{"id":1318,"date":"2011-04-29T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/stealth\/updates\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2016-08-12T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:12:13","slug":"cultural-development-node-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Development Node No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nodos de Desarrollo Cultural No. 1 (Cultural Development Node No. 1) &#8216;El Morro&#8217; is the first in what is to become a series of architectural interventions to expand the reach and capacity of the quite recent, but already highly successful Cultural Development Center of Moravia (CDCM), located in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Medell\u00edn, Colombia \u2013 area with extreme social and environmental challenges. On the invitation of CDCM and El Puente_lab, STEALTH joined this exceptional project that opened its doors in April 2011. Available for Moravia&#8217;s entire community, the Node is a test case of decentralising cultural community development programs into the neighbourhood through temporary cheap structures. The new spaces are made mainly from locally recycled materials and completed with the skills of local craftsmanship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1851.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1851.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 150px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1851\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:150,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_011.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Node No. 1, night view\" data-caption-desc=\"Node No. 1, night view\" data-attachment-id=\"1361\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Node No. 1, night view\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_011\/919691874.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_011\/4050004121.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_011\/1965818768.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Node No. 1, night view<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Node No. 1, night view<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_10.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Art workshop space, based on a container structure\" data-caption-desc=\"Art workshop space, based on a container structure\" data-attachment-id=\"1359\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Art workshop space, based on a container structure\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_10\/2877364767.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_10\/3412284772.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_10\/1057587831.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Art workshop space, based on a container structure<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Art workshop space, based on a container structure<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_09.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Seating from storage containers for liquids\" data-caption-desc=\"Seating from storage containers for liquids\" data-attachment-id=\"1358\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Seating from storage containers for liquids\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_09\/2784746954.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_09\/3306787505.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_09\/829638050.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Seating from storage containers for liquids<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Seating from storage containers for liquids<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_08.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"KIds at the tables made from recycled pallets\" data-caption-desc=\"KIds at the tables made from recycled pallets\" data-attachment-id=\"1357\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"KIds at the tables made from recycled pallets\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_08\/1221583759.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_08\/674082036.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_08\/3695672295.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">KIds at the tables made from recycled pallets<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">KIds at the tables made from recycled pallets<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_07.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Children reading workshop space\" data-caption-desc=\"Children reading workshop space\" data-attachment-id=\"1356\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Children reading workshop space\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_07\/2543925662.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_07\/4148393701.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_07\/53060086.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Children reading workshop space<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Children reading workshop space<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_06.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Node with its three spatial units (including an old bus)\" data-caption-desc=\"Node with its three spatial units (including an old bus)\" data-attachment-id=\"1355\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Node with its three spatial units (including an old bus)\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_06\/1373135047.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_06\/825896892.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_06\/3310418095.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Node with its three spatial units (including an old bus)<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Node with its three spatial units (including an old bus)<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_05.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Kids from the neighbourhood in front of Node No. 1\" data-caption-desc=\"Kids from the neighbourhood in front of Node No. 1\" data-attachment-id=\"1354\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kids from the neighbourhood in front of Node No. 1\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_05\/3642339225.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_05\/3120292066.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_05\/1301362673.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Kids from the neighbourhood in front of Node No. 1<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Kids from the neighbourhood in front of Node No. 1<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_01.