© Klumpner Chair of Architecture and Urban Design ETHZ / Alejandro Arango and Luis Bernardo Cano
The Fábrica de Cultura art school is the new cultural centre of Barranquilla. Students are accepted based on talent alone, regardless of their age or grades. Instead of 1,400 students as planned, 2,800 have enrolled, and classes take place in two shifts, just like in a factory.