Every decision comes from seeing how materials behave, where details fail, and what survives the pressure of a real site.
Tottem Colombia · Complete architecture from Medellín
Design, drawings, and construction under one standard.
Thirty years designing, documenting, and building spaces in Colombia. We can deliver only the design package, or carry the full project through construction.
30+
Years of architecture and construction
500+
Projects designed and documented
2
Paths: design only or design + build
WHY TOTTEM
What makes us different.
WORK
Built and documented work.
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SERVICES
Three routes.
We enter where the project needs us: from first definition to work ready for execution.
Design and drawing package
For clients who need a clear, coordinated project ready to price or build with another team.
Concept · design development · drawings · details · coordination
Full project: design + construction
For clients who want Tottem to keep responsibility across the full process, from first idea to handover.
Diagnosis · budget · schedule · construction · closeout
Renovations and interventions
For homes, schools, churches, offices, and interiors that need to update without losing continuity or character.
Survey · phases · procurement · supervision · handover
SECTORS
Architecture for places that remain alive while they change.
We work with institutions, communities, and owners who need to transform places without interrupting the life inside them.
Education
Schools, universities, laboratories, classrooms, and courtyards that need phased work, safety, and operational continuity.
Catholic churches
Temples, parish houses, and community spaces where liturgy, light, acoustics, maintenance, and dignity matter.
Residential
Homes, apartments, and interiors where design, documentation, and construction should feel like one conversation.
STUDIO
Thirty years of practice, turned into judgment.
Tottem comes from the full practice of architecture in Medellín: homes, schools, laboratories, churches, interiors, renovations, and construction. That experience lets us read each place before drawing it: what to keep, what to correct, and how to build without losing its character.
Architecture begins with the place. Construction disciplines that reading.
Reading the Place
Understand use, light, climate, structure, budget, and memory before proposing.
Technical Judgment
Design with awareness of detail, maintenance, timing, and real construction.
Site Continuity
Keep the project's intent from getting lost between drawings, procurement, and execution.
PROCESS
From first diagnosis to a buildable route.
We do not sell a generic promise. We define scope, risks, deliverables, and responsibilities before moving forward.
Three routes.
Thirty years designing, documenting, and building spaces in Colombia. We can deliver only the design package, or carry the full project through construction.
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Tottem Colombia
From first diagnosis to a buildable route.
Diagnosis
We listen to the objective, visit or review the place, identify constraints, and organize priorities.
Design and documentation
We turn intention into drawings, details, specifications, and coordinated decisions.
Costs and site route
We ground the project in budget, phases, procurement, and realistic timing.
Construction or handoff
We build with direct supervision or deliver a documented package for another team to execute.
DIRECT CONTACT
Tell us what you want to transform.
If there is already a need, institution, home, or possible project, send a short note. We will review it and reply within one business day.
We can also help decide whether the first step should be diagnosis, design, documentation, or a visit.