Arturo Robledo Ocampo (2 November 1930, Manizales, Colombia - 2007, Bogotá) was a Colombian architect.
He received a bachelor's degree from Instituto del Carmen in Bogotá in 1946 and did postgraduate studies at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. His work is discussed in the book Arturo Robledo; La arquitecture como modo de vida by Beatriz Garcia Moreno.[1]
His work includes houses of the neighborhood Polo Club (1957), with his firm Robledo, Drews & Castro, Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar, and El Parque Residecial Calle 100 (1993).[2]
He is most known for his work on the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar, the biggest and most important in Bogotá.[3]
With his classmates Ignacio Piñeros and Hans Drews he wrote a thesis titles "Nuevo campus para la Universidad de los Andes" (New campus for the University of the Andes). After graduation, he worked in the firm of Cuéllar Serrano. He worked on the Banco Iteramericano de Desarrollo and with the Sociedad Robledo Drews y Castro Ltda.
In 1982 he worked on the master plan for the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar. He is considered a visionary of the city designed with a large plaza.[4] The design was done together with residential plans for Nueva Santa Fe de Bogotá and Calle 100.
References
edit- ^ Robledo authored [Portafolio en vivienda (1950-2002): Arturo Robledo Ocampo, arquitecto] University Nacional de Colombia, January 1, 2005 - Apartment houses (203 pages).
- ^ "Arturo Robledo. La arquitectura como modo de vida". Issuu.
- ^ Memoria Descriptiva del Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar Consultado el 4 de Diciembre[dead link]
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (5 November 2009). "El hombre que revivió la vida en el parque S. Bolívar". El Tiempo.
External links
edit- Gabriel Escalante, del Archivo Histórico de la Universidad Nacional
- The man who revived the life of the S. Bolívar Park (en español)