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.
The Antioquian capital has become one of the most advanced technological and intellectual epicenters in Colombia, not to mention the important urban development that has occurred in the city since the beginning of 2010. The city’s mobility-orientated integrated infrastructure together with interventions of high social impact have turned Medellín into the center of the debate on the growth and development of Latin American cities.
The following projects tell you the story of a city that bet on urban consolidation through quality public spaces and projects that encouraged citizen management by supporting the development of marginalized areas in a process of social reconstruction, where architecture has played an important role as a spatial formulation tool.
Parque Explora (Explora Park) / Alejandro Echeverri
Carrera 53 # 73 - 75
Orquideorama / Plan B Arquitectos + JPRCR Arquitectos
Avenida Carrera 63 # 68 - 95
Modern Art Museum of Medellín Extension / Ctrl G + 51-1
Carrera 44 # 19A - 100, Avenida de las Vegas Ciudad del Río
Plaza Mayor Centro Internacional de Convenciones (Main square International Convention Centre) / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Daniel Bonilla + Rafael Esguerra
Calle 41 # 55 - 80
Plaza de Cisneros / Juan Manuel Peláez Freidel + Luís Fernando Peláez
Calle 44 # 52 - 50
Planetario de Medellín (Medellín Planetarium / Marco Aurelio Baquero
Carrera 52 # 71 - 117
Parques del Río Medellín (Medellín River Parks) / Latitud Taller de Arquitectura y Ciudad
Carrera 63 con Calle 38
Museo Casa de la Memoria (Memory House Museum)/ Juan David Botero
Calle 51 # 36 - 66
Biblioteca Pública EPM (EPM Public Library)/ Felipe Uribe de Bedout
Calle 44 # 44 - 48
Cremation Unit and Ashes Temple / Juan Felipe Uribe de Bedout + Mauricio Gaviria + Hector Mejía
Calle 2 Sur # 65 – 263
Nueva sede de la Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano (Urban Development Company Headquarters) / EDU
Carrera 46 # 44 - 94
Centro de Innovación Argos (Argos Innovation Centre) / Castro Arquitectos
Carrera 49 # 7 Sur - 50
Centro Cívico Plaza de La Libertad (Civic Centre Liberty Plaza)/ OPUS + Toroposada Arquitectos
Carrera 53 A # 42 - 161
Café del Bosque (Cafe in the woods) / Castro Arquitectos
Calle 73 # 51 D -14
Fernando Botero Park Library / G Ateliers Architecture / G Ateliers Architecture
Carrera 131 # 62 - 15
Four Sport Scenarios / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Plan:b arquitectosCarrera 72 # 48 -146
Complejo acuático para los IX Juegos Suramericanos (Aquatic Park for the IX South American Games) / Edgar Mazo, Sebastián Mejía ( Connatural ) + Luis Callejas (LCLA Office) como Paisajes Emergentes
Carrera 72 # 48 -146
Inflexion Memorial Park / Pequeña Escala Arquitectura + Taller Alterno + Ámbito Taller
Carrera 45 #15
Biblioteca Luis Echavarría Villegas Universidad Eafit / Juan Forero Arquitectos
Carrera 49 #17c
