This hotel is built in one of the blocks of the orthogonal urban fabric of the traditional neighbourhood, El Poblado, in Medellín. The new construction completes the block and pierces it, creating a pedestrian crossing, an internal park and new semi-public spaces: a passage, stairs, a courtyard, a podium, platforms, terraces and a covered square. The [...]
The intervention area of the project is located in the municipality of Rionegro, near the Cabeceras/San Nicolás highway. the lot has 76,017 m2 and presents very interesting natural characteristics that were fundamental when it came to the project. The diverse topography and the existing large trees are the determining elements for the distribution of the [...]
The concept of the project was based on the design of two bodies with independent volumetric characteristics in order to associate them with the specific themes of the architectural programme (classrooms and administrative areas). It was fundamental that these two bodies relate to each other, through situations of coexistence for the internal population of [...]
The French newspaper Le Monde, nominated the Parques del Río project within one of the categories of its Urban Innovation in Cities award. In total there are 23 initiatives competing for the award that highlights the best bets for urban planning in the world. The award ceremony will take place in Paris on June [...]
After a series of failed attempts, the Monaco building in Medellín has been finally demolished last February. The Monaco building, which was converted into a municipal asset this year, was the residence of the late drug trafficker Pablo Escobar in the El Poblado neighborhood of Medellín. In January of 1988, a car bomb with 80 [...]
