Building Venice 2016

Building in the Metropolis MX Gaeta Springall Architects Venice 2016

In parallel with the 15th International Architecture Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia, 2016

June - July 2016 IUAV University of Venice - Italy Santa Marta, Ex-Cotonificio. Sala Gino Valle

Index

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Enrico Fontanari

Community 29

Mexican Pavilion in Milan

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Master Plan La Merced

Thinking-Building

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Nave Menor Market

Julio Gaeta / Luby Springall

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Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico

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Celaya Cathedral

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Mexican Pavilion in Venice

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HS House

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B House

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4 Houses LCC

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Magna Sur

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GS Studio-House

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Indepedence Square

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FF Mausoleum

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Cascatta

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About the Authors

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Credits

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Studio

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Mistral & Siroco Towers

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Melbourne

Other Projects

Building in the Metropolis MX Enrico Fontanari

Since its foundation in 1926, the iuav University of

the transformation of the built environment,

Venice has focused its attention on architectural

particularly from the beginning of XX century

design

the

to our days. This phenomena can be observed

Italian experiences and, in parallel, the main

in many of its countries, involving both the

international trends in this field. The main issues

educational and the professional worlds, with

faced in the teaching and research activities of the

which the Iuav University has established several

university are related in particular with the design

agreement to exchange good practices and share

proposals for living spaces and environments,

studies and researches.

theory

and

practice,

studying

such as buildings, cities and landscapes.

One of the countries that has played an

To be able to innovate constantly its

important role in this field since the beginning of

approach to architectural and urban design,

‘900 is Mexico, which has a large experience in

the Iuav University needs to be open to what

realizing new innovative architectures.

is happening throughout the world, and has

After a period of silence, which characterized

therefore established cooperation and exchange

particularly the last decade of XX century, the

relationships with many universities and cultural

Mexican new architectural production is coming

institutions in and out of Europe.

up, attracting the attention of the experts of all

With reference to this framework, one of

the world. The aim of the exhibition “Building in

the most interesting geographical and cultural

the Metropolis MX�, which presents the work

topic is the Latinamerican world, where modern

of Gaeta-Springall Architects (Mexico City),

architecture has played an important role in

is to testify this new trend in the growth and

Building in the Metropolis MX

transformation of contemporary Mexico City.

of realized objects, from skyscrapers for

Public and private stakeholders are giving a great

commercial

attention to the design quality of buildings and

installation of a memorial in one of the most

open spaces, and this new trend is changing the

important urban parks of Mexico City, and to the

image of the urban environment of that country.

realization of a new big Cathedral for an important

and

residential

use,

to

the

The work of Gaeta-Springall Architects

catholic community in Mexico. Their ability to

represents a good example of this process,

link, through innovative communication tools,

showing high quality architectural and urban

the creative design experience with a serious

projects realized in different locations.

teaching activity directed to young students

In their work, is possible to recognize a

(realized in the Iberoamerican University of

memory of the main lessons of the past, from

Mexico City), represents a good example of how to

the first constructions of ‘900, in which Mexican

combine practical realization with a sophisticated

architects used new materials (particularly

conceptual approach to the design issues.

concrete) to realize challenging structural

The Iuav University believes that this exhibition

solutions, to the attention that has to be given,

will be of great utility for students, researchers

with great respect, to the creative solutions

and

realized by Luis Barragan in his different projects.

with these clear examples of contemporary

In the framework of this tradition, the

architecture in the new world and confirming the

architectural work of Gaeta-Springall shown

important role of the theoretical and conceptual

in the Iuav exhibition presents a great variety

approach to the design experience.

professors,

updating

their

knowledge

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Thinking-Building Julio Gaeta / Luby Springall

Thinking-Creating It is from architecture and territory that we create, taking into account form, culture, building method, cost and environmental conditions in the contemporary world: —With precision and ambition based on research, mapping, concept, design and follow up.

