Torres del Parque, Residential complex in Bogotá, Colombia

Torres del Parque is a residential complex with three curved towers of exposed brick located near Plaza de Toros in Bogotá. The towers rise 117 meters and feature asymmetrical floor plans with accessible rooftops, housing around 300 apartments in various sizes.

Rogelio Salmona designed the complex, officially Residencias El Parque, and it was built between 1965 and 1970 in the La Macarena neighbourhood of Santa Fe. The three brick towers, named C, A and B from north to south, wrap around the Plaza de Toros de Santamaría, and their curved silhouette echoes the Cerros Orientales. Salmona received the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2003 for his use of brick and wood.

Salmona chose brick for social and aesthetic reasons: it is made from clay, employs many local workers, and is a material Bogotá masons handle with skill. He noted its colour shifts with the light and that brick architecture relates to the city's vegetation. The Alvar Aalto Prize jury cited his use of brick and wood when awarding him the prize in 2003.

Three quarters of the site is open ground: gardens, paths and small plazas that run continuously into the Parque de la Independencia and reach Carrera Séptima. The Calle de las Escalinatas links the towers, the bullring and the Planetario, and a statue of Copernicus stands at its lower end. The ground falls away toward the bullring, so expect stairs and slopes between levels.

The three towers follow a radial design that adapts to the steep topography, creating a distinctive outline against Bogotá's eastern hills. This approach to working with the landscape rather than against it was uncommon for urban development at the time.