In Palomos, an ecovillage in southwestern Antioquia, a forgotten memory resounds among the coffee mountains and the vestiges of the old Antioquia Railroad. Despite institutional neglect, the loss of economic opportunities and the disconnection with its history, its inhabitants have preserved something essential: the knowledge, the territory and the collective desire to transform their reality. “Territorial Links” was born as an architectural and community response to the urgent need to rebuild links with the land, memory and between people. It is a social innovation project with three phases: 1) Citizen training laboratory, 2) Creation and participatory self-construction workshops, where the “Portal Ragnarok, Eco-mall” will be built, and 3) Cultural activation through a local fair that makes community processes and economies visible. It arises from the dialogue with the Ragnarok and Trópicos collectives, which identified the natural and cultural richness of the territory, as well as its social fractures. The project articulates social architecture, cultural tourism and popular economy as tools to regenerate the social fabric. At a key moment of regional development, it seeks to ensure that the transformation of the territory is not imposed, but built from within, with the community as the protagonist.

The project promotes community development in Palomos, Fredonia, responding to historical needs of territorial revitalization, income generation and identity strengthening. Through a participatory architecture, the “Portal Ragnarok, Eco-mall” proposes cultural and productive spaces that articulate traditional knowledge, regenerative tourism and popular economy. The community is the protagonist of a sustainable and culturally relevant transformation. Qualitatively, the project seeks to strengthen the social fabric through community networks, a sense of belonging and the recovery of heritage as a collective asset. The participation of young people, women and artists in planning and self-construction will foster empowerment, memory and new forms of coexistence. The eco-mall will be a node of cultural, educational and economic exchange. Quantitatively, more than 150 people will benefit from training, employment in tourism and bioconstruction. At least 10 productive modules will be set up and 20 new economic initiatives will be promoted. The key indicators will be people trained, income generated, and increased community participation. The model will be sustainable due to its local ownership, regional replicability, and strengthening of long-term partnerships.

The “Enlaceteam was born from a convergence of knowledge and passion for transforming the territory from its community roots. United by the conviction that social architecture is a tool for peace and sustainable development, its members come from disciplines such as architecture, psychology, economics, art and community leadership. This diversity is their greatest strength: a synergy that combines social sensitivity and technical capacity, giving shape to an integral initiative with deep roots in Palomos:

Juan Pablo Pareja leads the coordination from the perspective of social architecture, providing territorial vision and participatory design.

Santiago Esteban Marín, psychologist, guides the psychosocial and human fabric component.

Kelly Yohana Rodríguez, architect of Trópicos Laboratorio, promotes approaches of equity, memory and sensitive design.

Juan Camilo Agudelo, beekeeper and artist, fuses art, ecology and popular education.

Milton Cardona, community leader, strengthens the project through physical well-being.

Yamid Yepes, journalist, contributes to the audiovisual strategy.

Alejandro Présiga, economist, ensures sustainability through community production models.

This team has worked shoulder to shoulder with the community, which has shown strong support: attendance at meetings, contributions in kind and labor. This alliance between technical and local knowledge consolidates the Raggnarok Portal as a process of co-creation with a human, integral and transformative perspective.