Designed from an urban, practical and avant-garde identity perspective, the Gran Malecón in Barranquilla, is the most recent project of Diseños y Conceptos. The project is born from the necessity to reestablish the relationship between the city and the Magdalena River, a link that was lost and is a key element for the socio-cultural and economic development of one of the most important cities in Colombia. The river that surrounds the city of Barranquilla, is the most important one of Colombia. Located in the North of the country, this city is considered as the cradle of the Colombian Caribbean identity, in large part, due to its location near to the delta of the Magdalena River in the Caribbean Sea, an ideal context for immigrant?s arrival.
© Mónica Barreneche

Lead Architects: Diseños y concepto

Location: Av. del Rio, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Category: City Planning

Lead Architect: Ricardo Vives

Design Team: David Blanco, Elias Bernal, María Amaya, Ana Gómez, Rafael Mendoza.

Area: 174000.0 m2

Project Year: 2019

Photographs: Mónica Barreneche, Diego Sánchez Navarro

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