Selected Projects
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The Studio FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE Timeline Firm Profile
Culture & Recreation 20 Museo Soumaya 30 Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) 32 Media Museum 34 National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw 36 Energy Pavillion 42 National Museum of Energy and Technology (MUNET) 44 Museum of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (MADU) 46 Tulum Art Museum 48 Mexic-Arte Museum 50 Bridging Museum 52 Bridging Teahouse
56 68 70 72 74
Transport & Mobility Mexico City International Airport Tijuana Multi-Docking Lisbon Cruise Terminal Acapulco Airport St. Petersburg Pier
80 82 84 90 94
Urban Design JuĂĄrez Convention Center Plaza Mariana Plaza Carso Corredor Cultural Chapultepec FR-EE City
98 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122
Housing & Habitat E. E. Miami Miami Sun Chile Tower The Pyramid Tower Bryant Park Tower Greenwich Tower NoMad Tower Soccer Villa Children’s Room Artists Apartments Dallas House Hovering House House on the Beach
126 128 130
Education & Society Miami Chapel Guadalajara Campus Library Mexico School of Justice
134 136 138
Office & Commerce Omnisphere G-20 Convention Center Reforma Tower
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FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE 10 Timeline 12 Firm Profile
FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE FR-EE is a global architecture and design practice operating at the intersection of culture, development and technology with offices in New York and Mexico City. Since 2000, FR-EE has built more than 1.2 million m2 / 13 million ft2, and has 1.4 million m2 / 15 million ft2 in development. The projects address a wide range of public and private initiatives from community education to urban development. FR-EE’s projects translate contemporary moments of society, context and culture into built form, achieving ground-breaking results through extensive technological advancements, research and the implementation of green infrastructures. The concept of translation embodies FR-EE’s mission and philosophy, with the ultimate goal of rendering periods of societal, political and economic transformation into three-dimensional form.
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Collaboration is central to FR-EE’s design investigation, working closely with clients, policy makers, curators, educators, nonprofit entities, developers, engineers, contractors, artists and anthropologists, to ultimately reach comprehensive and innovative solutions. Beyond practicing design, FR-EE orchestrates initiatives aimed at elevating standards of living and education, particularly in Latin America, through research, sports and curation. FR-EE’s approach reflects the expanding role of architects and architecture in contemporary society as leaders and producers of work, which aims to create instead of imitating.
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FR-EE Fernando Romero EnterprisE Selected time line Timeline projects Selected Projects Organic
Seoul Performing Arts Center
House on the Beach
Mexico Pavillion
Warsaw Art Museum Beijing Hyperbolic Landmark
House of A and Culture Multidocking Ajusco Chapel
Library Garden Children´s Room Orozco House
Four Columns House Border Museum
Shelter in the Mountains Portugal House
Hovering House
2000
Cervantes T
Santa Fe Tower 2001
2002
2003
2004
House in Croatia
Montes Urales HQ
2005
Holocaust Museum
Reforma 222
2006
200
Villa S
UP Pavilion
Muse Polish H
Cantilever House Bridging 2 Countries
Bridging Teahouse
Apartments for Artists
Nam June Paik Museum
Public Library Bicenntenial Tower
Inbursa HQ
Cut and Paste
1 Red Box
Semisunken House
Plaza Carso Glass Box Bank
Rational
El Eco Museum
Retreat House
Casa Telmex
Museo Soumaya
Mexico City International Airport
Omnisphere
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2 5
3 6
Service Station
Bicentennial Moebius Ring
7 international awards and published in more tha 500 magazines
Jobsphere
4 7
1 Moebius Bridge Museo Soumaya 2,000,000 visitors
Arts e
Villa Mar
FR-EE City
Mercedes Benz HQ
Yeosu Thematic Pavillion
Brasil Hotel
EE Miami Photo Museum
Reforma Tower
Austin Museum
Tower
Cultural Center Taichung
Dallas House 2008
The Sun Miami
Miami Chapel
Panama Museum
Abastos Chapel
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Ciudad Juarez Convention Center
MADU Lisboa Cruise Terminal Juan Diego Chapel
2009
The Pyramid
2010
2011
Hexacity
Ciudad de la Salud
Cervantes Tower
2013
2012
Housing in Miami
eum of History
2014
Latin American Art Museum
Mexico Aquarium
Built in 7 months
South Museum
Archivo Plaza Mariana G-2O Convention Center
Lima Convention Center
Soccer Villa CuauhtĂŠmoc Tower Pop up Store
bigger window for open views
view break
Social Housing
Bryant Park Tower
La Diferencia JuĂĄrez Convention Center
Chile Tower
smaller window for more intimacy and relation with context
Greenwich Tower
NoMad Tower
Firm Profile Fernando Romero is the Founding Principal of FR-EE. His work balances the interests of public and private entities while translating contemporary moments and culture through research, design, technology and construction. FR-EE is an active agent in the reconfiguration of urban and public space by means of translating historical and social context into a unique architectural language. Fernando Romero seeks to re-define the norms of society by collaborating with global leaders on future ideas and initiatives, which architecture can give form to. For the last two decades, the firm has presented projects in a number of countries, encompassing different programs, such as museums, residential, religious centers, offices, sport facilities, among others.
