Colloquium: Ramón Bermúdez
Tuesday, 28th May 2019, at 17.15 - 18.30
ETH Zurich, UNO B 11, Universitätstrasse 41
Architecture meets Urban Policy Making: The case of existing Gated Communities in Bogotá
In a city where roughly 1/3 of its population lives in gated communities, dealing with the phenomenon of the existing urban fabric asks for a fair amount of creativity. In the Architecture program at UNAL Bogotá, Professor Ramón Bermúdez (1983) leads a design studio on possibilities of densifying existing gated communities in central Bogotá and building a new relation with the street. How should urban policies be modified in order to embrace these interventions in the existing city? How can these urban theories and concepts permeate the contemporary architecture practice in Colombia?
About Prof. Ramón Bermúdez
Ramón Bermúdez works and lives in Bogotá. He is currently partner architect at Bermúdez Arquitectos. He is an Architect of the Universidad de los Andes since 2007, with postgraduate studies in social housing strategies at the ETSAM in Madrid, 2009. He is a professor at the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá since 2015 where collectively with Sebastian Serna, they teach a vertical workshop for urban projects.
Ramón Bermúdez has produced content for architectural publications, academic work and research articles. He participated as guest judge for workshops and as guest speaker for several universities among which are the UPC Barcelona on Josep Maria Montaner “Vivienda del sXXI” housing lab, the ETSAM in Madrid for the Master of Collective Housing (MCH) under the Herreros unit or Cornell University at the Bogotá workshop with Julián Palacio.