15. Architekturbiennale Venedig
15. Internationale Architekturausstellung, la Biennale di Venezia. 28. Mai - 27. November 2016. Titel: Reporting from the Front Künstlerischer Leiter: Alejandro Aravena.
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Grupo EPM - Departamento de Intervenciones Urbanas Sostenibles
Horacio Valencia
Water Tanks
The work of EPM (public companies of Medellin) and the mayor's office to change the fate of a city.
Water, public space, and urban violence.
(…) In a meeting, the mayor and the director of EPM were trying to tackle the issue of safety and violence in the city. The most dangerous areas of the city were the darker, less illuminated areas identified in a night aerial view of Medellin. Those dark areas happened to be the city's water cistern network. For security reasons (fear of terrorist attacks or poisoning of the water), these areas were entirely disconnected from the neighborhoods where they were inserted. The political and technical decision was to reverse their isolation by transforming them into public spaces, with all the risks that such an operation entailed for the city.
(Zitat des Kurators)
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
15. Internationale Architekturausstellung, la Biennale di Venezia. 28. Mai - 27. November 2016. Titel: Reporting from the Front Künstlerischer Leiter: Alejandro Aravena.