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Architects: OPUS, Toroposada Arquitectos
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Photographs:Sergio Gómez
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Manufacturers: Adoquinar, Agregados del Norte, Caputi & Vieira, Cimbrados, Durapanel, Energia Solar, Estaco, Vinicol
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Text description provided by the architects. It arises from our reflection on the region, its geographical, biological and cultural diversity, it is a gamble to build an architecture with a tropical identity, where the environmental and climatic conditions are a starting point.
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It is a project that recognizes and incorporates traditional elements of the architecture of Medellín, such as courtyards, terraces, bridges and balconies carried in a contemporary manner to an office building typology. Also, it is an invitation to an urban model that actively incorporates vegetation in its urban spaces, and that represents a society that lives with the exuberance and fertility of its own territory.
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In its first phase, consisting of the improvement of 15,000 m2 of public space in an urban base of three levels, with a variety of enclosures and programs, there are also the institutional towers, which currently house decentralized offices of the Government of Antioquia and the Medellin City Council; and along with them, two complementary buildings, the first of which is the headquarters for Teleantioquia public channel with production areas, and the second, the auditorium of the Cultural Center, a venue for cultural activities that complements the institutional activities of the area.
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The second future stage will incorporate the hotel volume, a horizontal piece which will conclude the proposed urban form.
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