Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
2022-2023
FIZEBAD HOUSE
Independent work
SOUTHERN WATER COMPLEX
Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
2021 2022- 2023
YARUMITO URBAN CIRCUIT
Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
METROPOLITAN ROAD CORRIDOR
Versal-Birdó architects and Cóncavas Engineers and Architects
2020-2021
AYAMONTE HOUSES
Independent work
2019- 2020
DOWNSVIEW FRAMEWORK PLAN
University of Toronto- Master of Urban Design
TYPE: Academic- Integrated Urbanism Studio
DATE: Fall 2024
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
ROLE (Group project): Academic project developed in a groupw of three people.
The Downsview Framework Plan focuses on restoring connectivity and diver sity through three proposed public connectors that link nearby hydrological flows. These connectors divide the area into four distinct districts, each with unique characteristics. The design follows the existing urban context, incor porating various building typologies, such as the Courtyard and Krier Blocks, which vary in density and porosity to balance connectivity and privacy. The process included an in-depth analysis of the site, the approved Framework Plan, and global precedents, leading to the final design presented here.
Explanatory diagram of a porous block
Diverse edge conditions in each district
6.12 Componente de movilidad
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Work experience in teaching and research from undergraduate level to present.
TYPE: Academy, research and teaching.
DATE: 2016-2023.
LOCATION: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana- Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE: Student, researcher, teacher.
During the development of undergraduate architecture, I participated in research projects in urbanism and architectural design of multifamily housing, where I developed a thesis on the planning of informal rural settlements, which had an honorable mention.
Subsequently, I continued being part of different projects linked to the university, and in 2019 I got my first group, with whom I was commissioned to be a support professor. Two years later, in the year 2021, I had my first group as a leading professor around urban planning, groups that I continue to accompany today. The specific topic is the Integral Improvement of informal neighborhoods, a significant problem in the world.
Articulación y mejoras de sistemas de movilidad transversales
5.1 Imágenes del lugar
In teaching and accompaniment, we have investigated and proposed strategies for different urban and rural informal settlements in Colombia. The students have developed as products written thesis-type documents and planimetric, graphic, and physical information of the projects. As an example of this, we have worked in the neighborhoods of La Cruz and El Pesebre in the city of Medellín, the Corregimiento Los Farallones in Ciudad Bolívar, and the San Cristóbal neighborhood in the city of Bogotá. VISTA EXTERIOR Y MATERIALIDAD
Figura365. Estrategiasparalamovilidad. Fuente: Autoría propia
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Urban concept proposal for Barrio Las Independencias Medellin. Project developed leading students Ana María Tamayo, Andrés Morales, Santiago OsorioGroup.
Informal settlement in Barrio La CruzMedellín
Social housing proposal by student Andrés MoralesAdvised by me as a professor
Informal settlement in Barrio San Cristobal - Bogotá. Work with the community, realized by students and me as a professor.
Consolidación de senderos y escaleras peatonales
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
INTEGRAL IMPROVEMENT OF LA PLAYA RURAL SETTLEMENT CENTER
This academic project was given as a conclusion and application exercise of the thesis of the architecture undergraduate program and It was developed from year three to year five.
The study site established was a Rural Village Center in Rionegro Antioquia, limited by a national highway and surrounded by the agricultural district. It began with a stage of documentation and diagnosis, in which the place was known in its entirety, and problems and opportunities to solve the territory, in general, were defined. Then, a master plan-type formulation process was developed where points such as population resettlement, future growth planning, and new land uses were defined.
Area of rural housing and community crops. River revitalization.
Project master plan
Rural housing plant
INTERMUNICIPAL SPORTS ARENA
Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
TYPE: Professional- Sports architecture
DATE: 2021- Eight months
LOCATION: Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE: Design team manager, concept design, drawing, Revit modeling, participation in the Public Engagement Process.
Based on the need to create a new sports space for a city of 300,000 inhabitants, we designed a project where people can play soccer professionally and practice combat sports.
It is an architectural proposal that uses local materials since Itagui is a city that traditionally produces clay for bricks. In the same sense, the geometry of the buildings seeks a horizontal scale that is proportional to the surroundings.
Regarding the urban approach, the immersion of the project between two streets and two schools resulted in the generation of transversal routes with accessible mobility for pedestrians.
On the right side of the project is the combat sports coliseum and on the left is the soccer field, bleacher area and service areas.
The upper walkway is the characteristic element of the project. It allows to visualize the activities of all the sports areas and the transit of all types of users, including people with reduced mobility.
The soccer field occupies a large part of the available land, and is designed according to FIFA regulations. The combat sports coliseum, green areas, the upper walkway and service areas complement the program.
Project site and materiality in traditional local orange brick.
The combat coliseum is conceived as a horizontal mass that accompanies the pedestrian route and opens with large windows and openings.
Urban Plan
Brainstorming with the community and presentation of design proposal.
Combat sports coliseum
Creation of new public space and opening of the building to the city.
ROLE (Group project): Concept design, site design, interior design, Revit modeling, rendering.
The Fizebad house is a freelance work done for a married couple from the United States, who dreamed of a country house in the mountains of Colombia.
