Corporación La Otra Ciudad · Medellín

We build more biodiverse, fair and healthy cities

We transform territories from within — with communities, for communities.

Our mission

We build dignified territories for those who need them most

We are a non-profit organization founded in Medellín in 2021. We work through nature-based solutions, participatory public-space design, artistic interventions and the strengthening of the social fabric — always alongside communities.

About us Our methodology
San Rafael community
1,035+
m² of public space transformed
393
Native plants planted
21
Workshops with communities
2
International awards
How we work

A community-centered process

Regenerative design
Co-creation
Systemic well-being
Right to the city

At La Otra Ciudad we believe that transforming a city starts with seeing it for what it is: a living ecosystem where people, neighborhoods and nature are part of the same fabric. That is where we work from — not to impose solutions, but to regenerate that fabric together with the people who inhabit it.

The four values that guide our design are not loose ideas but pieces of a single way of understanding the city. Click on the diagram to discover more about them.

Our mission

To promote the sustainable development of vulnerable urban communities, improving their quality of life and dignifying the territories they inhabit

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Every contribution, however small, goes directly to our community programs.

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