Colombia

Indie Labs is the product of a collaboration between two studios: StudioSC, based in New York City, and Base Taller, based in Medellín, Colombia. With deep personal and professional ties to Medellín, StudioSC was invited to join the design team for a ground-up office building just outside the city center, perched at the edge of a natural preserve. The site’s sharply triangular geometry, dictated further by setback requirements, presented both a constraint and a starting point. Rather than accept a purely angular solution, the design softened the form by curving all three sides of the building. This move evolved into a larger design language of flowing, curvilinear spaces, forms that visually and spatially connect the bui... More

"MANY YEARS LATER, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." — G. García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude (translated by Gregory Rabassa). susumu matsui susumu matsui forwardstroke In One Hundred Years of Solitude, the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author G. García Márquez vividly captures, through his magic realism, the moment a boy witnesses ice for the first time in the mythical town of Macondo. Drawing inspiration from this poignant scene, the Colombia Pavilion at the Osaka-Kansai Expo embraces the concept of ICE CUBE, featuring a façade design conmposed of numerous translucent cu... More

This house is located in the area surrounding the Chingaza moorland in the eastern mountain range of the Colombian Andes, at more than 2,900 meters above sea level. The project is rooted in the temporality and growth of traditional Colombian rural architecture over time, characterized by self-management, the use of traditional building systems, and the constant addition of spaces based on the inhabitants' needs. This results in an unfinished, vernacular and adaptable architecture. Mateo Perez Mateo Perez Caption Mateo Perez Mateo Perez In this context, the main conceptual strategy is based on the creation of two large volumes that, on the one hand, accommodate the basic functions of a rural house and, on the other,... More

Casa Caoba is located on a tropical hillside at 900 meters above sea level, surrounded by mango trees that have been in place for over a decade. This home seeks to provide a space for retreat and relaxation, while also offering an opportunity to explore various notions of interaction with the landscape and interdependence with the local species. Rubén Gómez Gañán Mateo Perez Mateo Perez The home is built upon a stone base that adapts to the steep topography of the site. From here, five parallel walls extrude and organize the four domestic modules of the project. In addition, these walls frame views of the surrounding Andean landscape while also providing cross-ventilation. This allows for the crea... More

Fraternidad and Berta Martinez Foundations alongside with the local government promoted a center for child care in Rionegro Antioquia.  The project is located on a limited area with an important slope, surrounded by local roads and a creek. ​Through a series of displacements and subtractions the project generates free spaces and patios to which all of the buildings activities are turned to.  The resulting spaces are thus easily controlled while visual relating with the external gardens.  Additionally a communal house is developed independently in the school ground floor and relates directly with lower garden and the creek. More

Sofia Aspe is a very famous interior design in South America. For this Villa project in Colombia she has selected our Fusiontables with very trendy and rich colors. More

CASA DE LA MEMORIA Y ESPACIO COMUNITARIO “REMANSO DE PAZ”. More

Unidad de Vida Articulada San Antonio de Prado Articulated Units Life, UVA, are urban transformations in the neighborhoods of Medellin, intended for the public meeting, the promotion of sport, recreation, culture and community participation, under the concepts of: • JOINT PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS AND CITY: Equipment that promote balance in services for the neighborhood and the city • RECYCLING EXISTING AND UNUSED SPACES Revive restricted urban spaces in effective public space • SPACES TO ENJOY WITH FIVE SENSES Architectures that interact with citizens, which generates experiences UVA (articulated life unit) “The Paradise”, is a sport center, recreational and cultural activities, is conceived as an neighborhood club immersed in one o... More

The project is a multipurpose academic building which commission was the result of a private competition held by the Universidad del Norte de Barranquillain Colombia. This Caribbean city is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Magdalena River. The average temperature is 28ºc and the relative humidity is of 80%; this implies a challenge for the project’s thermal efficiency and control. The implementation of the building acknowledges and values the series of patios that conform the campus and takes the main pedestrian flows in an access patio that incorporates the existing vegetation and behaves as a public access level with collective activities for leisure and recreation that promotes the interactions of the academic community.... More