Office and Factory Buildings, Cali, Colombia, 1945: Office unit: plan, elevations, section (1/16" and 1/8" = 1'-0") 1945

Curator: Immediately, I see sterile precision, an almost unsettling lack of organic flow. Editor: This is an architectural plan from 1945 by U.B., titled "Office and Factory Buildings, Cali, Colombia: Office unit: plan, elevations, section." It presents a technical rendering. Curator: Yes, but those lines, they speak to a post-war industrial optimism—a symbol of progress, perhaps even control over nature. The factory as temple. Editor: The plan reflects the socio-economic shifts of the time. The architecture symbolizes efficiency, mass production, and the rise of corporate power in Colombia. Curator: It is clinical, but also aspirational. It speaks volumes about the cultural expectations of that era. Editor: Indeed. Its starkness is revealing. The design embodies an era's ambition, rendered in lines and angles.