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Office

Founded in Bogotá in 2007, Yemail is an architecture, research and design practice, that develops projects in Colombia and other Ibero-american countries. The office works at multiple scales and formats, from homes and work spaces to museums, exhibitions, installations, publishing publications, and urban transformation processes. Our practice is based on interdisciplinary collaboration and the combination of research, design and construction as project complementary tools.

We are interested in architecture as a form of adaptation and repair, able to respond to the present environmental, social and cultural changes. Through reuse, rehabilitation, construction of new infrastructures, and the activation of existing spaces, we explore ways of extending the life of resources and strengthen the relationship between communities, territories and ecosystems.

The office's work has been recognized at national and international biennials and published in various specialized media.

Team

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Antonio Yemail
Project Director

Architect and industrial designer, with a master's degree in Construction and PHD in Architecture and Urbanism. Projects professor at the Architecture department of the Universidad de los Andes. Since 2007 has directed the Yemail Architecture studio, with an outstanding track record in the design and development of tactical urbanism, public space, pavilions and cultural projects.

antonio@yemailarquitectura.co          @antonioyemail

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M. Natalia Carrero
Project coordinator

Architect with a master's degree in Energy Saving and Sustainability. Experience in architectural and integral urbanism projects development, with a focus on sustainability and climate resiliency principles. Currently part of the Colombian management team in the International Cooperation Project CEELA, where her role is to articulate the initiatives developed in the country, and promote collaboration with local actors.

natalia.carrero@yemailarquitectura.co @mnacarrero

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Sebastian Torres Piza
Architect designer

Architect with experience in project development within Yemail Architecture studio, participating in the design, high quality representation and execution. With experience in social management projects, integrating collaborative processes in architectural development.

info@yemailarquitectura.co            @sebastiantorresp30

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Camilo Andres Mendez
Architect designer

Architect and art historian with experience within Yemail Architecture studio, participating in all stages of projects, from conceptualization to execution.

info@yemailarquitectura.co        @mendezdelabarca

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Isabella Proaños
Practitioner

Architecture student in the ninth semester at the the Universidad de los Andes.

info@yemailarquitectura.co                        @iproaos

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John Philip Lamy
Practitioner

Architecture student in the eighth semester at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

info@yemailarquitectura.co                     @juanfelamy

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Julián Camilo Otero
Practitioner

Architecture student in the tenth semester at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

info@yemailarquitectura.co                         @julianotero_329

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Laddy Hernandez
Administrative assistant

Graduated in Law, with experience in project coordination and management. Part of the Yemail Architecture team for five years, to support the operational implementation and administrative management of projects from different fields.

info@yemailarquitectura.co                 @trianaladdy

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Martín Jiménez Mejía 
Architect designer

Architect
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2020
Medellín, Colombia
info@yemailarquitectura.co

@martinjimenezm

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Sara Aristizabal
Architect model-maker

Architect
Universidad Javeriana, 2014
Bogotá, Colombia
info@yemailarquitectura.co

@saraearistizabal

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Miguel Angel Campos
General Services

Bogotá, Colombia
info@yemailarquitectura.co

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Sandra Segura
General Services

Bogotá, Colombia
info@yemailarquitectura.co

Team 2007 - 2026

Jimmi Palacio – Felipe Pinilla – Santiago Baquero – Sebastian Rivera – Jorge Alarcón – Daniel Molina – Carlos Andrés Buitrago – Jan Henao – Maria Clara Osorio – Laura Cuervo– Sarah Hannle – Patricia Rodríguez – Elizabeth Añaños – Camila Afanador – Michel Pineda – Andrés Hamón – Omar Jarbouh – Mauricio Chavez – Juan Pablo Gaitán – Beatriz Robayo – Alejandra Sanchez – Monica Paez – Laura Cuervo – Clara Arias – Lucas Nieto – Erica Martinez – Daniella Robledo – Maria Alviar – Leonardo Gomez – Diana Barrera – Luis Felipe Cuartas – Luis Carlos Diaz – Andres Mogollon – Juan Carlos Yepes – Luiz Pataro – Robert Nieto – Jose Luis Hoyos – Martín Pareja – Carlos Buitrago – Byron Cepeda – Hania Podladowska – Juan Camilo Anzola – Jacob Suarez – Sebastian Velez – Mateo Soto – Elias Quintero – Yeison Gamba – Julian Mahecha – Milena Hernandez – Sara Escobar – Nataly Salas – José Fernando Caceres

Awards and recognitions

Bienal Colombiana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

2026 – Nominated, XXX Biennial

Category: Divulgation and Publication
Project: Monumental Underground Museum 180 meters – Impluvium Editorial

