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 Casa Tonaya project is located in the surroundings of the town of Tonaya, Jalisco. On the slopes of the Colima volcano.
Location
Tonaya, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Arturo Ferguson
Landscape
Paisajismo Michel
Material
Stone, Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
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
This project is part of the original premises and property of the “Quinta Montes Molina” located in Merida, Yucatan. The house was built in 1906 and became an architectural icon and emblem of the Paseo Montejo, the most notorious avenue on the city in which most of the early century houses were built during the sisal boom.
Project name
QMM Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Quinta Montes Molina)
Architecture firm
Materia
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
Gustavo Carmona
Design team
Karla Uribe, Gustavo Xoxotla, Luis Felipe Márquez, Mathías Henry, Raybel Cueva, Yaatzil Ceballos, Sandra Ciro, Teresa Berumen, Edgar Dzul, Magaly Morales, Miguel Ramírez, María Castelazo
Collaborators
Prefabricated Concrete: Predecon. PM: Yamil Barbosa
Structural engineer
Enrique Escalante + Cristian González
Landscape
Gustavo Carmona + Molino Lab + Jarde
Material
Concrete, Steel, Stone
Client
Quinta Montes Molina
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Cultural Center
The Project is located in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco. Developed within a private subdivision, near the Bosque de la Primavera, an important urban lung, this house emerges from a land that naturally presented a great unevenness, so that the project required thinking about front and rear facades with the same importance.
Project name
Casa Los Sueños
Location
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Arturo Ferguson
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Casa NAZ project, part of a very special request from a family made up of a woman and her two daughters, in which they seek a creative refuge from the day-to-day life of the city to have a space for contemplation and reflection. The house is located on the outskirts of the magical town of Tapalpa, on a slightly sloping plot of land with views o...
Architecture firm
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Location
Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
Rafael Palacion
Principal architect
Daniel Araujo, Fernanda Galvan
Design team
Fernanda Galvan, Daniel Araujo, Antonio Jarquin, Lizzete Diaz, Ervin Virgen
Interior design
Fernanda Galvan
Civil engineer
Dorado Ingeniería
Structural engineer
Dorado Ingeniería
Landscape
Nakawe Paisajismo | Landscaping
Supervision
Daniel Araujo
Visualization
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Material
Polished concrete, parota wood, Masonry walls, Walnut Wood, Aluminum, Concrete paver
Typology
Residential › House
Revaluing the open space. Living inside a closed space, not suitable for the development of the human being, becomes complicated and affects an endless number of physical and emotional aspects. Most of us know how difficult it has been to deal with the lockdown stemming from COVID-19; disease that unfortunately in most homes has changed the pace of...
Project name
Los Mangos Jardin
Architecture firm
21 Arquitectura
Location
San Pedro, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Tools used
SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Manuel Castro
Design team
Lizette Castro R
Visualization
Brenda Fragoso R.
Typology
Residential › House
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