Architect Rafael Pardo's buildings are almost sculptural: concrete prisms intersecting to form domestic spaces. In each of his projects he seeks to push the properties of concrete to the limit to achieve greater formal expressiveness, so that the material becomes structure, wall and finish. This publication narrates the premises and processes of hi...
Title
Rafael Pardo - New Brutalism
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English, Spanish
A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Canela designed by Workshop Diseño y Construcción aims to respect and honor the historic values of colonial architecture of Yucatan, in a pure and sober way, combining with contemporary details and comfort of current lifestyle in order to create a small oasis in the middle of the city.
Project name
Canela House
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX, Galería Urbana Blanquis
Interior design
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Typology
Residential › House
The Mexican architecture firm Red Arquitectos led by Susana Lopez Gonzalez has completed renovation of a 19th-century building in Puebla, Mexico.
Architecture firm
Red Arquitectos
Photography
Miguel Angel Calanchini, Amy Bello
Principal architect
Susana Lopez Gonzalez
Design team
Angelica Azamar, Ruben Mercado
Built area
Restoration Renovation 480 m². Contemporary Intervention 120 m²
Structural engineer
Apolinar Cortez
Material
Steel, Lime, Marble, Artesal Floor, Stucco
Typology
Intervention on an historic building
The Mexican architecture firm Red Arquitectos led by Susana Lopez Gonzalez has recently completed Nivana House, a passive solar house in the desert of Baja California Sur, Mexico for a musical director from Hawaii.
Architecture firm
Red Arquitectos
Location
Cerritos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Photography
Miguel Angel Calanchini
Principal architect
Susana Lopez Gonzalez
Design team
Angelica Azamar, Ruben Mercado
Interior design
Red Arquitectos
Civil engineer
Valente Gualarte
Structural engineer
Valente Gualarte
Supervision
Red Arquitectos
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Construction
Rogelio Rojas Castro
Typology
Residential, Houses
Casa Hannah in Mérida, Mexico designed by Mexican architecture firm Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Project name
Casa Hannah / Hannah House
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Collaborators
Artesano MX, SOHO galleries Mérida
Interior design
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
Supervision
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
The Mexican architecture studio TAX led by Alberto Kalach has recently completed ''Punta Pajaros'' a series of ecological villas located in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Project name
Punta Pajaros
Architecture firm
TAX / Taller de arquitectura X
Location
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Alberto Kalach
Design team
Alberto Kalach, Ivan Ramirez
Interior design
Decada Muebles
Structural engineer
Proyectos EKO (Ricardo Soto)
Civil engineer
Proyectos EKO
Environmental & MEP
: Alberto Kalach, Luis Urrutia
Construction
Jose Ramirez
Photography
Guillermo Montesinos
Material
Wood (Structure: Pine, Decks : Tzalam, Doors: Macuil)
Typology
Environmental Villas
Spanish architect and visual artist Dionisio González has envisioned series of surrealist structures for Dauphín Island Archipelago.
Project name
Dauphín Island series
Architecture firm
Architecture Studio Dionisio González
Location
Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States
Tools used
Autodesk 3Ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Dionisio González
Built area
Estimated construction area: 400 square meters per home. Replacing homes destroyed by hurricanes, tornadoes, or summer storms. Different built areas
Site area
Indeterminate. Dauphin Island Archipelago, sand bar on the beach facing the Gulf of Mexico
Collaborators
Ricardo Ausso, Tomeu Mora
Visualization
Dionisio González
Typology
Residential, Houses
