This article is a contribution from the Medellín-based firm El Taller de Arquitectos, who share their experience in structuring their practice by understanding and approaching architecture competitions as commissioned projects. Read on to explore their insights.
In the current Latin American context, Colombia launches the highest number of public design competitions annually. This is primarily because, by law, all public projects must go out to tender (Law 80 of 1993)—competitions that are usually organized by the Colombian Society of Architects (SCA). This environment has shaped the current state of the profession. In our experience as TA, it has fostered various collectives of architects that operate within a double-entry system of sorts—the commission and the competition—when joining forces to present their ideas.
Commission and Competition
