PORTFOLIO

The project started with the idea of connecting the areas that, due to the overflowing growth of
the city, had been separated by large infrastructures. During the process it became evident that
this disconnection exists along the entire axis of the Medellín River and that there is an urgent
need to reweave the city. It was also possible to understand how the urban space, no matter how
public it may be, if not properly connected to the urban fabric, traditions and context, will not
achieve a correct implantation within a territory.
As a person raised in Medellin, I have been able to have a personal approach to the different problems
that the project addresses and intends to solve or diminish. The Medellín river has become
an axis of development for the city; its importance is so notorious that the layout of Line A of the
city’s Metro system and the main highways follow the silhouette of the river. It has been fundamental
to the city of Medellin and the Aburrá Valley to return the public space to the citizen and to
turn people’s gaze back towards the Medellín River.