1. Adaptability to the sun

© Alejandro Arango

Architects: Plan b arquitectos , M+Group

Location: Envigado, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia

Project Team: Juan Camilo Garcés, María Clara Osorio, Carlos Blanco, Daniel Tobón, Esteban Hincapié, Santiago Mora

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Alejandro Arango, Vásquez Villegas Fotografía

Ecosystem: Bosque montano, Montaneforest

Project Managment: Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa, Andrés Felipe Mesa Trujillo

Constructor: Ríos Constructores

Client: Ríos Constructores

© Alejandro Arango

From the architect. 1. Adaptability to the sunThis building settles in plan to an irregular and tight plot which imposes its perimeter shape. For a better adjustment, the program is fragmented in to two big apartments in each level, leaving in the middle a long shaped hall which allows to change the direction, turning to find the most favorable position obeying simultaneously with a strict urban regulation regarding the setbacks and visual control towards other buildings. Its shape is also the shape of the plot.
2. ProgramIn section the building adapts to the high inclination of the plot, leaving the main access at street level, 4 inferior levels for parking, 13 above levels of apartments and a final level with a ter...