Located in a quiet but urban area in Mexico city’s west limits, Casa Madre is a single-family residence that carves the sloping terrain with staggered concrete volumes. The project emerges from the site and is surrounded by local trees and neighbor’s constructions, creating a light contrast between the greenery and the gray palette from the façade.
Architecture firm
Taller David Dana
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
César Béjar, César Belio
Principal architect
David Dana Cohen
Collaborators
Ronit Stein, Asociación Arquitectura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The multidisciplinary studio MYT+GLVDK founds its own creative laboratory where artistic richness, the legacies of ancestral cultures, techniques and materials are praised.
Photography
Diego Padilla
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
Roma Norte is a neighborhood in Mexico City full of history and movement, known for its cultural, gastronomic, and architectural display. The taco place “Los Alexis” is located on Chiapas street, a space that pays tribute to informal commerce that takes the space by reinterpreting a street taco “changarro” within its commercial premises, with a sim...
Project name
Taquería Los Alexis
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra
Design team
Andrea Martinez, Daniel Martinez, Alejandro Hernandez, Isabella Arzani, Christian Riedel
Material
Steel plates painted green and white ceramic mosaic
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
The façade was with modifications, humidity and signs of deterioration.The conservation of some original moldings with detachments was observed, blacksmith elements in the oxidation state and non-original aggregate elements such as, an access gate to the garage and a fixed glass that blocks pedestrian access.
Project name
Casa Dos Sueños
Architecture firm
Park Estudio
Location
Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Jessica Park
Material
Suppliers: Tecnolite lamps, Comex paints, La Peninsular floors, Bayit Decore stove , Antique furniture of Furniture in transit, New Well Home furniture, Mármol Mido
Typology
Residential › House
Real de Los Reyes is a housing project designed by the architectural firm Miguel de la Torre mta+v. The spaces of the houses are designed to be versatile for daily life, meetings or rest. It offers the possibility of customizing the finishes according to the preferences and needs of its inhabitants. It has 13 houses, from 320 m2, distributed on thr...
Project name
Real de los Reyes
Architecture firm
Miguel de la Torre mta+v Diseño y Arquitectura
Location
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Miguel de la Torre
Design team
Rodrigo Márquez, Perla Chávez
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Revit, Autodes 3ds Max, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › Houses
The proposal of the ZC family apartment, located in Bosques de las Lomas, is to generate spacious spaces, having a double height in the dining room, with wooden panels that surround and guide users through all spaces. A marble soffit that connects the common area and the private area stands out. The blacksmith lattice generates versatility and move...
Project name
Departamento ZC
Architecture firm
Concepto Taller de Arquitectura
Location
Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Agustín Garza
Principal architect
Alberto Dana, Daniel Dana, Karen Goldberg
Collaborators
Furniture: Cattelanitalia, Minotti, Poliform
Interior design
Concepto Taller de Arquitectura
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Marble, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The Barrancas House is the result of the restoration of a house built in the seventies in Mexico City, which didn´t have any attract at first but had great spatial potential. It became a challenge for our office to create a home focusing on incredible attention to detail, modernity and discovery of the different spaces and levels to generate expect...
Project name
Barrancas House
Architecture firm
Ezequiel Farca Studio
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro, Roland Halbe
Principal architect
Ezequiel Farca
Interior design
Ezequiel Farca Studio
Material
Concrete, Marble, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House