Public plaza

To the north of Yucatán, on the Gulf of Mexico coast, lies Chicxulub Puerto, a seaside town closely connected to the city of Progreso. Located at a key point in the village and framed by some of its most important thoroughfares is the site of the Chicxulub Market Plaza. The urban conditions of the site allow for connections with some of the town's most significant facilities, the natural context of the peninsula, and neighboring communities. Dane Alonso Dane Alonso The project for improving the plaza and constructing the market was conceived as a single, cohesive endeavor organized around its program and relationship with open spaces. The plaza serves two primary functions, leading to its division into two zones: the nort... More

Strassenbahn Netzwerk is a truly unique project located at the edge of the masterplan of Zurich-Oerlikon, Switzerland, in a former historical industrial area in complete mutation and is part of the development of a “piece urbaine". The project is located on the central plaza aims to connect the all three buildings that from the piece urbaine; Neu Oerlikon, the office building that was completed in 2016, Emil North, the affordable housing block that was completed in 2023, both by G8A Architects, and the ETH school building that is a renovated heritage building.  Jakob Rope Systems Jakob Rope Systems Today the district participates in an active revitalization and conversation program. This public initiative will transfor... More

Located at a busy intersection in Santa Clara, California, the recently completed Thirty75 Tech project nestles into the urban site and creates a new public space against a backdrop of Silicon Valley office parks and freeways. The project explored the dialectic relationship between performance and expression in architecture. With the intent to seek an architectural response to the market demand of a Class A office building typically defined by “glazed/transparent facades” and an architectural narrative that embodies the technical agenda to increase energy efficiency by reducing heat gain, reduction of glare from direct sunlight, and reduction of artificial lighting in the provision of even daylight for a working environment.... More