Cortezza building is located in the north part of Bogotá city, in the sector of Parque de la 93. The area is characterized by the multiplicity of uses and the strong presence of office buildings and a wide variety of trade of various scales. In addition to trade, in the sector you can also [...]
In the particular case of 8111, we were motivated by the idea of testing the fusion of structure and architecture, where the diagrid type structural system, allowed the structure to be the expression of the building. The efficiency of the diagrid interpreted as a mesh is closely linked to its application at the perimeter [...]
The reflection or formulated question in this project was focused on how to design a tower in height that simultaneously allowed compact units and diversity. For this proposal, it was chosen to standardize the typologies of housing. In contrast, the façade was used, so its depth would permit the appearance of some balconies and [...]
A walk through Rogelio Salmona’s architecture in Bogotá By Alejandra Dueñas - The name Rogelio Salmona is as familiar to Bogotá as Antonío Gaudi is to Barcelona. Even though he was born in Paris in 1929, Salmona, was the native son of the Colombian capital and whose architectural identity then could be summed-up as [...]
The Architecture Building is the central block of the University's Campus and the last piece of the Spatial and Land-use Master Plan that Daniel Bermúdez designed for the Universidad de los Andes which first piece was the Alberto Lleras building, winner of the Architectural Design award of the XIII Colombian Biennial of Architecture in [...]
Promoted by the District Department of Education and convened by the Colombian Society of Architects of Bogotá D.C. and Cundinamarca, a Public Contest was held in 2013 to select the best design proposal for a School in the town of Fontibón. The architectural firm FP architecture wins the first position of the contest with [...]