2026 – Nominated, XXX Biennial

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: LEO, siento Bogotá Pavilion Bogotá Town Hall – FILBo 2025

2025 – Winner, II Salones Regionales

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: LEO, siento Bogotá Pavilion Bogotá Town Hall – FILBo 2025

2024 – Winner, XXIX Biennial

Category: Interior and ephemeral architecture
Project: Monumental Underground Museum 180 meters

2024 – Nominated, XXIX Biennial

Category: Architectural project
Project: Atelier Tropical

2022 – Nominated, XXVI Biennial

Category: Patrimony Intervention
Project: Plural Nodo Cultural

2022 – Nominated, XXVI Biennial

Category: Divulgation and Publication
Project: La arquitectura no es lo que parece / La arquitectura es un hábito

2020 – Nominated, XXVII Biennial

Category: Interior architecture and Ephemera
Project: Museum of Historical Memory of Colombia Pavilion – Bogotá / Medellín

2020 – Nominated Finalist, XXVII Biennial

Category: Architectural project
Project: Workshop-House Barrio BCH – Bogotá

2018 – Nominated, XXVI Biennial

Category: Divulgation and Publication
Project: Book Teoría de Conjunto – Archipiélago de Arquitectura

2012 – Winner, XXII Biennial

Category: Urban design and Landscaping
Project: PEI / Palomino / Sociedad en Construcción

2012 – Winner, XXIII Biennial

Category: Divulgation and Publication
Project: Archipiélago de Arquitectura – Mesa Editores

Lápiz de Acero Prize – Colombia

2026 – Winner

Category: Spacial Graph – Graph Area Latitud Estudio
Project: LEO, siento Bogotá Pavilion Bogotá Town Hall – FILBo 2025

2024 – Nominated

Category: Architectural Project
Project: Atelier Tropical

2017 – Nominated

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: Grupo ImasD Offices

2016 – Winner

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: Macondo Pavilion – FilBo 2015

2015 – Nominated

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: ARTBO 2014 general setting

2015 – Nominated

Category: Ephemeral Architecture
Project: Maqueta para El Dante

2012 – Nominated

Category: Interior Spaces
Project: Paniqueso

2010 – Nominated

Category: Ephemeral Intervention
Project: Acciones de E-Cosecha 2009

Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño (BID) – Madrid, Spain

2024 – Nominated

Category: Design of Spaces and Interior design
Project: Leo por Naturaleza Pavilion, Bogotá's Town Hall– FilBo 2024

2022 – Nominated

Category: Design of Spaces and Interior design
Project: Leer para la Vida Pavilion, Bogotá's Town Hall– FilBo 2022

2016 – Winner (BID_16)

Category: Design of Spaces and Interior design
Project: Macondo Pavilion – FilBo 2015

2012 – Winner (BID_12)

Category: Design of Spaces and Interior design
Project: Paniqueso Bogota

Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (BIAU)) – Cadiz, Spain

2012 – Official Selection, VIII BIAU

Category: Ibero-American work
Project: Palomino cultural

Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) – Chicago, il, USA

2024 – Nominated

Category: Emerging Architecture
Project: Atelier Tropical

2016 – Nominated

Category: Emerging Architecture
Project: The Ship multi-program and the Industrial Park

Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito – Quito, Ecuador

2024 – Finalists, XXII Biennial

Category: Non-Patrimony asset Intervention
Project: Monumental Underground Museum 180 meters

2016 – International Winner, XX Biennial

Category: Urban design and Landscape Architecture
Project: arque Industrial RED de Unidades Socio Porductivas – Barquesimeto, Venezuela

2012 – International Honorable Mention, XVIII Biennial

Category: Urban and Landscape design
Project: Palomino Sociedad en Construcción

Other International Recognitions

2026 – Mention, International Biennial of Architecture of Santa Cruz

Category: Professional production international (construction Work)
Project: Monumental Underground Museum 180 meters

2025 – Nominated, Ammodo Architecture Award

Category: Contemporary Architecture
Project: Workshop-House El 22 – Amsterndam, Netherlands

2015 – Nominated

Category: Lakov Chernikhov International Prize for Young Architects
Project: Moscow, Russia

2014 – 1st Place

Category: Contest Pavilion Colombia – World Expo In Milan 2015
Project: Milan, Italy

2025 – Nominated

Category: Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
Project: Geneva, Switzerland

2011 – 3rd Place

Category: Competition for Sustainable Housing – Colombian Society of Architects
Project: Bogotá, Colombia

2009 – 1st Place

Category: International competition Inter-venga – Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM)
Project: Medellín, Colombia

Collaborations