Matorral Building / ALH Taller

Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Interior Photography, Living Room, Sofa, Windows, Beam, Forest
© Luis Bernardo Cano

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  • Architects: ALH Taller
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1600
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Exterior Photography, Windows, Forest
© Luis Bernardo Cano

Text description provided by the architects. In this era of the profound environmental and climate crises, green has become a banner of salvation. In any new building, vertical gardens and green roofs are almost requirements.

Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Exterior Photography, Windows, Garden
© Alejandro Arango

Matorral with its suggestive name is an architectural and constructive proposal that takes this issue very seriously. The slabs are converted into a large container of more than one hundred tropical species. Drip irrigation provides rationally scheduled water into this small ecosystem.

Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Exterior Photography, Facade, Garden, Courtyard
© Luis Bernardo Cano

With this true garden contained in the thickness of the structure, the inhabitant can from the inside enjoy the vegetation that grows on the floor. This gives the feeling of being in a house where a lush garden extends outside. All spaces enjoy this; for example, plants such as aloe, rosemary, thyme, basil, tomatoes, and lemon trees hug the kitchen from the outside. It is not uncommon to see a stray squirrel on the third floor stepping from the branch of one of the trees and entering through the windows of the building.

Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Interior Photography, Stairs, Handrail
© Luis Bernardo Cano
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Ground Floor Plan
Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Interior Photography, Beam
© Alejandro Arango

From the outside matorral has literally devoured the facade. It has become a small oasis in the dense heart of the city.

Matorral Building / ALH Taller - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Luis Bernardo Cano

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Address:Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

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Cite: "Matorral Building / ALH Taller" [Edificio matorral / ALH Taller] 15 Apr 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/980039/matorral-building-alh-taller> ISSN 0719-8884

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