The traditional house is one built in thatched roof, which uses high piles and palm guayacán water resistant. Now the trend and the individual and collective aspiration of the river is to have a zinc roof or asbestos-cement (Eternit roof or iron) shows the gradual replacement of materials by themselves and unprocessed materials from industry and timber cut small-scale local businesses.
https://www.afrocolombianidad.info/viviendas/tradicionales-viviendas-afrocolombianas.html
The traditional country house is large, always thinking in terms of families. Caractísticos had elements like the porch, the patio, large windows and clay tile.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa#Arquitectura_paisa