—Paying attention to the process as much as the result, always with the client and the end user in mind.

—In creative and innovative projects that are able to become real and adapted to their context.

—Following a workflow based on researchthinking-designinbuilding-follow up and finally reflecting upon the design concept.

Building in the Metropolis MX

Building Projects We Build Projects from a theoretical-practical point of view, reflecting on our work to improve our processes and results.

We Build —Under the premise of thinking-making-thinking-making.

—To connect to the city as a whole.

—To connect to the social as much as the physical context.

“With our designs, we intend to contribute to the production of the city; creating backdrops for life to occur, suitable for globalized social and economical activities to take place, but at the same time aware of local conditions and the relationship between city, landscape, architecture, society and individual.

We design architecture from theory and practice, from the office as well as the academy; we understand that both platforms complement each other, they strengthen and reciprocate each other, making us better academics and architects”.

—To innovate without sacrificing building precision.

—To promote social, cultural and environmental responsibility.

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Mexican Pavilion in Venice HS House 4 Houses LCC GS Studio-House FF Mausoleum

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Mexican Pavilion in Venice 14 th International Architecture Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia, 2014 Year 2014 / Location Venice, Italy / Area 250 sqm / Status Built First Place National Competition

The curatorial proposal of the Mexican Pavilion “Condemned to be Modern” intends to deploy two types of discourses. One traditional and the other contemporary; the first one determined by eight themed panels, eight doors that recover topics central to the deployment of the process of modernity in Mexico. The other, a luminous ellipse in which more than one hundred works, interviews and historical events related to architecture, are presented through high impact audiovisuals.

It suggests a criticism, but also poses an open question about the possible continuity or potential break between the heroic modernity of the 1950s and 60s, and the practice of architecture today, in contemporaneousness.

Modernity is not a condition/goal that is reached at the end of a journey. On the contrary, modernity is, above all, an attitude. It is an

avant-garde position, an insatiable appetite and search that contends against a possible state of stillness and self-satisfaction.

In view of that attitude, “Condemned to be Modern” suggests that the desire for modernity is forever; this implies not resignation, but rather a commitment and an attitude of self-criticism and continuous re-invention, a permanent transformation of actors, processes and results.

“...modernity, for the last one hundred years has been our style. It is the universal style.

Waiting to be modern seems like madness, we are condemned to be modern [...]”

Octavio Paz

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HS House Year 2012 / Location Tehuacán, Puebla / Area 845 sqm / Status Built

The projects is located at Vista Verde Country Club in Tehuacán, Puebla. The project is set over two lots with a total floor area of 902.40 square meters. It is comprised of two single-family houses called House A (437 sqm ) and House B (224 sqm ). The houses are built according to an “L” shaped floor plan design, allowing each of them to be independent, but sharing the common recreational areas, as well as green and service areas.

There is an uncovered four-car parking lot on the ground floor—two spaces per house—, and each house has its own separate entrance.

The rooftop of the block that connects the two houses serves as a terrace for House A’s master

bedroom, which can be accessed through a bridge on the first floor. In this block there is also a studio-TV room for House B, connected by another bridge.

House A consists in a three levels building: the common areas, such as the living-dining and kitchen area, are on the ground floor; the first floor is reserved for the master bedroom, en suite bathroom and closet; on the second floor, there are secondary bedrooms and a family room connected to two spacious terraces.

House B is designed in two levels: a livingdining and kitchen area on the ground floor, and bedrooms and bathrooms on the first floor.

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4 Houses LCC Year 2005 / Location México City / Area 2,100 sqm / Status Built Honorable Mention in the X Mexican Architecture Biennial

Over an exceptional topography with a pronounced cliff, stands a group of four houses. The project is comprised of two towers containing two houses each. From ground level, the four houses either go up or down the cliff. As the complex is explored, the landscape becomes integrated into the architecture and the houses appear to be floating below the street. The aim of the project is for the houses to barely rest on the ground. Thus, with

four metallic columns on each tower, the illusion of “floating houses” is achieved.