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Cultural Development Node No. 1 at the foot of the former garbage dump in Moravia, Medellin\" data-caption-desc=\"Cultural Development Node No. 1 at the foot of the former garbage dump in Moravia, Medellin\" data-attachment-id=\"1347\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cultural Development Node No. 1 at the foot of the former garbage dump in Moravia, Medellin\" height=\"300\" width=\"459\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_01\/3797317981.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_01\/2600361723.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_01\/834871594.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22459%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20459%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Cultural Development Node No. 1 at the foot of the former garbage dump in Moravia, Medellin<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Cultural Development Node No. 1 at the foot of the former garbage dump in Moravia, Medellin<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[urban context &#8211; a neighbourhood around a dump]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2004, under the guidance of mayor Sergio Fajardo, the Municipality of Medell\u00edn began an integrated strategic plan to recover the neighbourhood of Moravia, that by then reached an extreme population density, with 42,000 inhabitants, 15,000 living on top of the de-activated garbage dump &#8216;El Morro&#8217;. Moravia grew as an illegal settlement since the 1960s. The municipal garbage dump, established here in 1977 and closed in 1984, became a source of neighbourhood&#8217;s survival, based on recuperation of any recyclable materials. Due to national social conflicts of the early 1980s, people from rural areas who were pushed to the city, appropriated the garbage hill and its surrounding and built their life there, in perplexingly tough conditions and with a desperate lack of public space and facilities. Through the expansion of the city in the last decades Moravia finds itself right in the midst of it.<\/p>\n<p>A significant sign of the neighbourhood&#8217;s rebirth made through this plan is the initiation of the Centro de Desarrollo Cultural de Moravia \/ Cultural Development Center of Moravia (CDCM), whose aim is to promote culture, education and the arts, and which was built on request of the community. The centre opened in 2008, on a plot of land set free by the inhabitants of Moravia, and designed by a renown Colombian architects, Rogelio Salmona. In the first three years the CDCM has served nearly 500.000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1854.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1854.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 150px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1854\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:150,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_02-CDCM.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Cultural Development Center of Moravia, opened in 2008\" data-caption-desc=\"The Cultural Development Center of Moravia, opened in 2008\" data-attachment-id=\"1348\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Cultural Development Center of Moravia, opened in 2008\" height=\"300\" width=\"459\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_02-CDCM\/4220814845.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_02-CDCM\/161187690.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_02-CDCM\/4010963624.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22459%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20459%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The Cultural Development Center of Moravia, opened in 2008<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The Cultural Development Center of Moravia, opened in 2008<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_04.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Workshop team: with Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas\" data-caption-desc=\"Workshop team: with Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas\" data-attachment-id=\"1353\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Workshop team: with Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_04\/963540535.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_04\/1502361932.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_04\/2917592671.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Workshop team: with Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Workshop team: with Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03a.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: bus\" data-caption-desc=\"Locally reclaimed materials: bus\" data-attachment-id=\"1349\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: bus\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03a\/671940358.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03a\/4022056445.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03a\/1810996980.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Locally reclaimed materials: bus<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Locally reclaimed materials: bus<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03d.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: crates\" data-caption-desc=\"Locally reclaimed materials: crates\" data-attachment-id=\"1352\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: crates\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03d\/265418014.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03d\/3362176997.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03d\/1277990124.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Locally reclaimed materials: crates<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Locally reclaimed materials: crates<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03c.