One of the courtyards shaded with vegetation that exist in the complex
DISTINGUISHED GUEST HOUSE
Rogelio Zalmonah
Manzanillo Island
Cartagena de Indias. Colombia, 1982
In this wonderful work condenses the style of this master of contemporary architecture Colombian. It poses as a recovery of abandoned ruins on a headland south of the city of Cartagena.
There would be integrated with existing remnants modern construction based on the use of brick and limestone in the area, establishing a set of open covered enclosures and, linked by courtyards, in which it integrates the lush tropical vegetation, near sources and streams that recall the previous Arab colonial architecture.
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