The open floor plan, at ground level, successfully integrates the landscape and creates a memorable access. In terms of language, there is a reduced material palette and simple shapes. The main facades open up completely to the best views, while being more restricted to secondary ones.

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GS Studio-House Year 2004 / Location México City / Area 216 sqm / Status Built Honorable Mention in the VI Mexican Architecture Biennial

Designed by Francisco Artigas about sixty years ago, the house was part of the neighboring one, which was divided in five parts and currently occupies the ground floor. The new project add a box which is superimposed on the original structure, which allows the new composition to fully embrace the originally intended vocation for modernity. It should be noted that the box—one and a half times the height of the preexisting structure—does not simply rest on the structure, but also includes it somehow, assimilating, integrating and virtually embracing it, perhaps thanks to the façade’s plane, which seems to extend to the front and

down to the ground through the pilotis. In this way, the result of the final project is not the sum of two parts, but rather a new creation that both allows the original structure to remain true to itself and, at the same time, transforms it. In this new unit, the materials make the difference: polycarbonate and a metallic structure appear in this second phase over concrete and glass.

Contemporary signs appear carefully inscribed on the linguistic framework suggested by the original house design: abstraction, neutrality and transparency, with a formal rigor that deftly gets around the commitment imposed by a context of strong historical connotations.

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FF Mausoleum Year 2013 / Location Montevideo, Uruguay / Area 256 sqm / Status Project

An unusual commission of a family mausoleum gave us the freedom to reflect on the concept of life and death.

A single shape, the ellipse: a single stroke connecting the entrance to the underground level. A single building material: concrete. The project is located on a small plot in a cemetery and explores fundamentally the elliptical volume: a metaphor about the passage from life to death, heaven and earth, light and darkness.

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Siroco & Mistral Towers Melbourne

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Siroco& Mistral Towers Year 2013 / 2010 / Location México city Area 46,947 sqm / 54,536 sqm / Status Under construction / Built

Mistral and Siroco Towers are located on the highest part of Santa Fe, with great views of the rest of the city. In the last thirty years, the area has turned into one of the city’s financial hubs.

Hundreds of thousands of square meters are being developed for businesses, residences and offices.

Both towers will be the tallest ones in the area with forty-three stories respectively — the average height in the area is thirty stories—. The structure is a redesign of the two preexisting towers: All the foundation piles—thirty to seventy meters deep— and the first three basements were built by the first

developer, who sold the project and the property to Némesis Capital. The client’s requirements were: to create an iconic building, with as much profitable space as possible and the most attractive facilities for the users. Siroco’s concept is five boxes rotated around each other, whereas Mistral’s concept is the horizontal displacement of every floor, comprised of thirty-four boxes stacked against each other.

Siroco was the result of different ideas during the design process. Its clarity, simplicity, strength and rationality make of it an innovative building with an original image: an icon.

Mistral Tower —Best High-Rise Architecture, Mexico / International Property Awards. 2013 —Best Architecture Multiple Residence, Central-South America / International Property Awards. 2013

Siroco Tower —Best Architecture Multiple Residence / America´s Property Awards. 2012

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Melbourne Year 2013 / Location México City / Area 4,417 sqm / Status Built

Melbourne is located on 1956 Melbourne Avenue and Periférico Ring (A. López Mateos Blvd.) in Olímpica neighborhood. The pedestrian and vehicular access is located on Melbourne Avenue due to its lighter traffic flow. On this new proposal, the building is situated on an irregular plot with a surface of 452.46 square meters.

The tower was designed with 15 stories and 43 apartment units. In the original proposal there were only 28 units, which means that there was a fifteen-unit increase following the project’s modification.