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We are currently developing an ambitious project: the new airport for Mexico City, which will be the largest in the continent and the most sustainable one in the world. This is the most important infrastructure project in Latin America nowadays and the largest one in Mexico for decades. The work of FR-EE and Fernando Romero has received numerous accolades including: World Economic Forum’s “Global Leader of Tomorrow” (2002), Young Architects Award from the Mexican Society of Architects (2009), one of “50 Designers Shaping the Future” by Fast Company magazine (2012) and a Five Stars Award for Best Public Services Development in the Americas through the International Property Awards (2012), among other recognitions.
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2 offices: New York & Mexico City 20 nationalities 200+ projects 14
2 million m² built 10 million m² in development 14 awards
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FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE Exhibition 12-12-12, Guggenheim NY Please visit: fr-ee.org/video/fr-ee-at-the-guggenheim 17
FR-EE has built a reputation for working with new technologies and experts from a myriad of fields to ensure that the design is developed for social and cultural innovation.
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Culture & Recreation 20 Museo Soumaya 30 Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) 32 Media Museum 34 National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw 36 Energy Pavillion 42 National Museum of Energy and Technology (MUNET) 44 Museum of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (MADU) 46 South Mexico Art Museum 48 Mexic-Arte Museum 50 Bridging Museum 52 Bridging Teahouse
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Museo Soumaya Scale
16,000 m / 172,223 ft2 2
Client
Location
Years
Fundaci贸n Carlos Slim
Mexico City, Mexico
2005-2011
Panel sorting into standards and customs, based on a pure hexagon displacement Standard
Initial border
Custom
Rails Target border
Transition 1
Initial condition standard-sized panels
Family C Family B Family A Transition 2
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Final condition: standard and custom-sized panels Panel family sorting based on distance from an ideal center
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A venue to relax from the urban rhythm and trigger a dialogue while wondering “The Thinker�, by Rodin.
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#MuseoSoumaya
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Context • New fine art museum and architectural icon in the heart of Mexico City. • Served as a catalyst for urban regeneration. • Attracted more than 1 million visitors in the first year in addition to fascinate architectural tourism. • Flexible spaces for permanent and temporary exhibitions of all scales. Awards 2013 Architizer A+ 2012 Spark Award 2012 American Property Awards 2011 WAF Finalist, Barcelona 2010 Travel + Leisure, Best New Museum
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Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) Scale
8,361 m / 90,000 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Years
Private
Miami, Florida
2014-2017
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Media Museum Scale
3,800 m / 40,903 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
Private
Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014
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National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Scale
36,894 m / 397,124 ft2 2
Status
Location
Year
Competition
Warsaw, Poland
2006
Roof Garden Catering and Services
Exhibition
Temporal exhibition Educational Center Lobby and Forum Parking Garage Technical Areas
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Energy Pavillion Scale
15,000 m / 161,459 ft2 2
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Status
Location
Year
Competition
Europe
2015
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12m
Context Respects the roofline of surrounding buildings to visually maintain continuity with DISCOVER FUTURE the other pavilions 12m
PARTICIPATE
Open Plaza Opening as an extension to the park, inviting public participation for a transparent dialogue
Columnless Space An inverted dome to combine structure and roof into a single continuous canopy
Atom Identity Nucleus of the building shapes the pavilion’s iconic structure and identity SHOWROOM
RESTAURANT
SHOWROOM
RESTAURANT
PRESENT
LEARN PAST
DISCOVER FUTURE
PARTICIPATE
PRESENT
LEARN PAST
Program Three levels of experience: learning about the past, participating in the present, and discovering the future
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Circulation A continuous ramp is a metaphor of atomic orbits, leading visitors through the exhibition
Public Landscape Open, climatized plaza represents the present, where visitors are active participants
