Architecture Guide to Medellín: 19 Places that Every Architect Should Visit

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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.

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Cite: Gerald, Richard . "Architecture Guide to Medellín: 19 Places that Every Architect Should Visit" [Guía de arquitectura en Medellín: 19 lugares por visitar en la ciudad de la eterna primavera] 13 Jun 2022. ArchDaily. (Trans. Devine, Sophie) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/882556/architecture-guide-to-medellin-20-places-that-every-architect-should-visit> ISSN 0719-8884

Sport Centre/ Giancarlo Mazzanti + Plan:b arquitectos. Image © Iwan Baan

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