Rafael Maldonado Tapias: a symbol of school architecture in Colombia
No. 11 (2012-12-01)Author(s)
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Camilo Augusto Muñoz Cadena1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia arquiurbano@hotmail.com Arquitecto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Magíster en Arquitectura con énfasis en Diseño Urbano, Politècnico di Torino, Italia. Profesor asociado, Escuela de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Orlando Martínez Castro2Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia martinezcastro@hotmail.com Arquitecto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Máster Historia: Arte, Arquitectura, Ciudad, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, España. Arquitecto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Profesor asociado, Escuela de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Abstract
Rafael Maldonado Tapias: architect and graduate of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and lecturer in Architectural Design. He completed his postgraduate degree in school architecture and wrote his dissertation on Buildings for primary school teaching in Colombia, which turned out to lay the foundations for a career that has been dedicated to, above all, the study of school architecture. This led to his undertaking of the prize-winning research History of school architecture in Colombia, which is used as reference for both architects and researchers. He has developed several educational projects over the duration of his career in institutions such as the Centro Educativo Integral Colsubsidio in Bogotá, the Instituto Caldas, and the Universidad Autónoma in Bucaramanga.