Global Perspective Views open through the Park, as a backdrop to inspire the next generation and current leaders in the field
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National Museum of Energy and Technology Scale
42,180 m / 454,022 ft2 2
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Status
Location
Year
Competition
Mexico City, Mexico
2014
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Museum of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (MADU) Scale
Client
Location
Year
2,854 m2 / 30,720 ft2
Private
Mexico City, Mexico
2011
Sphere
Sphere Sphere Sphere
ontinuous tinuous slabcirculation = Continuous circulation Continuous circulation
Ondulated Plates = Structural Ondulated Plates =Stabilty Structural Stabilty Ondulated Plates = plates Structural Stabilty Undulated =
Structural stability
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Divide in Plates
Divide in Plates Divide in Plates Divide in plates
All inclusive = Structure, Program, Circulation All inclusive = Structure, Program, Circulation
All inclusive = program, Structure, Program, Circulation Structure, circulation
Continuous slab = Continuous circulation Continuous slab = Continuous slab = Continuous circulation Continuous slab = Continuous circulation
Continuous circulation
Deformed Sphere = Program Adaption vsvs Space Deformed Sphere = Program Adaption Space Deformed Sphere = Programadaptation Adaption vs Space Program,
vs. space
Ondulated Plates = Structural Stabilty Ondulated = Structural Stabilty Ondulated PlatesPlates = Structural Stabilty
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Tulum Art Museum Scale
3,800 m / 40,903 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
South Mexico
2011
0M 1M
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5M
10M
A reinterpretation of the pyramid, an opportunity for the architecture to coexist with the astrological environment and maximise the global tourism context. 47
Mexic-Arte Museum Scale
4,600 m / 49,500 ft2 2
Client
Location
Years
Mexic-Arte Museum
Austin, Texas
2014-2016 B
C A
LED Pixelated Media Faรงade (details): A. Recessed perimeter B. Media facade C. Recessed glazing D. Variable panel depth for optimal interior lighing & insulation 48
D
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Bridging Museum Scale
Client
135,000 m / 1,453,128 ft2 2
Conexión entre dos países Conexión básicabásica entre dos países Conexión básica entre dos países
Exposición temporal Exposición temporal Exposición temporal
Recorrido Recorrido MéxicoMéxico Recorrido México
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Location
Confidential
Evolución del edificio
Respuesta Respuesta al río al río Respuesta al río de División
Evidenciar un entre limite los entre los países Evidenciar un limite países
Evidenciar un limite entre los países programas
Servicios / shopping / auditorio Servicios / shopping / plaza/ /plaza auditorio Servicios / shopping / plaza / auditorio
Permeabilidad
Recorrido Recorrido USA USA Recorrido USA
Exposición temporal
Recorrido México
Recorrido Recorrido nochenoche Recorrido noche
Year
Ciudad Juárez, 2001 Mexico / El Paso, Texas
Conexión básica entre dos países
Respuesta al río
Evidenciar un limite entre los países
Servicios / shopping / plaza / auditorio
Recorrido USA
Recorrido noche
It will become a catalyst for an efficient connection between Mexico and United States, an icon symbolising the cultural and commercial relations between both countries.
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Bridging Teahouse Scale
250 m / 2,691 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Jinhua Ai Qing Cultural Park
Jinhua, China
2006
South facade
West facade
Roof
Floor
North facade
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East facade
It is designed according to rooms for shielding the users’ intimacy. This bridge connects the ancient Jinhua with the contemporary city.
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Infrastructure and mobility define the 21st Century: the technology and understanding of the components of these systems is key to designing the future.
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Transport & Mobility 56 Mexico City International Airport 68 Tijuana Multi-Docking 70 Lisbon Cruise Terminal 72 Acapulco Airport 74 St. Petersburg Pier
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Mexico City International Airport Scale
550,000 m / 5,912,500 ft2 2
Client
Location
Years
Federal Gov. of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
2014-2020
In Spring 2014, the federal government of Mexico launched an invited international competition for the largest infrastructure development in Latin America under the leadership of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
uplifting and full of light. This “Airport of the Future” is designed with inspiration from the past; the shape, the symbolism, the sheer monumentality of the building, are all drawn from Mexican art and architecture.
