Villas de San Pablo Cultural Center, Barranquilla / ETHZ + Alejandro Restrepo Montoya

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

When Hubert Klumpner and Diego Ceresuela Wiesmann from ETH Zurich and Urbanthinktank_next, along with Alejandro Restrepo from UPB Medellín, became involved in the design of the Villas de San Pablo Cultural Center, the challenge was not simply to construct an urban facility in a new social housing neighborhood, but to formulate an infrastructure capable of supporting an urban process marked by displacement, migration, and the need to rebuild community.

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Villas de San Pablo Cultural Center, Barranquilla / ETHZ + Alejandro Restrepo Montoya