Colectivo Cimbra was initially conceived as an architecture student collective dedicated to helping vulnerable communities in rural areas of Colombia. My friends and me wanted to create a plataform on which we could analyze,  design, create and build sustainable housing solutions for communities that don’t have access to the benefits of urban and architectural planning. We resorted to this measure because the curriculum in our university, like many others, had little to no space for these sort of approaches to contemporary architecture. We soon realized that students from other faculties where finding themselves in the same situation within their discipline, so Colectivo Cimbra could also become a platform for them to pursue a social approach in their work. By the time we finished university the team had archictecture, anthropology, political science, economy and business adminstration students working on the projects shown in the following pages. Nowadays Colectivo Cimbra is in the process of becoming a foundation as many of the original founders and new members of the team want to take a social stand in their  professional work and careers. We think this sort of work is now more important and necessary than ever as Colombia tries to leave more than fifty years of inner conflict behind. Beyond  social housing and commnity projects our primary and underlying goal is the construction of peace.   

The following work is the result of the group effortts of: Javier Galindo, Sergio Carvajal, Alejando Orduz, Sebastián Galindo and many more who have contributed to CIMBRA’s work over the years.