In response to the needs and aspirations of the project, a team led by Fernando Romero and Norman Foster designed the Mexico City Airport. The aim was to revolutionize airport design and the experience of traveling, creating a building and infrastructure that will not only perform for the duration of the 21st Century, but that will also manifest into an icon for the country of Mexico throughout the rest of time.
As a necessary and important investment for the country’s future, the new Mexico City Airport is a single terminal which is strategized to minimize costs and maximize experience. The building is one continuous, almost streamlined membrane, that allows every visitor to flow quickly and efficiently throughout. The structure is comprised of local lightweight materials and is systematized for a 4-year construction timeframe, as well as ideal for the soil conditions to minimize environmental impact. The proposed prefabricated system shall be manufactured in Mexico while using the country’s most advanced technologies available today in terms of strength, durability and efficiency. The coming together of global design talent and local innovation will allow for great spans and soaring heights, at onethird of the mass and three times the span of a typical airport.
This collaboration brings the global knowledge and experience of the UK-based firm Foster + Partners, founded by the Pritzker-Prize winning architect Lord Foster, together with the Mexico and US-based based firm FR-EE, founded by the international architect Fernando Romero (FAIA). Additionally, the team worked closely with NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V., the world’s premier airport planning firm, with experience on over 500 international airports. For passengers arriving, the Mexico City Airport will appear luminous from above, while upon vacating the aircraft they will experience a vast, column-free space, 56
In essence the design of the Mexico City Airport is that it could only exist in this place today. While Foster + Partners has pioneered techniques in sustainability for almost 50 years and FR-EE designed a hypergreen
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facility for the G-20 Summit in 2012, the team is working with environmental research groups and specialist engineers to ensure that the Mexico City Airport will be LEED Platinum certified, qualifying it as the world’s first and most sustainable airport ever. We believe that the Mexico City Airport must give meaningfully to all who encounter it; for those who use it, those who build it, those who produce the materials for it, and those who operate it. This airport will be made in Mexico, with Mexican materials by Mexican builders and engineers. The architecture and planning are very specific to the site as the soil and seismic conditions are unique. The FR-EE + Foster team has taken a truly holistic and exceptionally context-driven approach, designing a new model that will be the source of inspiration for future airports. It prioritizes being efficient and operationally flexible to accommodate new demands and changes in air travel. Above all, however, it aims to provide a beautiful, uplifting and memorable experience for people from all over the world. Over time, it will not only attract more visitors and users, but it will also serve as a catalyst for development and regeneration, transforming lives, the economy and the landscape.
binds body and spirit, Mexico City and travel, technology and history into a unified lightweight structure that evoques the excitement of traveling.
Eagle
Cactus
Concept The architecture takes cues from the eagle on top of the rock devouring the serpent, one of the most prominent symbols in Mexico. For those picking up these passengers, a lush cacti garden announces the entry to the terminal with the access road weaving like the form of a snake, the roof of the Terminal evoking the eagle with its wings opening to take flight. The intense colors characteristic of Mexican culture bleed into the functional components of the intelligent membrane skin/building facade. The Mesoamerican symbol of the sun will be translated within the central luminous vaulted hall. From the initial view from the sky and the car, to the aweinspiring moment of making it inside, the architecture 58
Serpent
Symbolism, a terminal connected with Mexican identity
Coat of arms
The “X�
Nopal (drop off plaza)
The sun
The eagle (drop off)
Monumentality
The snake (principal avenue)
Materials and color
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Plan level 01
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Plan level 02
Plan level 03
Roof
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“The new airport is the best architectural and historical chance to build the identity of Mexico for the 21st Century.” – Fernando Romero
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Tijuana Multi-Docking Scale
389,016 m / 4,187,333 ft2 2
Geometric principle
Circulation 68
Client
Location
Year
Private
Tijuana, Mexico
2005
Structure
Roof level
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Lisbon Cruise Terminal Scale
8,600 m / 92,570 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
C창mara Municipal de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
2010
Arrivals
Passaporte
Departures
Bus
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Acapulco Airport Scale
12,314 m / 132,547 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
Aeropuerto Internacional de Acapulco
Acapulco, Mexico
2014
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St. Petersburg Pier Scale
6,912 m / 74,400 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
City of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, 2014 Florida
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Collaboration is key to our process. Bringing experts together to come to the most advanced and groundbreaking solutions for the individuals and communities we design for.
