UVA - Community Life Hubs

Public Life on the Hill: Medellín’s Water Tanks Reimagined as Community Parks

In the heart of Medellín’s hillside neighborhoods, massive water tanks once stood as symbols of urban utility—isolated, off-limits, and invisible to the communities they served. Today, they’ve been reimagined as something radically different: Unidades de Vida Articulada (UVA)Community Life Hubs that blend civic space, digital inclusion, and public joy into a new model of social and environmental transformation.

Water tanks before intervention

A Bet on Social Transformation

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