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Villas de San Pablo Cultural Center, Barranquilla / Hubert Klumpner + Diego Ceresuela-Wiesmann + Alejandro Restrepo Montoya

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +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.

Cerrovento House / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + EstudioCentral

Valeria Silva — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

In the middle of a mountainous topography that overlooks the valley on which Medellín is located, this home is integrated into the natural landscape through different levels, slopes and terraces. Accessing the house means discovering it through the topography routes. The first steps lead to a plain that is shaped by the configuration of the land where the parking lots, the social area and the service area are located. The arrival plaza hints at the main access as the resulting void between the geometries of its volumes.

B33 House / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + Estudio Central

Valeria Silva — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 17:00:00 +0000

At the top of a hill, the house integrates with a natural landscape made up of slopes, plains, water and local vegetation. The visuals are oriented toward the distant landscape, made up of mountains and the surrounding nature.

El Pinal Nursery / Felipe Bernal Henao + Javier Castañeda Acero + Alejandro Restrepo Montoya

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 23 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000

1. City, Architecture and Society

The Moravia Kindergarten / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + Javier Castañeda Acero

Igor Fracalossi — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

1. The Urban and Social Characteristics
Between Social Absences and Informal Constructions
Barrio Moravia is located in toe northeastern sector of the city of Medellín and is connected to the downtown area through the Paseo Urbano Carabobo.Near Moravia new urban spaces and cultural activities are beginning to generate a different perception of the sector. Moravia has been the place of unplanned settlements and diverse urban growths. The December 23, 2004, census indicated that there are 4,300 properties located in the zone of physical and non – recoverable environmental risk, areas of recessed brooks occupied by informal settlements and an opportunity for the development of mobility projects, the generation of public space and diverse facilities. Unplanned housing has, historically, been build in Barrio Moravia, the majority of them located on a landfill. Moravia is an urban system with a closed configuration, which favors the “inward development” of the community life of its inhabitants, with a labyrinthine urban grid and reduced physical relationships with the city.

RV House / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + Camilo Andrés Mejía Bravo + Andrés Felipe Mesa Trujillo

Igor Fracalossi — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

A house held lightly in the top a hill, generating exterior and interior spaces for the family life.

UB House / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + Camilo Andrés Mejía Bravo + Andrés Felipe Mesa Trujillo

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Between pations, thresholds and views