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Urban Design 80 82 84 90 94
Juรกrez Convention Center Plaza Mariana Plaza Carso Chapultepec Avenue FR-EE City
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Juรกrez Convention Center Scale
5,000 m / 559,723 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Years
Government of Juarez
Ciudad Juรกrez, 2014-2016 Mexico
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Plaza Mariana Scale
67,941 m / 731,310 ft2 2
Location
Year
Plaza Mariana
Mexico City, Mexico
2010
CONCEPTO
Otro signo de su amor filial a Santa María es su escudo pontificio: sobre un fondo azul, una cruz amarilla, y bajo el madero horizontal derecho, una "M", también amarilla, representando a la Madre que estaba "al pie de la cruz", donde -a decir de San Pablo- en Cristo estaba Dios reconciliando el mundo consigo. En su sorprendente sencillez, su escudo es, pues, una clara expresión de la importancia que el Santo Padre le reconoce a Santa María como eminente cooperadora en la obra de la reconciliación realizada por su Hijo. Su escudo se alza ante todos como una perenne y silente profesión de un amor tierno y filial hacia la Madre del Señor Jesús, y a la vez, es una constante invitación a todos los hijos de la Iglesia para que reconozcamos su papel A de cooperadora en la obra de la reconciliación, así como su dinámica función maternal para con cada uno de nosotros. En efecto, "entregándose filialmente a María, el cristiano, como Mercado el apóstol Juan, "acoge entre sus cosas propias" a la Madre de Cristo y la introduce en todo el espacio de su vida interior, es decir, en su "yo" C humano y cristiano: "La acogió en su casa". Así el cristiano, trata de entrar en el radio de acción de aquella "caridad materna", con la que la B Madre del Redentor "cuida de los hermanos de su Hijo", "a cuya generación y educación coop según la medida del don, propia de cada uno por la virtud del Espíritu de Cristo. Así se manifies también aquella maternidad según el espíritu, que ha llegado a ser la función de María a los pies de la Cruz y en el cenáculo". Dteología y de la devoción mariana -en fiel continuidad con la ininterrum La profundización de la tradición católica- es una impronta muy especial de la persona y pontificado del Santo Padre.
CONCEPTO
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Mercado
Otro signo de su amor filial a Santa María es su escudo pontificio: sobre un fondo azul, una cruz amarilla, y bajo el madero horizontal derecho, una "M", también amarilla, representando a la Madre que estaba "al pie de la cruz", donde -a decir de San Pablo- en Cristo estaba Dios reconciliando el mundo consigo. En su sorprendente sencillez, su escudo es, pues, una clara expresión de la importancia que el Santo Padre le reconoce a Santa María como eminente cooperadora en la obra de la reconciliación realizada por su Hijo. Su escudo se alza ante todos como una perenne y silente profesión de un amor tierno y filial hacia la Madre del Señor Jesús, y a la vez, es una constante invitación a todos los hijos de la Iglesia para que reconozcamos su papel de cooperadora en la obra de la reconciliación, así como su dinámica función maternal para con cada uno de nosotros. En efecto, "entregándose filialmente a María, el cristiano, como el apóstol Juan, "acoge entre sus cosas propias" a la Madre de Cristo y la introduce en todo el espacio de su vida interior, es decir, en su "yo" humano y cristiano: "La acogió en su casa". Así el cristiano, trata de entrar en el radio de acción de aquella "caridad materna", con la que la Madre del Redentor "cuida de los hermanos de su Hijo", "a cuya generación y educación coopera" según la medida del don, propia de cada uno por la virtud del Espíritu de Cristo. Así se manifiesta también aquella maternidad según el espíritu, que ha llegado a ser la función de María a los pies de la Cruz y en el cenáculo". Market La profundización de laA. teología y de la devoción mariana -en fiel continuidad con la ininterrumpida tradición católica- es una muy especial de la persona y pontificado del Santo Padre. B.impronta School http://es.catholic.net/ligas/ligasframe.phtml?liga=http://www.aciprensa.com/juanpabloii/escudo.htm
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risto
Client
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C. Museum D. Crypts
Museo Interactivo
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Plaza Carso Scale
1,250,000 m / 13,454,877 ft2 2
1
Carso HQ
2
Telcel HQ
3
Frisco Tower
9
Office Tower
22
Office Tower
23
Office Tower
24
Condumex Tower
25
Andr贸maco Tower
4
Residential I
5
Residential II
8
Torre Cervantes
10
Residential III
11 15 16
Residential V
19
Residential VI
20
Residential VII
21
Residential VIII
7
Years
Grupo Carso
Mexico City, Mexico
2010-2016
23
20 18 19 11
10 9
4 5
Museo Soumaya Mexico City Aquarium
13
Museo Jumex
14
Cervantes Theatre Linear Park New developments since Soumaya Museum was built 5 years ago. Land value has increased 6 times.
