2013 - 2015

Designed in 2013 by our firm and executed by our client in 2015, this project is a house with an accessory type of 180 sqm of which only the mutilated facade remained in a contemporary shell of terrible manufacture and lacking calculations or building permits. Our client was a foreigner who already had extensive hotel experience in the San Diego quarter, highly rated by Trip Advisor. The only complaint from the guests was that it wasn’t located in the neighborhood of Getsemaní. So he asked us for advice before buying the property and one day he came to our studio with diagrams of what he wanted to do with the house. Our protocol in these cases incorporates a complete architectural and topographical survey, the historical investigation of the property and the architectural design in accordance with current urban regulations. We managed to comply with everything and file it with the Institute of Heritage and Culture of Cartagena in 45 days, before Christmas 2013. The architectural project was approved in February 2014 and we accompanied the entire integration of engineering projects during that year until obtaining the building permit. The result, with an investment of approximately $400,000 USD is a 2-story inn with a rooftop overlooking the San Felipe Castle and La Popa hill in the heart of Getsemaní. We managed to recover the original façade and the basic core of the house and implemented a 300 sqm program with 6 rooms with full bathrooms, communal kitchen, service areas and social areas that has the feeling of a hostel immersed in the most vibrant sociocultural focus in Latin America.