UVA, Medellín’s water tanks turned public spaces

What a UVA actually is A UVA, Unidad de Vida Articulada, is built around something very technical: a water tank. These tanks, managed by EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) , store and regulate water supply across the city. These ~14 tanks are essential infrastructure and need to be distributed across Medellín, often on elevated terrain. From fenced infrastructure to open space Instead of keeping these sites closed and hidden, the city and EPM started a programme around 2012 to transform them. Many of the tank compounds were previously fenced-off, underused or even perceived as unsafe. The id…