This workshop is a traditional and longstanding event organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Design, which brings together an important group of Colombian and foreign students and teaching staff in architectural projects in the old city of Cartagena.

The International Cartagena Architecture Workshop is a reflection of the responsibilities of contemporary architecture in the context of the values of other times, and its focal points are: how to belong without copying, how to restore without repeating, and how to contribute without destroying.

In July 2003, the University arranged the 17th version of this workshop, the following universities being invited:

• Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota
• Pontificia Universidad Bolivariana, Medellín
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota
• Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota
• Universidad San Buenaventura, Cali
• Universidad Católica, Chile
• Universidad de Desarrollo, Chile
• Universidad Mayor, Chile
• Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
• Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile
• Universidad del Bio Bio, Chile
• Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Universidad Central, Chile
• Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Universidad de Morón, Argentina
• Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina
• Universidad Mackenzie, Brasil
• Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Universidad Anahuac, México
• Instituto Superior de Arquitectura y Diseño de Chihuahua, México
• University of Sydney, Australia

Staff of architects
In 2003, there was a staff of architects dedicated to the work of the student group. They were heterogeneous both in their places of origin, and in their approaches, and architectural regions from different points of the continent were brought together. The guest lecturers were the following:

Willy Drews, Colombia
Germán Téllez, Colombia
Carlos Campuzano, Colombia
Alejandro Echeverry, Colombia
Felipe Bernal, Colombia
Rafael Gutiérrez, Colombia
Felipe González Pacheco, Colombia
Jorge Ramírez, Colombia
Camilo Avellaneda, Colombia
Mónica Gomes de Espinosa, Colombia
Paula Echeverry, Colombia
Francisco de Valdenebro
Joao Figueiras Lima (Lelé), Brasil
Alberto Sartori, Chile
Iñaki Avalos, España
Juan Sabbagh, Chile
Felipe Leal, México
Guillermo Hevia, Chile
Víctor Cañas, Costa Rica
Stella López, Argentina
Rodolfo Ulloa, Colombia
Konrad Brunner, Colombia
Alberto Samudio, Colombia