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Mexican Pavilion in Milan Master Plan La Merced Nave Menor Market Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico Celaya Cathedral

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Mexican Pavilion in Milan Year 2014 / Location Milan, Italy / Area 3,492 sqm / Status Project Second Place National Competition

The design process resulted in the concept of a nave with a strong section that evokes a TEMPLE and a MARKET simultaneously. The volume represents the spatial greatness of the first one and the informal spontaneity of the second one. Visually crowning the space, a common element appears: the stained-glass window. We consider this duality—informality and formality in contrast to that which is fresh and institutional— an intrinsic concept to Mexico’s rich culture.

The pavilion displays the history of food and its relation to the local populations through two

archetypes of Mexican culture: the temple and the market.

The nave is both simple and assertive. Its structure is comprised of three triangles forming the letter M, which means Mexico and Market.

In this way, the design is ideal in terms of structure and ephemeral terms of construction. In order to minimize the impact on the terrain, the structure simply rests above the ground, generating an open plan layout throughout the exhibition.

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Master Plan La Merced Year 2014 / Location Mexico City / Area 340,648 sqm / Status Project Second Place National Competition

The design strategy for this project is thought in different layers: people, mobility, infrastructure, heritage, public space, food distribution network, housing, green city, new architecture programs and gentrification.

The layers related to architecture, infrastructure and public space are designed for the people. Contexts that encourage citizens to proactively engage in the permanent transformation of the city. The project is conceived in terms of urban filed (mobility, public

space, streetscape redesign, traffic flow, street furniture, etc.), social field (land use changes, social policies, communication, etc.), and new architecture programs (health, education, housing, culture, etc.).

We developed three architectural pieces that constitute landmarks to reinforce the local residents identity and contribute to a better life quality; these are La Merced Lighthouse, La Merced Community Center and San Lรกzaro plaza.

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Nave Menor Market Year 2014 / Location Mexico City / Area 6,470 sqm / Status Under Construction National Competition

The main objective of the project was to promote, in this important part of the city – La Merced – , the restructuring of an urban and market space.

Our first action was to encourage a rigorous study of the site; to map the existing conditions of the building and its functions from as many points of view as possible; to exchange ideas and discuss them with the principal protagonists—the market tenants—so that they participate actively in the process and the results.

In this way, there have been many meetings, conversations and moments of exchange, elaboration and validation with the tenants in relation to alternatives, proposals, technical conditions, particular uses, as well as extensive

discussions about what and how should the project be like.

It is only after realizing a diagnosis of the market’s current state that the project was possible. Its main objective is to generate a series of actions that contribute to better functioning and architectural and patrimonial reconditioning to allow commercial growth with the best spatial and hygienic conditions, and from an integral and sustainable perspective.

The project was developed according to a participatory design where market tenants participated in every stage of the process and approved of the results.

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Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico Year 2012 / Location Mexico City / Area 15,000 sqm / Status Built

In the particular case of the Memorial to Violence Victims in Mexico, we materialized in architectural terms, one of the most important and current issues in Mexican society: violence.

This is a big and open wound; in response to this, we propose an open project on the site, open to the city and open to be appropriated by the citizens. The rehabilitation of public space as well as the remembrance of the victims of violence is the essence of the project.

Our project, located in Chapultepec, the most important park of Mexico City, plays the double condition of public space and memorial.

The first premise was to recognize the site’s vocation as a forest, with a very strong presence of nature.

The violence is suggested in two dimensions: the void and the built. The void proposed in the project is the space created between the steel walls and the trees. This void or empty space reminds us of the absence of the people who have passed away, and the surfaces of the steel walls, rusty or mirroring, show that we can lose, add or multiply ourselves at the same time, roosted walls, built with corten steel are the spaces in which society writes the name of the victims, transforming these walls into the memory of the absences.

If we think of violence as destruction, the construction of seventy steel walls, a forest of walls, is the antidote against violence.

