The National Biodiversity Pavilion is a new space for UNAM, located in the cultural corridor of Ciudad Universitaria. The project was designed to grow and conserve the archives of the Institute of Biology, as well as to create thematic laboratories for the scientific study of the largest collection of extinct species in Latin America.
Project name
The National Biodiversity Pavilion (Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad)
Architecture firm
Fernanda Ahumada + FREE
Location
UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
César Belio, Mariola Soberón
Design team
Karen García Villegas, Christiane Salem, Francisco Román, Alejandro Marin
Collaborators
Execituve project: Reactiva Arquitectura — Laura Dominguez + Ana Paula Herrera. Aluminum and façades: IASA. Museography : Alejandro Nasta + Instituto Biología UNAM
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Pavilion
In an irregular property of 7m x 18m the house of 200m2 is planted within a private subdivision. The layout scheme is very simple. The longitudinal staircase in the transverse direction divides the ground floor into 2 areas; near the entrance there is a multipurpose room and bathroom and open to the garden is the social area combined in a single sp...
Architecture firm
Cotaparedes Arquitectos
Location
Zona metropolitana de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Abraham Cota Paredes
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Estética BC is a beauty salon in Guadalajara, Mexico. The rented commercial space which hosts the salon, had previously been a butcher shop. To save on cost, the design premise was to create a distribution scheme which would work within the existing frame of the space.
Architecture firm
Alma de Arquitectos, Estudio Radillo Alba
Location
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Alex Aguilera Martín
Collaborators
Edgar Radillo Alba
Zozaya Arquitectos: The house is located in Zihuatanejo on a hill more than one hundred meters above sea level, so it has very privileged views of the Pacific Ocean.
Architecture firm
Zozaya Arquitectos
Location
Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico
Principal architect
Daniel Zozaya Valdés
Design team
Saddam Sotelo, Luis Alonso, José Antonio Vázquez, Ana Karen Cadena, Jesús Lopez, Cesar Octavio
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Zozaya Arquitectos: Ixtapa or Zihuatanejo are complementary parts of the route along the coasts of the southern state of Guerrero. These are twin towns, only 6.5 kilometers apart, although with very different personalities. Ixtapa was for many years a coconut plantation, now it’s home to high quality hotels, resorts, luxury restaurants and first-cl...
Architecture firm
Zozaya Arquitectos
Location
Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico
Photography
César Belio, Heiko Bothe
Principal architect
Enrique Zozaya & Daniel Zozaya
Design team
Jose Antonio Vazques, Ana Cadena, Jesus Lopez, Cesar Octavio, Esthela Valenzuela
Built area
Total area building 5 (5 south and 5 north together): 2459.28 m²
Site area
First phase land area: 1532.81 m²
Interior design
Sara Campos
Civil engineer
Omar Hernandez Cabañas
Structural engineer
Omar Hernandez Cabañas
Construction
Zozaya Arquitectos
Supervision
Maria Jose Contreras Zamora
Visualization
Jesus Lopez & Francisco Garcia
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Material
Masonry, Concrete, Bamboo, Palapa Roof, Stone Walls
Status
Under construction
Typology
Condominium Development
