Chair of / Cátedra de /
Lehrstuhl für

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tecture
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Prof. Hubert Klumpner

 

Chair of Architecture and
Urban Design /  
Institute of Landscape- and
Urban Studies / LUS
Member of Network City and Landscape / NSL
Co-Director of ETH Wohnforum,
Centre for Architecture
Society and Environment / ETH Wohnforum / ETH CASE
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of Institute of Science
Technology and Policy / ISTP
Member of the ETH Sustainability
Steering Committee
Informal Urbanism Regional
Hub of UN-Habitat Universities

 

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Colombia Urban Transformation Program

ReCreo Trinidad, Medellín, Colombia

Following the success of the Gimnasio Vertical model in Caracas, Venezuela, which serve over 15,000 users on a monthly basis and have been correlated with a drop of crime rate in their respective areas, the Chair is developing a series of buildings under the title, ReCreo Trinidad, for the city of Medellin, Colombia. 

Like their counterparts in Caracas, these sports and cultural zones are strategically located to bring together a clientele both from nearby informal settlements and barrios, and more developed parts of the city, fostering togetherness through shared athletic activity. 

This project is part of the broader Urban Transformation Program headed by the ETHZ via the Chair, with the support of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

(Images by Chair of Architecture and Urban Design and collaborators, Santiago Beaumé, Alejandro Arango, and others)