In association with CREA MANAGEMENT, we submitted to the tender for the Design and Project Management of the new offices of the European Union in Bogota. During the design process, we had the opportunity to meet with the different delegates: with guidance from Brussels, in sync with the local delegates from the administrative area, communications, and the HOD (Head Of Delegation of Colombia) herself, we had the pleasure of explore our limitless creativity, with the premise of meeting international quality standards, high technical specifications and rigorous safety.
We enjoyed the whole design process: architecturally, we were inspired by the EU Flag as a graphic element: through the formal decomposition of the Star as a representative element, patterns, grids and textures with diagonal lines and intersections were created, which were applied to the different architectural spaces such as floors, walls, ceilings. A neutral color palette was created, with accents of the colors of the flag: blue and yellow. For the setting, we developed graphic pieces and images inspired by architectural monuments of the different delegations worldwide, a photographs collage was developed for the main circulation areas, and linear graphic pieces in the Frost of the windows of private offices.
It was a very challenging project from the point of view of international and local coordination of various professionals, since having completed our Design part, as a team with the administrative delegates, we assembled a detailed reference document for the Construction tender. Finally, a construction firm was selected to build our design, and for two years, including the start of the pandemic, we were able to successfully conclude this project, which became a benchmark in look and feel for Latin American delegations.
