A common perspective

A new intervention has been placed in the suburbs of Bogotá. This new design aims to fight the monotony of large infrastructural arteries running through the city, whilst connecting two neighbourhoods and reclaiming space for the pedestrian. A network of pedestrian bridges connect the scattered brick towers and together with the adjacent park...

Generating a common framework between polarities: Bogota

Both the research and project proposal deals with the presence of urban polarities and possibilities of generating commons between them. The main goal of the project is to find connecting points between contradicting areas of the city without dismantling differences or diversity. By integrating different kind of activities into alternative type...

Mediating the borders: Three Architectural Interventions in Bogota

Dealing with the ‘Border Conditions’ in the context of Bogota through site specific architectural interventions. Use the notions of Mat Building and Oblique Function as an architectural tool in order to enhance the overall city experience on pedestrian level.

Interventions on Mediating the Borders

Dealing with the ‘Border Conditions’ in the context of Bogota through site specific architectural interventions. Use the notions of Mat Building and Oblique Function as an architectural tool in order to enhance the overall city experience on pedestrian level.

Co-Operative Commons

The project deals with creating and defining 'the commons' in a South American metropolis. Bustling streets of Bogota's historic centre serve as a platform to explore the relationship between the social and physical sphere. The aim is to reveal the variety of environments that the interaction between social and physical can generate. The design...

Co-Operative Commons

The project deals with creating and defining 'the commons' in a South American metropolis. Bustling streets of Bogota's historic centre serve as a platform to explore the relationship between the social and physical sphere. The aim is to reveal the variety of environments that the interaction between social and physical can generate. The design...

Foundation for Transportation: How Bochum transports the future through the commons

All previous three industrial revolutions shaped the site of the Opel factory in Bochum, Germany through great spatial, economical and social impacts. Once a symbol of prosperous growth and structural change, this monument of mass-manufacturing is now closed and being demolished. On the remaining Ruins of Capitalism this project proposes a new...

Forming the Interval: an architectural template for the densification of the campus of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Densification of the campus of the National University of Colombia for present and future occupancy under one scheme. Use the threshold as architectural tool which can contribute towards the overcoming of dichotomies such as public/private, built/un-built and eventually construct one realm, the common.

Forming the Interval: an architectural template for the densification of the campus of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Densification of the campus of the National University of Colombia for present and future occupancy under one scheme. Use the threshold as architectural tool which can contribute towards the overcoming of dichotomies such as public/private, built/un-built and eventually construct one realm, the common.