< A L S A R > A T E L I E R is a post-pandemic architecture and design studio based in Bogotá, Colombia. The practice focuses on investigating the low-cost aesthetics resultant of the constant state of emergency in Latin America & the global south. So far, the studio has engaged with projects within the private and public realm that explore concepts of sustainable materialites, ephemerality, user adaptability, and low cost tectonics.

​The practice is led by Alejandro Saldarriaga, former co-founder of colab-19, which has been longlisted in the “Royal Academy Dorfman Awards” in the category of emerging architect and was featured as Emerging Talent in Metropolis magazine 2020 Jul-Aug Edition. In 2020 he received the Golden prize in the “Design that Educates Awards” under the category of Responsive Architecture.