Mexico city

Bienesta Pedregal is the new location of this clinic in the south of Mexico City, a space dedicated to holistic well-being where nutrition, functional medicine, and design come together in a unified experience. The project proposes a different relationship between architecture and care, understanding that space can directly influence how we feel and how we perceive our connection with the environment. In this space, every material element, detail, and texture has been carefully selected to engage in a dialogue with those who move through its spaces. Ariadna Polo From the entrance, the journey moves away from the traditional idea of a clinic and approaches the experience of an interior garden. The decision to bring “the outside i... More

The collaboration and empathy between architecture and gastronomy were born intangible from its conception, marking common values; the countryside, honesty, humility, and simplicity of the raw materials, the craftsmanship, and the warmth of home. Local integration and global coherence propose the luxury of its spatial quality and the atmosphere it offers. A space that is free of pretensions and unnecessary ornaments and coatings. The project was a collaboration of architects, designers, landscapers, illuminators, artists, artisans, cooks, ceramists, and photographers, all of Mexican origin. Luis Gallardo / LGM Studio Arturo Arrieta At the same time, all materials, furniture, accessories, art, and decoration are also made in Mexic... More

The Chocolatería San Ginés franchise project in CDMX focused on adapting the Spanish business to a contemporary and local Mexican context. Jaime Navarro   The façade consists of a lattice made up of concrete pieces integrating a green wall, which allows light to enter the terrace with a wooden pergola, isolating itself from the urban context, controlling what is seen from the inside to the outside and vice versa. Hector Velasco Inside, the existence of an old myrtle tree is respected, integrating into the covered terrace, accompanied by two olive trees placed around the office. Hector Velasco The adaptation of colors and textures was achieved by re-understanding the main color and a special desig... More

It’s a restaurant that opens its doors in the Condesa neighborhood, designed by the Mexican firm WORC, whose concept arises from recreating the authentic flavors of Seoul’s street food in Mexico City. It is a space that serves as a stage for friends to share, immersing visitors in Korean culture through design and gastronomy. Zaickz Moz Zaickz Moz   Upon entering, a red neon sign welcomes diners with the inscription “KDMX AUTHENTIC STREET FOOD,” inviting them to experience a space where a small lobby, long tables, and a kitchen island and restrooms for the restaurant are located. Zaickz Moz Zaickz Moz The main challenge of this project was to combine the Mexican context with the contempora... More

ARCO CC is a cultural company within a historic 1930s house, the project brings together art, design, and architecture to become a collaborative space, home to the architecture office WORC and the specialized furniture studio VETA.   Located in San Miguel Chapultepec, a neighborhood full of history, characterized by residences that have been preserved over time. Eyes are drawn to buildings steeped in stories and character, endowing the surroundings with artistic value. The architecture embraces time, merging the past and present, radiating in every corner. Zaickz Moz Beside it lies the “Circuito Interior,” which in the past was a majestic avenue. With an exuberant median and colossal trees, this internal artery exud... More

a|911 developed the Executive Master Plan for Transportation, including the improvement of public spaces and the architectural design of the stations. Transportation is one of the most relevant issues in the Nezahualcóyotl area, partly due to the high population concentration, mobility needs, and largely due to the deficiency in road infrastructure and mass public transportation. The Neza-Chimalhuacán Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will impact approximately 2 million people, providing a more efficient, fast, and comfortable transportation system. At the request of the Transconsult consultancy, a|911 is designing the stations, cycle paths, and public spaces to serve one of the poorest areas of the city. Moritz Bernoully Moritz... More

Contextualized in a historical moment of change in Mexico, Dichotomies of Power invites the visitor's interpretive capacity to immerse himself in three dimensions of the representation of power: The first, real and represented by the smelting room, which summarizes the long extinct colonial tradition of coin production - the most widely used way of representing the economic power of a nation. The second, symbolic and represented by the pyramids, which refers to the ancestral "power", symbol of universal power in different cultures of the world. The third, imagined and represented by the artisanal technique of paste with newspapers, which embodies the last analogous witness of power in modern times of information. Rafael Gamo The inst... More

In the Roma district of Mexico City, four residential apartments rise up next to an ancient jacaranda tree.  Onnis Luque Steel planters run along a series of balconies that disappear between sturdy branches of purple flowers and hanging jasmine.  Onnis Luque A core system of vertical circulation divides the communal areas from the private ones. The middle of the building is connected by a stairwell. The pine wood steps are bathed in pale sunlight that streams in from a near window and transitions to a warm gold.  Onnis Luque To the south, a curtain of bamboo sweeps across the width of the back garden protecting views from outside gazes and filtering the intense light through its translucent leaves that emula... More

The building’s design is an exploration based on the traditional housing complexes and typologies of del Valle neighborhood in Mexico City; an urban layout where the street blocks feature pan coupé corners that create broad intersections. As a response to this specific situation, the scheme and building incorporate a diagonal sequence of spaces that transition from the public realm of the street towards the intimacy of the interior and private terraces and gardens. Caption Inside the scheme, the apartments are organized in such a way that there is no “back apartment”. The latter is possible through the combination of single and duplex typologies that have a relation towards the interior patios and gardens but... More

The CVC House is generated from the articulation of the garden´s exterior spaces, terraces and the central patio with the spaces that were required by the client, as a way to generate a dialogue between the built space and the open space. In addition to a sequence of open spaces with varying degrees of intimacy, that allow to pass gradually from the large space of the street to the green space at the back of the plot.  Rafael Gamo Inside a 3x3x3 grid, 10 volumes are distributed around a central patio. This way, the project intertwines two units that can be inhabited independently. Rafael Gamo A compact program within a porous massing, allows the interior spaces to have optimal conditions of sunlight and views without... More

Our project 'Cocina María Luisa' was selected to participate in the first ever Architecture Pavilion for the 'Abierto Mexicano de Diseño' or 'Mexican Design Open'. Jaime Navarro Instead of choosing to only exhibit images of the project, we decided to re-create the design with its essential items adapting it to the exhibition space, the fantastic jewel of early twentieth century architecture, the Postal Palace in the Historic Center of Mexico City. Jaime Navarro had to cover the marble top of one of the original tables set around the space with a folded black steel sheet, in order to keep it from harm; we built a wooden screen and covered it in volcanic stone, and brought our own steel volcano and charred wood table... More