Amaya, Raúl González, Alejandra Torres, Sebastián Chica, Alexander Roa, Giancarlo Mainero
Project Area: 1982 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Rodrigo Dávila
V House / Plan B Arquitectos + Giancarlo Mazzanti
Architects: Plan B Arquitectos (Felipe Mesa) + Giancarlo Mazzanti
Location: Urbanización Aposentos, Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia
Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Jose Orozco, Jaime Borbón, Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Pablo Buitrago
Contractor: Jaime Pizarro
Structural Engineer: Nicolás Parra
Design Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Rodrigo Davila
Habitable Polyhedron / Manuel Villa
Architect: Manuel Villa
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Collaborators: Arq. Alberto González, Ana María Largacha (Gardens)
Construction: Arq. Manuel Villa
Project area: 7,5 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Manuel Villa / Sergio Gómez
Flex / Studio Gil
Architects: Studio Gil with Max Rengifo
Location: Palmira, Colombia
Executive Architect: Luis Bueno
Structural Engineer: Mauricio Drada
Photographs: Fernando Agreda
House on lot 23 / Juan Esteban Correa
Architects: Juan Esteban Correa Elejalde
Location: Colombia
Interior design and decoration: Des. Lina Ruiz Sierra
Construction: Fabrica de Arquitectura- Arch. Julián Felipe Villa, Arch. Felipe Restrepo
General contractor: Leonel Gómez
Constructed Area: 500 sqm
Photographs: Mónica Ángel, Juan Esteban Correa
AD Futures #6: Paisajes Emergentes
Aquatic Complex for Panamerican Games, Competition 1st prize, under construction
After a 2 week break, AD Futures is back to bring you the best young practices from around the world.
This time, I choose a practice based in Medellin, Colombia. Why did I choose them? Paisajes Emergentes (Emerging Landscapes) has a very unique approach to landscape architecture, which has made them win several competitions. Most of those competitions weren´t even landscape specific projects, yet the result is always a built environment which becomes a new landscape – not just limited to small interventions but as the base for the whole project: sports centers, parks, public facilities, libraries, etc.
Also, they have a very good representation technique, that in my opinion is able to transmit the proposed atmosphere the landscape will create over time, not as a brand new shiny project but as an evolving project becoming one with its location.
Enough of my words, and lets see the projects speak by themselves:
Villanueva’s Public Library / Meza + Piñol + Ramírez + Torres
Architects: Carlos Meza, Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres
Location: Villanueva, Colombia
Collaborators: Andrés Rodríguez Cabra y Diana Pizano
Client: National Ministry of Culture, Casanare Government
Graphic design, logo & artwork: Santiago Piñol
Builder: UT Quimper: Ing. Camilo Blanco y Arq. Óscar Pontón
Project year: 2006
Site Area: 2,500 sqm
Constructed Area: 1,551 sqm
Photographs: Nicolás Cabrera, Alejandro Piñol
DL House / Camilo Restrepo
Architect: Camilo Restrepo Arquitectos
Location: Madellin, Colombia
Collaborators: Juliana Montoya, Lucio Luque, Diana Rodriguez, Jorge Buitrago
Constructed Area: 700 sqm
Contractor: Juan Carlos Tabares, German Zapata, Juan Gonzalo Sanin
Project year: 2006
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Camilo Restrepo
Gerardo Molina School / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Collaborators: Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Manuel Gil, Gina Amado, María Constanza Saade, Carlos Melo, Alberto Aranda, Ana María González, Jorge Gómez, Manuel Mendoza, Edgar Mazo
Project Year: 2004
Construction Year: 2008
Photographs: Sergio Gómez, Veronica Restrepo
Two residential buildings in Bogotá, Colombia / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Giancarlo Mazzanti is a Colombian architect who has designed award winning public buildings, such as the España Library, the Nazca restaurant and the La Ladera Library. By looking at this work, you can see a continuity in terms of materials, colors and space configuration. But also, he plays around on how you appoarch, enter and circulate the buildings.
All of this is put into form again, on two residential buildings: Habitar 72 (left) and Habitar 74 (right).
Maybe I will have the opportunity of interviewing Giancarlo next week. Please leave a comment if you´d like me to ask something in particular.
Now, the buildings:
Nazca Restaurant / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Name: Nazca, Peruvian Restaurant
Architects: Giancarlo Mazzanti and Paula Galarza
Collaborators: Sergio Garzón, Alberto Aranda, Diana Vásquez
Contractor: Jaime Pizarro
Design: 2003
Construction: 2004
Sereno House / Jaime Rendon Arquitectos
Architects: Jaime Rendon Arquitectos
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Project Team: Jaime Rendon, Felipe Campuzano, Fernando Zapata
Structure Engineer: Luis Bernardo Gonzalez
Contractor: Luz Estella Orrego
Soil Study: SOLINGRAL LTDA
Electrical Design: INGELECTRICA LTDA
Construction year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Sergio Gomez, Felipe Campuzano
Ecological Shelters at Finca El Retorno / G Ateliers
Architects: G Ateliers
Design Team: Orlando García M., Hernán Galvis, Luis Eduardo Echeverri, Juan David Botero O.
Location: Guatapé, Antioquia, Colombia
Contractor: Orlando García, Natalia García M.
Collaborator: Maria Fernanda Vasco O
Structural Engineer: Jorge Aristizabal
Photographs: Gustavo Valencia
España Library / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Collaborators: Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Manuel Gil, Freddy Pantoja, Camilo Mora, Pedro Saa, Alejandro Piña, Iván Ucros, Gustavo Vásquez
Location: Santo Domingo, Colombia
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2007
Constructed Area: 5500 sqm
Concrete Structure: Sergio Tobón
Steel Structure: Alberto Ashner
Photographs: Sergio Gómez
Orquideorama / Plan B Architects + JPRCR Architects
Architects: Plan B – Felipe Mesa, Alejandro Bernal + JPRCR – Camilo Restrepo, J. Paul Restrepo
Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Catalina Patiño, Carolina Gutiérrez, Lina Gil, Jorge Buitrago
Location: Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia
Client: Medellin Botanical Garden
Builder: Ménsula S.A.
Project start: 2005
Completion: 2006
Budget: 523 US$ / m2
Constructed Area: 4.200 sqm
Materials: Wood, Steel
Photographers: Sergio Gómez (SG), Camilo Orozco (CO), Felipe Mesa (FM), Izaskun Chinchilla (IC), Carlos Mario Rodriguez (CMR)
Leon de Grief Library Park / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Architects: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Location: La Ladera, Medellín, Colombia
Constructed Area: 6.800sqm
Construction year: 2007
Services: Constructor AIA CONSTRUCTORES
Structural Engineer: Sergio Tobón
Materials: Concrete, Wood, Glass
Photos: Sergio Gómez
