It incorporates two republican houses as offices, and the main entrance to the complex is through the eighth street, going under a large longitudinal water staircase divided into sections at different levels.

It was bought by the government of César Gaviria and in 1999 during the presidency of Andrés Pastrana it was allocated to the vice-presidents, making it the first to Inhabiting it was Gustavo Bell and then the turn of Francisco Santos who was during the two terms of Álvaro Uribe in the residence.

Salmona chose the place for its location, landscape, natural vegetation and especially for the presence of the fortified ruins of the old provision warehouse with 117 square meters, which are entrusted to the architect Germán Téllez.

The functional layout is simple and responds to the demands of a home that can accommodate many people at the same time, without losing the character and domestic scale of the spaces.

The materials used in the work are mainly brick, coral rock, tile, concrete and hard wood.