Project Awards: First Place International Urban Landscape Design / 2014 19th Quito Pan-American Biennial Quito Silver Medal / 2014 13th Mexican Architecture Biennial Federation of Colleges of Architects of the Republic of Mexico San Cristóbal Gold Medal / 2014 7th CIDI Ibero-American Interior Landscape Design Biennial Mexico City Best International Exterior Lighthing Design Award / 2014 31st Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards London Honorable Mention / 2014 1st Latin-American 3rd Mexican Landscape Architecture Biennial Mexican Society of Landscape Architects Mexico City Honorable Mention A + Aawards / 2013 Architecture + Light / Architizer New York City Finalist A+ Awards / 2013 Memorial / Architizer New York City Honorable Mention / 2013 Best Project of the Year—Obras Magazine Mexico City Silver Medal / 2013 1st Architecture Biennial in Mexico City Colegio de Arquitectos de México Mexico City Emblematic Project of the Year / 2013 CIDI Ibero-American Award Mexico City First Place / 2012 National Competition for the Preliminary Design of the Memorial to the Victims of Violence Mexico City

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Celaya Cathedral Year 2015 / Location Celaya, Mexico / Area 16,200 sqm / Status Project First Place National Competition

Our project goes back to the pure geometric shapes of sacred architecture from antiquity based on the circle, the equilateral triangle and the square. We have opted for a unique, simple and compelling gesture: an isosceles triangle that points to the sky, but that is firmly on the ground; an axial building that cracks on one of its façades in order to let in a cross of light that shows the way.

We propose an essential and intelligible symbolism, a cathedral conceived in contemporary language and character that chooses to be symbolic but does so in abstract terms. The essential shape is the triangle.

Superimposed on the triangle that serves as material and cover and makes up the formal and spatial proposal, there is a technicalstructural triangle that supports and resolves the cathedral’s nave on a technical level; this leads to a play between the two interwoven triangles.

The project’s orientation goes back to tradition in terms of the typology of cathedrals, accessed from the west in the axial direction towards the east. The main access façade emerges powerfully and is subtly perforated; its plane opens up to generate the Cathedral’s covered entrance hall. As we enter, we experience the powerful axial spatiality crowned by light coming from above, connected to the “Cathedral Park” on the right.

The Cathedral’s axiality leads the way to the triangle at the back in the chancel. This triangle on the eastern façade looks solid, and a crossshaped crack is built on it: an immaterialized

cross full of light that floods and commands the cathedral.

In addition to the Cathedral itself, there are several secondary buildings and the “Cathedral Park”, located on the eastern side, where it serves as a venue for outdoor events, and on the southern side, generating a filter of green space between the Cathedral, the future street and the city.

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Other Projects

B House Magna Sur Indepedence Square Cascatta

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B House Year 2007 / Location Mexico City / Area 249 sqm / Status Built

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Magna Sur

Other Projects

Year 2008 / Location Mexico City / Area 30,448 sqm / Status Built

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Independence Square Year 2010 / Location Montevideo, Uruguay / Area 15,650 sqm / Status Project Uruguay National Competition Honorable Mention

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Cascatta

Other Projects

Year 2014 / Location Puebla, MĂŠxico / Area 89,154 sqm / Status Under Construction

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Exhibition, 2014: Building in the Metropolis – MX Building in the Metropolis MX

Aedes Architectural Gallery, Berlin

About the Authors

Gaeta Springall Architects

The firm was founded by Julio Gaeta and Luby

2015, First Prize in the National Competition on

Springall in 2001.

Improving Housing Units 2015, First Prize in the

From the start, both partners combined their

National Competition for designing and curating

professional practice with teaching and research,

the Mexican Pavillion at the XIV Biennale in Venice

for they are convinced that these different

2014, Second Prize in the National Competition

platforms add up to and complement a better

for the Mexican Pavillion at the Milan Fair 2014,

way of doing and conceptualizing architecture.

