Chair of / Cátedra de /
Lehrstuhl für

Archi-
tecture
&
Urban
Design

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
Co-Founder and Members
of Institute of Science
Technology and Policy / ISTP
Member of the ETH Sustainability
Steering Committee
Informal Urbanism Regional
Hub of UN-Habitat Universities

 

DARCH

Construction of Growing School Prototype begins in Cartagena, Colombia

It's official - We've broken ground!

Construction of the next big project of our Colombia Urban Transformation Program begins in Cartagena, Colombia - our Growing Schools Prototype / Institución Educativa y Centro De Desarrollo Infantil Villas de Aranjuez / Cartagena de Indias.

This School Prototype and Community, Sports, Culture, and Continuing Education Facility is the result of a strategy to re-urbanize a 4 km2 area in Ciudad Bicentenario (the biggest project of #socialhousing in Colombia) as a Flood Free Zone that can adapt to different climates and consolidate growing communities into legitimate #neighbourhoods.

Stay tuned for updates on the construction process!

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CLIENT: Municipality of Cartagena / Ministry of Education
AREA: 14’500 m2
BENEFICIARIES: 1300 students+staff / Villas de Aranjuez Community
 
ARCHITECTS: Hubert Klumpner / Alejandro Restrepo Montoya / Diego Ceresuela-Wiesmann
 
SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - ETH Zurich Team:
Blanca García-Gardelegui (Project Coordinator), Pablo Levine, Alejandro Jaramillo, Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou, Michael Walczak, Cristian Zabalaga, Lucas Salazar, Ursina Roffler, Diogo Figueiredo

Environmental Graphics: Ruedi & Vera Baur (ETHZ / Integral)
 
UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA Medellín (UPB) Team: Sebastián Ramírez (Project Coordinator), Sara Monsalve, Juan Pablo Zuleta, Daniel Zuluaga, Ana María Mejía, Manuela Henao / Phase 1> Santiago Molina, Sebastian Mejía, David Cuartas, Lina Durango, Farid Maya, Edgar Mazo, Simón Saldarriaga,
Ingeniería Estructuras: Andrés Steiner
Ingeniería Eléctrica: Juan Camilo Mejía / Lighten
Ingeniería Hidrosanitaria: Iván Darío Solano, Alejandro Jailler / Caudales y Presiones
Paisaje: Nicolás Hermelín
Bioclimática: Elizabeth Parra, Juan Camilo Isaza
Presupuestos: Alfredo Madrigal
 
With support of: State Secretariat For Economic Affairs (SECO) / Swiss Government; Municipality of Cartagena; Ministry of Education/ FFIE; Fundación Pies Descalzos (FPD); Fundación Mario Santo Domingo (FMSD); Financial Institution for Development (FINDETER) and Economía Urbana