The new Belgian Embassy in Mexico, designed by Abraham Cota Paredes, Lucio Muniain, and Rafael Pardo, is a refined exercise in architectural diplomacy. Located in the residential neighborhood of Polanco, it balances the symbolic role of representing a nation with the subtle art of urban integration.
Project name
The New Belgian Embassy in Mexico
Architecture firm
Abraham Cota Paredes, Lucio Muniain, Rafael Pardo
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Tools used
CAD, SketchUp, V-ray
Principal architect
Abraham Cota Paredes, Lucio Muniain, Rafael Pardo
Design team
Abraham Cota Paredes, Lucio Muniain, Rafael Pardo
Visualization
Alfredo Sanchez, Oscar Santiago Ruiz
Client
Belgian Embassy in Mexico
Typology
Government, Embassy
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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https://www.arquine.com/producto/rafael-pardo-nuevo-brutalismo
Language
English, Spanish
The Mexican architecture firm Rafael Pardo Arquitectos led by Rafael Pardo Ramos has recently completed Zoncuantla Apartments, a seven storey residential building located on the outskirts of Coatepc city, Veracruz, Mexico.
Project name
Zoncuantla Apartments
Architecture firm
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Location
Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim
Principal architect
Rafael Pardo Ramos
Built area
50 m² (4844 ft²)
Site area
760 m² (8180 ft²)
Interior design
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Environmental & MEP engineering
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Structural engineer
Rafael Gonzalo Jorge Zaldo Martínez
Construction
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Dji Mavic Pro
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Designed by Mexican architecture studio Rafael Pardo Arquitectos, Flavia building is located in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Flavia was born under the premise of dignifying the minimum living space in a condominium within a land of limited dimensions typical of the downtown area of the city and promoting alternative transportation.
Architecture firm
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Location
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim, courtesy of Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Principal architect
Rafael Pardo Ramos
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Rafael Gonzalo Jorge Zaldo Martínez
The Xalapa based architecture studio Rafael Pardo Arquitectos has designed "Casa Oyamel" that located in Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
Architecture firm
Rafael Pardo Arquitectos
Location
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim, Adrián Labastida
Principal architect
Rafael Pardo Ramos
Structural engineer
Rafael Gonzalo Jorge Zaldo Martínez
Typology
Residential › House
