Andres is an architect with a special interest in ethnography.

Articles

New night / New Day - Hugh Ebdy for urbz

2024 - Here we are !

We take a moment to reflect on urbz's achievements in 2023 and our objectives for 2024. We started in Mumbai in 2008 where we are busier than ever. Over the years we expanded our activities to Goa, Bogota, Geneva and now Paris. For 2024, we make the good resolution of communicating better and more frequently with our friends and followers!

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Architectural Actions: Auto-construction and Transformations

A platform for various groups of architects and urban planners to present strategies used in the development of community projects, to share what has been learned and to reflect on the impact these interventions have had in the community.

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Proyecto Manila

The story of participatory planning in Bogota

By: Andres, Paola, Remi, Juan Pablo, Kartik

Bogot谩 to Mumbai: Local Innovation For Sustainability

In both Colombia and India, homegrown settlements are present but differ largely in their social make-up. 

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Eastern Mountains, Bogota

Viva urbz Colombia!!!

Started after a dynamic collaboration in Mumbai where team Colombia helped construct an office in Mumbai, Bogota announces itself and makes plans for the future.

By: Andres

Works

Project Lari

An international design-build competition to re-imagine street carts in India

By: Andres, Kareena

Proyecto Escape - Cazuca

Collaborative process between communities led by Proyecto Escape and supported by different local and international organisations

By: Kartik, Andres

Proyecto Manila

Building a Community center by understanding social dynamics and participatory planning in a homegrown neighborhood in Bogota

By: Andres, Kartik