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Architects: Leonardo Álvarez Yepes
- Area: 7100 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: ADC decoraciones, Argos, Solinoff, Titan
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Professionals: División de Vigilancia y Seguridad UNAL Sede Bogotá
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Nursing Faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Leonardo Álvarez Yepes
Soar over Paris, Madrid, Mexico City and More With These Incredible 360-Degree Panoramas
Since 2009, Mario Carvajal has captured amazing panoramic photographs from his hometown in Colombia as well as top destination spots around the globe. He has climbed the Empire State Building in New York and Colpatria Tower in Bogota, Colombia. Carvajal has captured the geographical beauty of Iceland as well as the intensity of Paris at night.
As Carvajal mentioned in an interview with ArchDaily, images in 360 degrees "allow the viewer to dive into an attractive and interesting 'virtual world' to experience immersive sensations". Of course, with the new surge in popularity these types of pictures have experienced with the hardware becoming more readily available and these images being shared more and more every day through Facebook, Carvajal's work reaches new levels, allowing thousands of people to see the world from above.
Below, we invite you to see his best shots of iconic buildings and landscapes around the world. For a complete experience, we recommend using Google Cardboard.
MR House / H+H Arquitectos
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Architects: H+H Arquitectos
- Area: 714 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Cemex, Grifox, La petite cocinas, PA y de Prosein, Porcelanosa Grupo, +1
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Professionals: H+H Construcciones
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Art / La Rotta Arquitectos
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Architects: La Rotta Arquitectos
- Year: 2015
MVRDV Designs Reusable Pavilion for Bogotá Book Fair
MVRDV’s design for the Dutch exhibition “Hola Holanda” at the Book Fair of Bogotá (FILBO) features a modular system of crates that will be repurposed as neighbourhood libraries after the Book Fair ends. Avoiding the waste of resources created by one-time pavilions, the Dutch firm has introduced a playful element of sustainability to the fair, maintaining its spirit even after the event ends.
La Principal / KdF Arquitectura
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Architects: KdF Arquitectura
- Area: 450 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Proquinal, Spradling México
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Professionals: KDF Arquitectura
用棱形建筑围成的哥伦比亚小学 / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
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Architects: taller de arquitectura de bogotá
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Manufacturers: Accesorios y Acabados, Arkos, Proquinal, Spradling México
MOBO Architects Win Competition to Design Government Building in Bogotá, Colombia
MOBO Architects has won the Colombian Society of Architects’ (SCA) public competition to design an institutional building for the department for social integration in the city of Bogotá.
MACONDO Pavilion Architecture / Manuel Villa Arquitectos + Oficina Informal
- Year: 2015
Bicentennial Tower / Entorno AID + CMS+GMP
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Architects: CMS+GMP, Entorno AID
- Area: 17650 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: CMS+GMP
The Mayor Who Used Small Steps to Transform Bogotá for the Better
In a recent article for The New York Times Antanas Mockus, the former Mayor of Bogotá who served two terms in office between 1995 and 2003, discusses what he learnt to be "the art of changing a city." Mockus, a professor of philosophy by vocation, was at times pressured to wear a bullet-proof vest — which he wore with a heart-shaped hole cut over his chest as a "symbol of confidence, or defiance, for nine months." His article discusses how his government tackled Bogotá's "chaotic and dangerous" traffic through a thumbs-up, thumbs-down card system performed by mimes, how they dealt with water shortages, and how they persuaded 63,000 households to voluntarily pay 10% more tax.
RSHP Unveils Plans for Two Tower Development in Bogotá
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has unveiled a massive commercial development planned for central Bogotá. The mixed-use project, ATRIO will be comprised of a 200-meter North Tower and 268-meter South Tower that will be connected by a large, open public space that will take up two thirds of the project’s site in the area of Centro Internacional on Avenida El Dorado and Avenida Caracas.
“The clients brief was not only to deliver class office accommodation but also to create a new public space at the heart of the city. The project is a really exciting opportunity to contribute to the resurgence of a civic society in Bogota,” says Simon Smithson, Partner and lead designer at RSHP.
Conolove / Oficina Informal
- Year: 2013
Memory, Peace and Reconciliation Center / Juan Pablo Ortiz Arquitectos
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Argos, Hunter Douglas, Solinoff, Texsa, Ventanar
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Professionals: AGR y Cia., Alvaro Tapias y Cia.
Camber of Commerce Building in Chapinero / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
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Architects: taller de arquitectura de bogotá
- Year: 2009
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Manufacturers: Eternit, HID Global, Hunter Douglas, Vidplex, Vidrio Andino
University of Los Andes Public Space and Integrated Care Center / Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
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Architects: taller de arquitectura de bogotá
- Year: 2014
From Bogotá to Bombay: How the World's 'Village-Cities' Facilitate Change
Perched behind the fog that conceals Bogotá’s mountains is William Oquendo’s house. It is a labyrinth of doors and windows, wherein a bedroom opens into the kitchen and a bathroom vents out into the living room.
Five thousand 5,000 kilometers away in Rio de Janeiro, Gilson Fumaça lives on the terrace level of a three-story house built by his grandfather, his father, and now himself. It’s sturdy; made out of brick and mortar on the ground floor, concrete on the second, and a haphazard combination of zinc roof tiles and loose bricks on the third. The last is Gilson’s contribution, which he will improve as his income level rises.
On the other side of the world in Bombay (Mumbai since 1995), houses encroach on the railway tracks, built and rebuilt after innumerable demolition efforts. “The physical landscape of the city is in perpetual motion,” Suketu Mehta observes in ‘Maximum City.’ Shacks are built out of bamboo sticks and plastic bags; families live on sidewalks and under flyovers in precarious homes constructed with their hands. And while Dharavi—reportedly the largest slum in Asia—has better quality housing, running water, electricity and secure land tenure, this is not the case for most of the new migrants into the city.