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Architecture Guide to Medellín: 19 Places that Every Architect Should Visit

Richard Gerald — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:30:00 +0000

In 2013, Medellín (Colombia) was declared the most innovative city in the world as part of the City of the Year Competition, organized by the Wall Street Journal. It competed alongside metropolises like New York and Tel Aviv.

El Almendral House / ALSE Taller de Arquitectura + Luz Marina Restrepo Pérez

Clara Ott — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

El Almendral is a countryside house located on the top of the Envigado mountains at the east side of the Aburrá Valley, immersed in a dense tropical forest with a panoramic view over the valley. This plot of land had high slopes that were not removed but reshaped to complement the area. It was an important determinant during the design process given the client requested the vegetation remain.

Houses in Colombia: Shade, Ventilation, and Nature

Santiago Baraya — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

For houses throughout the world, the barriers between the inside and outside of houses are solid and well-defined, allowing the spaces within the home to be protected from the weather conditions outside and made comfortable for the inhabitants inside. In countries like Colombia, which sit close to the equator and enjoy a warm, subtropical climate, temperatures average just above ideal thermal comfort.

Rural School Alto del Mercado / Ana Elvira Vélez + Juan B. Echeverri

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Within the program Antioquia the most educated of the Government of Antioquia and Fraternidad Medellín, a rural school is designed and built in the Alto del Mercado village, municipality of Marinilla located, 1 hour from Medellin.

Garden House / CONNATURAL

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000

For the conception of the house, an enclosure of a central patio is used, which is surrounded by the domestic program: Common areas, studies and bedrooms are determined by the idea of nature inscribed in the patio.

Casa de la Memoria Museum / Juan David Botero

Igor Fracalossi — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:00:00 +0000

In commemoration of Colombia’s 200 years of independence, rises a proposal to develop an urban project with aims to generate a social and environmental impact in a city’s sector which through the years has been deteriorating by housing invasion and the constant misuse of natural resources.