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3
25
1
16 2
6
26
7
15
14 8
Zurich Tower 272
12
21
22
Plaza Carso Shopping Center
6
17
Location
Residential IV Neuchatel Tower Renoir Tower
18
26
Client
12
17
13
24
85
86
87
88
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SPACE BETWEEN PRAGA - VARSOVIA ST HISTORIC Corredor Cultural Chapultepec Scale
42,035 m / 2
Client
Location
Year
Invex Grupo
Mexico City,
2015
452,469 ft Financiero SPACE BETWEEN PRAGA - VARSOVIAMexico ST 2
HISTORIC
Commercial environment Wide sidewalks Existing shops Kiosk Mobility Bicycle parking Commercial environment Crosswalk Wide sidewalks Bus lane Existing shops Subway Kiosk
Escalators
Mobility Bicycle Park parking features Crosswalk
Aqueduct fountain
Bus lane
Aqueduct
Subway
Runway Escalators
/ sightseeing
Aqueduct and Park features Green areas Aqueduct fountain Aqueduct Urban
city history exhibition
furniture
Runway / sightseeing
Lighting
Aqueduct and city history exhibition
90 Green areas Urban furniture
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FR-EE City Scale
100 km
2
Status
Location
Year
Proposal
Central America
2012
Family grid GRID FAMILIES
RECTANGULAR CITY BLOCKS MORPH INTO CIRCULAR BLOCKS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE VARIOUS NODES OF THE CITY. THE CIRCULAR BLOCKS STACK VERTICALLY AND GIVES A NEW DEFINITION TO VERTICAL URBANISM.
Program
Green areas 94
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Context drives FR-EE’s body of work. We strive to investigate the dynamic forces of each and every place, site and client.
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Housing & Habitat 98 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122
E. E. Miami Miami Sun Chile Tower The Pyramid Tower Bryant Park Tower Greenwich Tower NoMad Tower Soccer Villa Children’s Room Artists Apartments Dallas House Hovering House House on the Beach
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E. E. Miami Scale
48,309 m / 519,994 ft2 2
98
Client
Location
Years
Private
Miami, Florida
2014-2017
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Miami Sun Scale
46,145 m / 496,700 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Miami, Florida
2013
101
Chile Tower Scale
108,653 m / 1,169,531 ft2 2
Iconography and dominance
Client
Location
Year
Private
Santiago, Chile
2012
Volume scaling for high efficiency within site
Terrace = access + shade
The Pyramid Tower Scale
36,821 m / 396,338 ft2 2
104
Client
Location
Year
Private
MĂŠrida, Mexico
2010
Tower in the part
Views to park and city
Structure
Staggered terraces
Narrow pyramid
Optimization of space
Connectivity to park and city
Terraces = access and protection
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Bryant Park Tower Scale
37,161 m / 400,000 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Manhattan, New York City
2013
Floor area ratio
Typical NY stepping building Upside down = Public space + More real estate
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Greenwich Tower Scale
22,600 m / 243,266 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Manhattan, New York City
2014
Bigger apartments
bigger window for open views
view break
smaller window for more intimacy and relation with context
Smaller apartments
bigger window bigger window for open views for open views
view break view break
smaller window smaller window for more intimacy for more intimacy and relation andwith relation with context context
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NoMad Scale
37,161 m / 400,000 ft2 2
110
Client
Location
Year
Private
Manhattan, New York City
2013
111
Soccer Villa Scale
622 m / 6,695 ft2 2
112
Client
Location
Year
Private
Toluca, Mexico
2010
113
Children’s Room Scale
135 m / 1,453 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Mexico City, Mexico
2001
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Artists Apartments Scale
2,500 m / 26,910 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Dallas House Scale
250 m / 2,691 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
Private
Dallas, Texas
2008
119
Hovering House Scale
400 m / 4,306 ft2 2
120
Client
Location
Year
Private
Mexico City, Mexico
2004
121
House on the Beach Scale
1,350 m / 14,531 ft2 2
122
Client
Location
Year
Private
Guerrero, Mexico
2001
123
FR-EE approaches design for education and society as the tool for empowering future generations.
