Ian Primer

Theory + Design

Ian Primer

Theory + Design

Medellin Design Build

The Medellin Design Build Studio was a six week design studio in Medellin, Colombia. The project took place in an informal settlement in the mountains known as La Honda. Students from across two different countries and languages worked directly with the community through several workshops. The final result was a public garden, pavilion, and bathroom.

Models of additions built for La Honda. 2024 Summer constructed bathroom, pavilion, and garden.

Since the community could not afford to construct everything we designed, I created a manual for one of the unbuilt designs as a personal project outside of project hours.


I phased out the design into multiple steps for small increases in budget and created views that were designed to be read and built from by a laymen, not a construction professional.