Winning Team Colectivo Sin Norte

Members: Martín Diez Dojorti, Daniel Blanco Lozano, Sebastián Edson Delgado Antezana, Manuela Silva, Carolina Pérez Méndez, María Paula González Giraldo, Anagelly San Román, María Fernanda Heredia

Project Overview Paisajes del Cuidado Tunjuelo

Paisajes del Cuidado Tunjuelo reconceives public space as infrastructure for care, repositioning tasks conventionally confined to the domestic sphere within a shared spatial and environmental framework. Situated in the ZUMA Bosa-Apogeo zone along the historically marginalised and polluted Tunjuelo River, the project reconstructs a residual industrial area as what the team terms a metabolic landscape.

Decentralised community pavilions provide laundry, childcare, adult education, and urban gardens, with particular attention to the needs of female-headed households. Sustainable urban drainage systems, bioretention basins, and native Andean vegetation restore local hydrological and soil cycles while mitigating flood risk. Construction relies on recycled demolition waste, including crushed brick and concrete rubble, and the project incorporates a citizen monitoring committee to support long-term implementation.

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Honorable Mentions

• ASTY collective with members Laura Sofía Espitia Villamil, Danna Sofía Piracoca Cifuentes, Juliana Guatavita Rodríguez

• DIV with members Isabella Maldonado Gonzalez, Daniel David Palomino Geles, Valentina Malambo Alvarez, Pedro Javier Jaramillo Cruz, Isabella Maldonado Gonzalez

Congratulations to all participating teams! Thank you for bringing your bold visions to this site challenge.

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The Site

Located in the south-western area of Bogotá, in the locality of Bosa, the competition site lies within ZUMA Bosa–Apogeo (Zona Urbana por un Mejor Aire) – a pilot zone created to improve air quality, health and well-being through targeted action. The area combines residential, industrial and commercial uses, sits next to the Autopista Sur (one of the city’s main motorways) and is connected to the Tunjuelito River and the Media Luna Sur ecological corridor.

Within the broader ZUMA strategy, Bogotá is implementing a plan of 39 actions. In this context, the city invites students to design innovative, nature-based interventions for a 500 m² site in the Villa del Río neighbourhood, near the Autopista Sur. The space is currently an unpaved roadway and informal parking area adjacent to a bus depot, and has the potential to be transformed into a greener, more welcoming public space that supports cleaner air.

Communities in ZUMA Bosa–Apogeo face significant environmental and social vulnerability, with many low-income households and a high share of children and older adults. Air pollution from resuspended dust on unpaved roads and fossil fuel freight vehicles particularly affects this sector. The competition seeks creative design ideas that help reduce these impacts and contribute to a healthier, more inclusive and resilient urban environment.

Approx. site area

Diagonal 57C Sur, from Carrera 65 until Carrera 68D, in the Villa del Río neighbourhood, within the ZUMA Bosa–Apogeo. 

Key information

Residential area with a large green space without vegetation cover and an unpaved road with high levels of resuspended material and considerable traffic flow, which provides access to the ETIB Madelena yard of the Integrated Public Transport System (SITP).