We designed an all-timber structure with the realization of creating a beautiful but raw and simple but complex interior space defined by a rational structure of 48 columns (trusses). The trusses meet at the top in compression rings (35), all of which are connected to 34 circles (horizontal members), each one representing one year of Burning Man’s...
Project name
Holon Temple
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Fernando Romero, Romain Thijsen, Liliana Viveros, Hugo Vela, Daniela Gallo, Nicholas Dolan, Jean-François Goyette, Germán Sandoval, Pablo Morales, Alejandro Hernández, Federico Serna, Libia Castilla, Adriana Merchant, Pierre Tairouz, Oscar Caballero, Ariadna Chavarria, Aldo Domínguez, José Manuel Soto, Aníbal Cárdenas, Edson Rodríguez, Armando Montiel, Jessica Valdés, Pamela Hernández, Eduardo Hernández.
Visualization
Juan Carlos Ramos
Typology
Religious Architecture › Temple
Located in the Valle de Guadalupe and Ensenada, Hotel H aims to create an extension of the ecological site on which it sits. The full development is on a 50-hectare hilly site. The hotel consists of interlinked concrete spheres and comprises a bar, business center, restaurant, lounges, lobby, and swimming pool, with pods on the periphery of this co...
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Alba Díaz, Flor Soto, Luis López, Mathiuz Loaiza, Sophie Franquebalme
Visualization
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Status
Concept - Design, Proposal
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
The property is located in the municipality of García, Nuevo León between the two big cities Monterrey and Saltillo. It is located 1 km from the highway to Matehuala and a stream that flows into the Santa Catarina River.
Student
Pablo Vázquez, Oscar Melloni, Marian Mac Gregor
University
Universidad de Monterrey
Teacher
Alejandro Rodríguez
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Blender, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro
Project name
Halo Funeral Center
Location
Nuevo León, Mexico
Status
Concept - Design, Competition
Typology
Religious Architecture › Funeral Center
The project was in charge of FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise; a global architecture and industrial design firm founded by Fernando Romero, whose commitment to translating historic, social, economic, and environmental contexts into contemporary urban destinations has generated a positive impact in cities and communities.
Project name
Kering Mexico
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Avenida Ejército Nacional 674, Polanco, Polanco III Sección, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Camila Cossio
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Fernando Romero, Mauricio Ceballos, Liliana Viveros, Fernando Talamantes, Armando Montiel, César López, José María Padilla
Collaborators
L+F Ilumiación, Saad Acustica, Tridim, Three
Interior design
Monserrat Padilla
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Walls: Pasta Lisso, Corev, Pintura Vinimex Toledano K05-07, Comex Floor: Hoeebeek Blanc, Tekno Step Ceiling: SoundRey R15/30 N1, Panel Rey
Typology
Commercial › Office
The Mexico City-based architecture firm AIDIA STUDIO reveals design for Tulum Train Station, planned to be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. Throughout the design journey, AIDIA STUDIO aimed to infuse the station with some of the best-known features of Mayan Architecture; symmetry, monumentality, geometrical alignment, and the use of l...
Project name
Tulum Train Station
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Mariano González Silva, Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Structural engineer
Project & Calc
Material
The roof structure is a steel gridshell cladded with Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) panels on the top and laminated wood panels below
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Ladybug, Kangaroo, Adobe Package
Status
Anteproyecto (Schematic Design)
Typology
Transportation › Train Station
The Colima-based architecture firm Di Frenna Arquitectos led by Matia Di Frenna Müller has recently completed ''Casa Mao'' a single-family house located in Colima city, Colima, Mexico.
Architecture firm
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Location
Colima, Colima, Mexico
Photography
Lorena Darquea
Principal architect
Matia Di Frenna Müller
Design team
Matia Di Frenna Müller, Mariana De la Mora
Collaborators
Matia Di Frenna Müller, Juan Guardado, Mariana de la Mora
Structural engineer
Juan Guardado
Landscape
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Material
Brick, Steel, Glass, Concrete, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The history of the colonial building that houses Casa Hoyos is the crucial pillar that gives sustenance to the identity of this new boutique hotel. The property, located in San Miguel de Allende, was originally acquired by Julián Hoyos at the beginning of the 20th century to make it the first currency exchange bureau in town.
Architecture firm
A-G Studio
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Diego Padilla Magallanes
Principal architect
Andrés Gutiérrez
Interior design
A-G Studio
Client
Casa Hoyos Hotel Boutique
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Conceived and designed by entrepreneur Ezequiel Ayarza Sforza, along with the Mexican architecture studio PRODUCTORA, the Casa Bautista project located in the heart of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve finds expression in a sculptural house that merges with its natural surroundings, seeming to emerge from the sea like a rock and float over the treet...
Project name
Casa Bautista
Architecture firm
PRODUCTORA
Location
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Tulum, Quintana Roo
Principal architect
Abel Perles, Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx
Design team
Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles
Collaborators
Alejandro Ordoñez, Josue Palma, Daniela Dusa, Antonio Espinoza, Gerardo Aguilar
Structural engineer
Kaltia
Typology
Residential › House
