Articles and columns by Juan José Pujana Mena in English about housing, cities and street art.
With Line 1 more than 82% complete, the question is no longer whether Bogotá will have a metro. It is what kind of city it will build around it.
Bogotá’s metro is almost here. The city around it is not Leer más »
Medellín showed that planting trees can lower a city’s temperature. It is time to stop treating greenery as decoration.
The shade of a tree is infrastructure too Leer más »
Every Sunday, Bogotá proves that the most valuable public space sometimes needs no construction at all. It just needs someone to open the street.
Bogotá’s best public work was never built: it was opened Leer más »
A construction hoarding stays in a neighbourhood for months, sometimes years. Leaving it grey is a choice, and not the only one.
A building site doesn’t have to be a grey wall Leer más »
