The Neighbourhood That Rewrote Medellín Cities spend billions trying to “activate” public space. Comuna 13 did it with brick, paint, music, and a set of escalators clawing up a mountainside. Walking into it feels like stumbling into a city built on improvisation—walls turned to canvases, staircases to storefronts, every corner buzzing with kids, vendors, andContinue reading “The Anti-Mall: How Comuna 13 Outperformed Urban Planners”
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Neo-Andean Futurism Architecture: A Journey Through Bolivia’s Vertical Identity
Riding the Teleférico to Freddy Mamani‘s Neo-Andean Dreamscape I woke up in La Paz with that specific kind of thrill only architectural pilgrims know. The kind that creeps in your chest when you realize: today you’ll get to see a building you’ve studied in photos for years or click through everytime Instagram’s algorithm finds you,Continue reading “Neo-Andean Futurism Architecture: A Journey Through Bolivia’s Vertical Identity”