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: water tanks\" data-caption-desc=\"Locally reclaimed materials: water tanks\" data-attachment-id=\"1351\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Locally reclaimed materials: water tanks\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03c\/1996877.jpg\" data-srcset-fg=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03c\/3349754550.jpg 2x,https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_03c\/1138956735.jpg 3x\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Locally reclaimed materials: water tanks<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Locally reclaimed materials: water tanks<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"projecttxt2\"><strong>[design process]<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"projecttxt\">The intense use of the centre and the important role that it got in the life of the neighbourhood brought the necessity to extend it. Instead of waiting for the location and finances for a &#8216;proper&#8217; building to come together, we made the decision to adopt a more flexible approach by using cheaper means and starting with a temporary space. Considering that the &#8216;El Morro&#8217; garbage dump is on the verge of being fenced off and environmentally sanitised for the next 25 years \u2013 a process that will have a large impact on the community, its economy and its future \u2013 the location of the intervention has been positioned right at the edge of the dump. Moravia is a quarter based on recycling economy, naturally these, locally available reclaimed materials, have been adopted for the project. This inverts the design process, starting from the found materials that vary from day to day (like packaging leftovers from local industry, plastic crates and containers, metal parts, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Principles for the search of possible materials for the realisation of the structure and the internal furnishings were set in a three-weeks workshop during August 2010. The team proceeded to design three spatial units: a reading space for children, an arts and crafts workshop and a multi-functional terrace for events (like the neighbourhood kitchen of Cocineros de Moravia, cooking on Saturdays for over 150 children). A (steel) structure has been built that accommodates the recycled elements, including glass fridge doors or parts of a discarded bus (seats and windows). The body of the bus was used to build a public terrace. All was realised during the first months of 2011, employing craftsmen from the neighbourhood in the furnishing of the spaces. The project was inaugurated on April 15, 2011. With its no-nonsense design, flexibility of use and its strong aesthetics, the\u00a0<em>Cultural Development Node No.1 &#8211; El Morro<\/em>\u00a0is the first space of its kind in the neighbourhood and in Medell\u00edn.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"projecttxt2\"><strong>[cultural inclusion]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"projecttxt\">Initiating a project from this subtle and &#8216;ground up&#8217; scale makes the extension of the cultural centre more open to the unpredictable dynamics and forces of the development of Moravia &#8211; and less protected than the landmark intervention of the Cultural Development Center has been a few years ago. The main objective of this process is to increase access to cultural activities by decentralising space for culture through temporary cheap structures, and in that way create a network of sites to strengthen community development processes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>[see ] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elpuentelab.org\/nodos_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">El Puente_lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li>[concept and design team ] STEALTH.unlimited (Ana D\u017eoki\u0107 and Marc Neelen), architects Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez and Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez, El Puente_lab (Juan Esteban Sandoval and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas) &#8211; with the participation of students from the Architecture Faculty of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medell\u00edn (Jorge Alberto Arango, Cesar Augusto Mu\u00f1oz Toro, Jenny Paola Sierra, Jos\u00e9 Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez, German Tamayo)<\/li>\n<li>[project by ] Centro de Desarrollo Cultural de Moravia \/ Cultural Development Center of Moravia (CDCM) and El Puente_lab<\/li>\n<li>[guide and community leader ] Cielo Mar\u00eda Holgu\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/li>\n<li>[documentation ] Andres Galeano<\/li>\n<li>[realisation ] Megal S.A., coordinated by: Mar\u00eda Camila V\u00e9lez, Yesenia Rodr\u00edguez and Alejandro Vasquez Salinas (El Puente_lab). Furniture realized by craftsmen and carpenters from Moravia<br \/>\n[timeline ] August 2010 &#8211; inauguration April 2011<\/li>\n<li>[background ] Cultural Development Node No. 1 \u2018El Morro\u2019 has been initiated by Centro de Desarrollo Cultural de Moravia (CDCM) and El Puente_lab &#8211; platform for artistic and cultural activation; and financed by Alcald\u00eda de Medellin and COMFENALCO Antioquia, with the support of: Mondriaan Foundation (Netherlands), Cittadellarte \u2013 Fondazione Pistoletto (Italy), Unidad Taller del Espacio P\u00fablico-Departamento Administrativo de Planeaci\u00f3n, Gerencia Macroproyecto de Moravia, \u00c1rea Metropolitana del Valle de Aburr\u00e1, Jard\u00edn Bot\u00e1nico, Corporaci\u00f3n Sentidos, Cocineros de Moravia, and Red Cultural de Moravia.<\/li>\n<li>[exhibition\/publicity ] local press: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elespectador.com\/impreso\/articuloimpreso-230267-espacios-reciclados\" target=\"_blank\">Espacios reciclados<\/a> (El Espectador, 18 october 2010), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmundo.com\/portal\/pagina.general.impresion.php?idx=175949\" target=\"_blank\">Con cultura se recupera El Morro<\/a> (El Mondo, 16 april 2011), La cultura viaja en dos contenedores y un bus (Periodico.com, 16 april 2011); Cittadelarte, Biella, Italy, exhibition: Arte al Centro \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cittadellarte.it\/eventi.php?even=24\" target=\"_blank\">di una Transformazione Sociale Responsabille<\/a> (june \u2013 september 2011); eme 3, International architecture festival, Barcelona (30 June &#8211; 3 July 2011); article at Social Practices Art Network (July 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nodos de Desarrollo Cultural No. 1 (Cultural Development Node No. 1) &#8216;El Morro&#8217; is the first in what is to become a series of architectural interventions to expand the reach and capacity of the quite recent, but already highly successful Cultural Development Center of Moravia (CDCM), located in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Medell\u00edn,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=1318\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spatial-artistic-interventions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stealth.ultd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural_Development_Node_No_-1_img_01.jpg?fit=1600%2C1046&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wVbE-lg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}