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Farhid Maya Ramirez, Medellin 1979. Architect (2003) and Master degree in architecture (2013) from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded Taller Síntesis, an office dedicated to the practice of architecture and urban planning.
He has worked as a teacher in the faculties of architecture of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Universidad Santo Tomas de Medellín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad Isthmus in Panama. Winner of the National Architecture Prize in the XXIV Architecture Biennial of Colombia, of the XVIII Steel Pencil Prize in 2015, selected in the X Ibero-American Architecture Biennial and mention in the XIX Pan American Biennial of Quito with the Vigía del Fuerte educational park. Mention at the XXV Biennial of Architecture of Colombia with the Casa de la Memoria de Pueblo Bello. Second place at the XXVI Colombian Architecture Biennial with the Salgar Reconstruction Project, in association with the architect Ana Elvira Vélez. First place in the III Latin American Landscape Biennial in the category Work not built by the Cerro La Asomadera project, in association with Connatural.
David Cuartas Restrepo, Medellin 1978. Architect (2003) from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded Taller Síntesis, an office dedicated to the practice of architecture and urban planning.
He has worked as a teacher in the faculties of architecture of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Universidad Santo Tomas de Medellín, and Universidad Isthmus in Panama. Mention at the XXV Biennial of Architecture of Colombia with the Casa de la Memoria de Pueblo Bello. Second place at the XXVI Colombian Architecture Biennial with the Salgar Reconstruction Project, in association with the architect Ana Elvira Vélez. First place in the III Latin American Landscape Biennial in the category Work not built by the Cerro La Asomadera project, in association with Connatural.
Lucas Serna Rodas, Medellin 1979. Architect (2003) from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded Taller Síntesis, an office dedicated to the practice of architecture and urban planning.
He has worked as a teacher in the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Winner of the National Architecture Prize in the XXIV Architecture Biennial of Colombia, of the XVIII Steel Pencil Prize in 2015, selected in the X Ibero-American Architecture Biennial and mention in the XIX Pan American Biennial of Quito with the Vigía del Fuerte educational park. Mention at the XXV Biennial of Architecture of Colombia with the Casa de la Memoria de Pueblo Bello. Second place at the XXVI Colombian Architecture Biennial with the Salgar Reconstruction Project, in association with the architect Ana Elvira Vélez. First place in the III Latin American Landscape Biennial in the category Work not built by the Cerro La Asomadera project, in association with Connatural.
Practice Ideology
We think of an architecture that works with the existing place, tries to understand people and their ways of living, their expectations, understanding their particular conditions and use them as opportunities where possible. We work the landscape and cultural identity to highlight it or recover it to create an appropriation that leads to an improvement in the quality of life and community cohesion, our goal is to produce an architecture that truly belongs to a certain place and community.
We have extensive experience in working with Foundations, imaginary workshops and participatory architecture in remote rural areas that have suffered the brunt of the conflict and social problems of the country. We firmly believe in the accompanying the community and provide them with tools for the creation of a new imaginary of the rural and urban landscapes.