Silver Medal in the First Architecture Biennale

Their work has been shown in several

of Mexico City 2014, First International Prize on

collective exhibitions in cities such as Sao

Urban Design and Landscape Architecture in

Paulo, Buenos Aires, Quito, Montevideo, Paris,

Quito 2014, Gold Medal at the VII Iberoamerican

Madrid, Rome and Venice. In 2014, the Aedes

CIDI Biennale of Interior Design and Landscape

architectural gallery in Berlin invited them to

2013, Second Prize in the National Competition

set up an individual exhibition and they showed

for the Integrated Rescue of La Merced 2013, and

Building in the Metropolis – GAETA-SPRINGALL

First and Third Prize in the National Competition

Architects. In 2016, during the XIV Architecture

for the Memorial to Victims of Violence

Biennale

in Mexico 2012.

in

Venice,

they

will

hold

their

second individual exhibition at the IUAV in Venice.

GAETA-SPRINGALL

Architects

has

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always competed.

With more than 30 years’ experience, its

owners

have

Their work has been published in several international publications, such as: Casabella, 10

entered

more

than

Praxis, 2G.

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The Memorial to Victims of Violence in

national competitions, and in 20 of them they

Mexico has been recognized with numerous

have won awards.

prizes, such as: First International Prize in Urban

Their work has won several prizes and

Design and Landscape Architecture at the XIX

recognitions, the most outstanding of which are:

Panamerican Biennale in Quito, the Silver Medal

the Silver Medal at the XII Biennale of Mexican

at the XIII Architecture Biennale of Mexico and

Architecture in 2015, First Prize in the National

the Silver Medal at Mexico City’s Biennale, the

Competition on My New Cathedral in Celaya 2015,

Gold Medal (CIDI) and Honorable Mention at the

Second Prize in the National Competition for the

Latin American Landscape Biennale and the ILD

Master Plan of the National Electorate Institute

Prize for Excellence.

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Luby Springall

She has a degree in Architecture (1985) from

in 2014, she and Julio Gaeta won the

Mexico’s Iberoamerican University and is also a

competition to become curators and designers

Plastic Artist who pursued postgraduate studies

of the Mexican Pavillion at the 14th Venice

at the Royal College of Art in London in 1995

Architecture Bienniale.

and 2000.

She taught projects at the Iberoamerican

For 25 years she has worked as an architect

University, first as an assistant in 1987 and

and an artist, combining project design and

later, from 2007 to 2011, she coordinated a

plastic arts with a special focus on painting,

Vertical Workshop.

landscape architecture, and community, cultural and housing architecture.

In 2015, she founded Arquitectos con la Gente (Architects with the People), a collective

In 2003, she received an artistic residency

organization that, from an ARCHITECTURAL

fellowship at Banff Center for the Arts,

perspective, takes part in projects with a social

Canada, where she completed and showed the

commitment. Her essays and projects have

Badlands project.

been published in important international

As an artist, she has had several individual

specialized journals.

exhibitions in Mexico, England and Canada, of

From 1997 to 2001, she was director

which the most outstanding were: Neither Pritty

and member of Springall-Lira, where she

Nor Silly, at the Royal College of Art, London,

received several prizes, the most outstanding

in 2000; Ejercicios de Combate, in 2001, at the

of which was the Silver Medal awarded

British Consulate in Mexico City, and Brillo,

to her for the CIDE building, at Mexico’s

Badlands, at Banff in 2003.

Architecture Bienniale.

In 2010, she was curator of the ARCH-MX 2010 Exhibition of Contemporary Mexican Architecture,

in

Melbourne,

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Australia,

and

Since 2001, has been partner/owner of GAETA-SPRINGALL Architects.

About the Authors

Julio Gaeta

Graduate from Ph.D. in Architecture (2009)

100 books and magazines related to architecture

from the Federal University of Rio Grande do

and the city.

Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He studied to obtain a

He has been Academic Director of two

Master’s degree in Land Management and did

Master’s programs: Future City Managers

postgraduate studies in Urban Design at the

and Laboratorio de Vivienda del SXXI, which

School of Architecture, Naples, Italy.

were conducted in association with Ibero-UPC

For 30 years, he has combined project design

in Cataluña.

and academic pursuits, and has also worked as

He acts as conference giver, judge and invited

an architect, professor and researcher focusing

professor at several schools of architecture both

on architecture, society, participation, public

in the Americas and Europe. Among his most

spaces and the city.

recent research projects are Mapeo del Espacio

He is Artistic Creator of the National Artistic Creators System (SNCA) and was a FONCA fellow during 2007-2011 and 2011-2014.

Since

2003,

he

has

taught

Público y Ruta Migrante. both focusing on land, urban and social themes.

In 2014, he, along with Luby Springall,

at

the

Iberoamerican University, where he coordinates two workshops, Taller Vertical JG and Taller Tierra-Agua, in Venice.

curated the Mexican Pavillion at the 14th Venice Architecture Bienniale.

In 2015, he founded Arquitectos con la Gente (Architects with the People), a collective

During 1991-2003, he developed and directed

organization that, from an ARCHITECTURAL

Dos Puntos-ELARQA, a publishing house and

perspective, develops and takes part in projects

research center focusing on architecture, the

with a social commitment.

city and society. From that platform, he has published three collections.

Since 2001, has been partner/owner of GAETA-SPRINGALL Architects.

He has been author and editor of more than

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Credits

Mexican Pavilion in Venice

Mistral Tower

Authors and Curators: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Advisers to the curator: Catherine R. Ettinger,

Consultants: Héctor Margain, Gustavo Avilés

Jesica Amescua, Gustavo Avilés

Collaborators: Liliana Ramirez, Carlos Verón, Christian

Consultants: Carolyn Aguilar, Fernanda Canales,

Ortega, Daniela Dávila, Miguel Márquez, Jorge Torres,

Alberto Kalach, Juan Palomar, Javier Sánchez

Rafael Álvarez, Berenice Solis, Sebastián Ibarra

Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Tiago Pinto, Daniela

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto

Dávila, Mario Pliego, Jorge Torres, Raúl Soria, Eugenia Díaz, Marina Ruiz, Carlos Verón, Oscar Juárez

Siroco Tower

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall Consultants: Héctor Margain, Gustavo Avilés

HS House

Collaborators: Brenda Ceja, Christian Ortega, Viridiana

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Hernandez, Daniela Dávila, José Luis Martinez, Miguel

Collaborators: Brenda Ceja, Liliana Ramirez, Guillermo

Marquez, Edgar Ross, Federico González, Jorge Torres,

Ramirez, Edgar Martinez, Christian Ortega, Carlos

Sebastián Ibarra

Verón, Aldo Urban, Daniela Dávila, Miguel Marquez,

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto

José Luis Martinez, Jorge Torres Photography: Sandra Pereznieto

Melbourne Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

4 Houses LCC

Collaborators: Liliana Ramírez, Brenda Ceja, Guillermo

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Ramirez, Edgar Martínez, Christian Ortega, Carlos

Photography: Daniel Mastretta

Verón, Aldo Urban, Daniela Dávila, Miguel Marquez, José Luis Martínez

GS Studio-Houses Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Mexican Pavilion in Milan

Consultants: Héctor Margain, Gustavo Avilés

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Photography: Marco A. Pachecho, Sandra Pereznieto

Consultants: Héctor Margain, Gustavo Avilés, Alberto García Valladares, Guillermo Springall, Mónica Dione

FF Mausoleum

Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Tiago Pinto, Jorge

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Torres, Daniela Dávila, Mario Pliego, Carlos Verón,

Collaborators: Jorge Torres, Carlos Verón,

Oscar Juárez, Raúl Soria, Eugenia Diaz

Christian Ortega

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Master Plan La Merced

B House

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Consultants: Roberto Remes, Javier Perezcano Díaz,

Consultants: Héctor Margain, Ricardo López

Guillermo Fernández, Luis Enrique López Cardiel

Collaborators: Brenda Ceja, Juliana Assali, Andrés

Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Jorge Torres, Daniela

Gómez, Carlos Ramírez, Danilo Terra, Josué Lee,

Dávila, Mario Pliego, Carlos Verón, Oscar Juárez, Raúl

Mario Licea

Soria, Eugenia Diaz

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto.