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Education & Society 126 Miami Chapel 128 Guadalajara Campus Library 130 Mexico School of Justice
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Miami Chapel Scale
3,500 m / 37,674 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Archdiocese of Miami
Miami, Florida
2012
All 27AllLatin 27 Latin American American Virgins Virgins
Original Original image image of Our of Our LadyLady of Guadalupe of Guadalupe
Plan Plan concept: concept: all 27allLatin 27 Latin American American Virgins Virgins wrapwrap Our Lady Our Lady of of Guadalupe’s Guadalupe’s imageimage
Plan Plan concept: concept: 27 Chapels, 27 Chapels, one one for each for each of the of the Virgins. Virgins. The The proportions proportions of theof plan the plan workwork perfectly perfectly with with the Catholic the Catholic Cross. Cross.
Plan Plan of a Traditional of a Traditional Catholic Catholic Church Church Rather Rather than than proposing proposing the traditional the traditional hierarchical hierarchical floor floor plan plan usedused by most by most of of the Catholic the Catholic Churches, Churches, Our Lady Our Lady of Guadalupe’s of Guadalupe’s Church Church in Miami in Miami proposes proposes an integrated an integrated layout, layout, inspiring inspiring a newa new perspective perspective towards towards Religion. Religion.
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The The MainMain Assembly Assembly Hall subtly Hall subtly sinkssinks to create to create intimacy. intimacy. Together Together with with the roof the roof light,light, it stresses it stresses the connection the connection with with the sky the representing sky representing the contrast the contrast of both of both worlds worlds EarthEarth and Heaven. and Heaven. This This setting setting stimulates stimulates introspection, introspection, meditation meditation and reconciliation. and reconciliation.
By extruding By extruding the corrugated the corrugated plan,plan, 27 pleats 27 pleats are created are created to envelope to envelope the 27 theChapels. 27 Chapels. A slight A slight depression depression in theininterior the interior defines defines the Congregation the Congregation Space Space fromfrom the surrounding the surrounding Ambulatory. Ambulatory.
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The The volume volume is rotated is rotated towards towards the corner the corner for more for more visibility visibility / iconicity, / iconicity, creating creating an organic an organic sloped sloped building. building. The image The image of Ourof Lady Our Lady of Guadalupe of Guadalupe figures figures in theinskylight the skylight and isand projected is projected into the intoaltar the altar through through the sunlight, the sunlight, emphasizing emphasizing the Holistic the Holistic effecteffect of theofinterior.. the interior..
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Guadalajara Campus Library Scale
16,000 m / 172,223 ft2 2
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Status
Location
Year
Competition
Guadalajara, Mexico
2005
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Mexico School of Justice Scale
8,393 m / 90,342 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Federal District Supreme Court
Mexico City, Mexico
2014
Roof garden Plenary Office Civil court INEJ CENDI Retail Foyer Exterior plaza CECOFAM EDIFICIO DE JUSTICIA
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2013.01.14
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Designing for habitat is designing for everevolving lifestyles, creating a framework for living in the 21st Century.
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Office & Commerce 134 Omnisphere 136 G-20 Convention Center 138 Reforma Tower
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Omnisphere Scale
107,941 m / 1,161,867 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
Grupo Omnilife
Guadalajara, Mexico
2011
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G-20 Convention Center Scale
57,977 m / 624,059 ft2 2
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Client
Location
Year
Federal Government of Mexico
Los Cabos, Mexico
2012
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Reforma Tower Scale
144,607 m / 1,556,537 ft2 2
Client
Location
Year
Private
Mexico City, Mexico
2014-2017
High-rise office
Lobby / Mezzanine Hotel Mechanical Floor Amenities High-Rise Office Mid-Rise Office Retail
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Mid-rise office
Hotel room
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