The project is located on a three-acre lot with a sloping topography, a great view of the La Fe reservoir, and is surrounded by a forest reserve. With these premises, a single-level house is designed, which takes the breaks in the terrain as its shape and opens each of its spaces to the view. Likewise, the house’s location on the site was designed to avoid affecting existing trees, so the terraces are set back in some specific places.
As for materiality and aesthetics, a contemporary design is proposed, including traditional elements of Colombian houses, such as the perimeter corridor, sloping roofs, and clay tiles and brick. Wood was defined as the leading actor in the interior, accompanied by a warm environment with stone and light colors.
Interior materiality proposal
Garden entrance
SOUTHERN WATER COMPLEX
Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
TYPE: Professional- Sports architecture
DATE: 2021- Six months
LOCATION: Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE (Group project): Design team manager, concept design, site design, Revit modeling.
The site is a suburban lot located on the outskirts of a small municipality in Antioquia, Colombia. The users are swimmers from different localities in the area who need a place to train. The constraints are a sloping topography, neighboring low-rise buildings, and the proximity of an abandoned but historic railroad track.
The project proposes the location of the program spaces in a staggered manner in the terrain. They are articulated, employing a ramp that ends at the main semi-Olympic pool (which has a slope suitable for people with reduced mobility).
The materiality is thought of with the use of locally produced concrete blocks, and the geometry of each program module is based on elements of the old and abandoned railroad stations.
As a strategy to reduce the use of artificial light, we designed a roof with translucent surfaces that allow controlled entry of natural light.
Typical old railroad station
The site is staggered in the terrain
YARUMITO URBAN CIRCUIT
Cóncavas Engineers and Architects - Architectural Department
TYPE: Professional- Landscape and Urbanism.
DATE: 2021- One year
LOCATION: Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE: Design team manager, concept design, participation in the Public Engagement Process.
With the abandonment of the tracks of the Old Antioquia Railroad more than 20 years ago, the departmental government began planning different public space projects on the land that is no longer in use.
The Yarumito Urban Circuit is defined as a project of urban design, landscape, and public space, in a route of about 0.7 miles. This project also represents guidelines for the consolidation and future development of the area.
It proposes a circuit where the main actors are pedestrians and cyclists and proposes the missing link between the urban area of the municipality of Itagüí and one of the metro stations. In addition to the above, different historical milestones are recreated with messages in concrete, which tell anecdotes of when the railroad worked, and urban elements, which are complemented by the concept of urban orchards and avenues.
The flexible pavement materiality is added to the creation of new green areas and the planting of more than 400 trees to solve problems of rainwater infiltration and reconstruct fauna paths affected by the city’s development.
Project site
Location
The conservation of existing vegetation is a project parameter. The urban furniture is designed to complement these green areas.
Roadway sections: Prioritization of bicycle and pedestrian use- Design based on the movement of people with reduced mobility- New urban orchards.
Roadway sections: Prioritization of bicycle and pedestrian use- Design based on the movement of people with reduced mobility- New urban orchards.
METROPOLITAN ROAD CORRIDOR
Versal-Birdó architects and Cóncavas Engineers and Architects
TYPE: Professional- Landscape and Urbanism
DATE: 2020-2021- One year
LOCATION: Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE (Group project): Part of the team in the conception of the concept, Cad drawing.
The design team’s concepts are based on smart city structures, mainly mobility and green structures.
With these concepts, we designed an urban road corridor of approximately two miles, allowing private vehicles and public transportation to pass but prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists. Also, from a natural component, it proposes the planting of trees throughout the corridor, the conservation of existing trees and the creation of thousands of square feet of green areas.
From the landscape, native tree species will be selected to attract fauna and protect pedestrians from the sun. Low plant species are also set, native, and with colors and geometries reminiscent of the city of flowers, as the area is known.
Location plan
Construction detail- Fragment C
CARRERA
CARRERA
New spaces available for bicycles, more space for pedestrians, new green areas and control of parking areas.
The proposed street furniture is flexible in use and its geometry facilitates the mechanics of movement.
More space for pedestrians and new green areas.
The Itagüí Metropolitan Corridor project seeks to guide a process of intelligent urban intervention through the incorporation and prioritization of sustainable and accessible mobility for pedestrians in harmony with existing vehicular mobility. In addition, public space seeks to enhance the natural structures that contribute to environmental comfort and favor the development of the corridor’s urban dynamics.
Construction detail
AYAMONTE HOUSES
Freelance work
TYPE: Professional- Residential architecture
DATE: 2019-2020- One year
LOCATION: Sopetran, Antioquia, Colombia
ROLE: Concept design, site design, Revit modeling, rendering.
The inhabitants are two families dreaming of their summer houses. The place is a lot in the mountains of a village near Medellín.
With the need for private spaces for each family and other shared recreational spaces, two houses of two levels each, a parking area and services in the basement, and a shared pool are designed. These two modules are different; their shape adapts to the terrain and their specific family. Wood and cream tones are proposed from the materiality, seeking the relationship with the environment, which is the tropical dry forest.
Interior proposal with local materials. Earth and light colors.
The section of the houses responds to the slope of the terrain. Interior layout sketch
The interior conceptualization was conceived with vertical planes in wood and earth colors. The openings to the facade provide cross ventilation.
Locally sourced materials are selected for the project, seeking greater sustainability in the construction processes. The wood, stone and clay blocks for the walls are produced locally.