Nave Menor Market

Magna Sur

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Consultants: Héctor Margain, Andrés Hernández,

Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Brenda Ceja, Jaime Serra,

Víctor Rocha, Artec3, Ricardo Muñoz Kuri,

Guillermo Ramírez, Christian Ortega, Adrián Mociños

Luis Enrique López Cardiel

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto.

Collaborators: Tiago Pinto de Carvalho, Roberto López, Joseba Astelarra, Pavel Manzano, Daniel Julve, Filipa

Independence Square

Morgado, Eugenia Díaz

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall, in collaboration with Juan Ignacio Barrionuevo

Memorial of Violence Victims in Mexico

Consultant: Gustavo Avilés

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall, Ricardo López

Collaborators: Brenda Ceja, Luis Fabiano Pato Somma,

Consultants: Gustavo Avilés, Hugo Sánchez, Tonatiuh

Jorge Ambrosi, Christian Ortega, Viridiana Hernandez,

Martinez, Jorge Cadena, Luis Enrique López Cardiel

Daniela Dávila, José Luis Martinez, Miguel Marquez,

Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Brenda Ceja, Liliana

Edgar Ross, Federico González

Ramirez, Guillermo Ramirez, Edgar Martinez, Christian Ortega, Carlos Verón, Aldo Urban, Daniela Dávila,

Cascatta

Miguel Márquez, José Luis Martinez

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Photography: Sandra Pereznieto

Consultants: SACMAG, Correa Hermanos, Lighteam Collaborators: Tiago Pinto de Carvalho, Francisco

Celaya Cathedral

Franco, Daniel Julve, Juan Manuel Manjarrez, Thelma

Authors: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall

Seguí, Mariana Pérez, Ana Padrón, Alonso Oviedo

Consultants: Héctor Margai, Gustavo Avilés Collaborators: Jesica Amescua, Paola Ampudia, Marbet Salazar, Daniel Julve, Jorge Torres, Aldo Urban, Lorena Cardona, Itzel Fuentes, Joel Cruz, Carlos Verón, Alejandro Vidal, Erick Rodríguez, Daniela Dávila y Josep Romans.

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Studio

Principals / Partners

Consultants

Julio Gaeta

Héctor Margain (Structural Engineering)

Luby Springall

Gustavo Avilés (Lighting Design) Hugo Sánchez (Landscape-Environment)

Associated Architects

Tonatiuh Martínez (Landscape-Environment)

Jesica Amescua

Omar Saad (Architectural Acoustic) Pedro Hernández (Engineering)

Team Paola Ampudia

External Collaborators

Daniela Álvarez

Bruno Gaeta (Art Direction)

Lorena Cardona

Carlos Verón (Virtual Model and Rendering)

Joel Cruz

Arturo Soto (Web Design)

Daniela Dávila

Zoralis Pérez (Copy Editor)

Eugenia Díaz José Luis Durán

Building in the Metropolis MX

Natalia Ferolla

Gaeta Springall Architects

Francisco Franco Itzel Fuentes

Texts

Oscar Juárez

Enrico Fontanari

Roberto López

Julio Gaeta

Juan Manjarrez

Luby Springall

Isaac Monterrosa Alejandra Nucamendi

Editorial Coordination

Lorena Núñez

Jesica Amescua

Ana Padrón Mariana Pérez

Editorial Design

Erick Rodríguez

Erick Rodríguez Serrano

Marbet Salazar Jacopo Giovanni Sapienza Thelma Seguí Jorge Torre Aldo Urban Diego Valadez

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