02/ Monopoly and stigma of the use of new materials in the construction sector.
Main problems of the construction sector in Mexico.
03/ Lack off fair human labour and threat of automation of job replacement.
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01/ We believe in the use of technology for a sustainable built future.
02/ Building an innovate future based on tradition.
03/ Developing a new dialogue among digital fabrication and humanity.
Our solutions
HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGY.
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Innovation based on tradition.
Redesigning the way of making.
We believe in the use of conscious use of technology for a future sustainably built environment.
MANUFACTURA
We are a multidisciplinary research and production factory that studies and questions manufacturing through innovation from tradition, providing new alternatives to fulfill a sustainable built future.
What we do
OUR PROCESS
MANUFACTURA is an initiative to generate the use of new alternative materials and constructive solutions hand in hand with sustainability using 100% circular materials and technology, with the use of conscious automation.
What makes us different
We don’t believe in the replacement of the labor made by machines, we believe in a new production model that generates the union between tradition and innovation.
Our objectives
1. Sustainability
2. Circular Economy
3. New Manufacturing Processes
4. New Economy Scales of Production
5. New Ways of Doing Architecture
We develop materials from scratch to ensure their circularity.
We conduct research projects in collaboration with Academic Institutions, PhD, master’s, and undergraduate students, as well as companies, to foster innovation.
We create innovative projects that can be applied to any architectural space, object, or art form.
We are a platform that provides democratized access to our community, offering information on the conscious use of technology.
01/ MATERIAL DEVELOPING
RESEARCH
PROJECTS
Our Robotic Arm KUKA KR-150
OUR TECHNOLOGY
01/ ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 3D PRINTING
a) This technology uses data computeraided-design (CAD) software or 3D objects scanners to direct hardware to deposit material, layer upon layer, in precise geometric shapes.
Creating awareness through our PROCESSES
02/ AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING ROBOTIC KNITTING
b) Involves cutting away from a solid block of material. It could be a block of, for example, metal, plastic, or wood. A milling machine cutting / hollowing out a piece of meta or plastic is an example of substractive manufacturing.
OUR MATERIAL RESEARCH
Waste Classification in Mexico (SEMARNAT)
01/ LOCAL MATERIALS
Earth
Material Component: Clay from Oaxaca + Zacatecas region
Material Researcher: ANFORA Studio
Material Component: Local earth from Mexico
Material Researcher: MANUFACTURA
02/ CIRCULAR MATERIALS
EGGSHELL
Biocomposite
Material Component: Recylced eggshell
Material Researcher: Montserrat Ayala
Natural Fibers
Material Component: ANFORA’s ceramic mix
Material Researcher: ANFORA Studio
Material Component: Handcraft talavera pottery
Material Researcher: Uriarte Talavera
Material Component: Mexican yute fiber
Material Researcher: Hiato Creativo
WOOD Biocomposite
Material Component: Recylced sawdust
Material Researcher: La Metropolitana + Montserrat Ayala
PAPER Biocomposite
Material Component: Recycled Paper
Material Researcher: MANUFACTURA
Local Clay
Ceramics
Mexican Talavera
SELECTED PROJECTS (2022 - 2024)
01/ THE EGGSHELL PROJECT / UN PROYECTO DE HUEVO
INÉDITO Design Week Mexico + Zona MACO 2023
Authors: Dinorah Martinez Schulte and Edurne Morales.
Team: Santiago Rangel, Aleida Rahel Merkel, Natalia Juan.
Collaboration: La Metropolitana + Montserrat Ayala.
05/ THE WAX PROJECT / UN PROYECTO DE CERA
Authors: Dinorah Schulte + GENSLER México
Team: Erick Marín, Jorge Orduña.
Location: CDMX, Mexico.
Material: Bee Wax
Collaboration: GENSLER México.
02/ SUEÑOS WITH EARTH / CONCRETE
MEXTROPOLI 2022
Authors: Dinorah Martinez Schulte and Edurne Morales. Location: CDMX, Mexico.
Material: Local Clay (Oaxaca + Zacatecas).
Collaboration: MIT Architecture, MIT Digital Structures, ECHALE, NEW STORY, ANFORA Studio.
04/ THE TALAVERA PROJECT / UN PROYECTO DE TALAVERA
Authors: Dinorah Schulte and Edurne Morales.
Team: Jared Zarate, Erick Marín.
Location: Puebla, Mexico.
Material: Talavera Mexican Pottery.
Collaboration: Uriarte Talavera.
06/ TERRABLOCKS
Professor: Dinorah Schulte
Team: Students from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Location: CDMX, México.
Material: Earth.
Collaboration: Taller de Fabricación Digital / Universidad Iberoamericana.
1) 3D Printing Material Development 2) Geometry Prototyping 3) Mass Production for Application
Designing processes that reflect the past, present and future.
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Enrique Aguilar
Where we are
Dr. Lucio 181, Colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico. 06720
LAGUNA
Laguna is a collaborative space for on-site production that brings together leading entrepreneurs in design, architecture, urbanism, gastronomy and art; generating an ecosystem of constant exchange of ideas, creativity and collaboration.
The profile of Laguna residents are Mexican entrepreneurs with innovative products of high quality, desire to form community and create experiences with the rest of the internal ecosystem and the Doctores neighborhood.
Photo by Arturo Arrieta
The architectural project is led by PRODUCTORA.
PRODUCTORA is an architectural firm located in Mexico City, formed by Abel Perles (1972, Argentina), Carlos Bedoya (1973, Mexico), Victor Jaime (1978, Mexico), and Wonne Ickx (1974, Belgium). PRODUCTORA’s work is characterized by an emphasis on precise geometries, an eagerness to generate legible projects with clear gestures and the search for timeless buildings in their material and programmatic resolutions.
Photo by Arturo Arrieta
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Arturo Arrieta
Our team and founder
DINORAH SCHULTE
Dinorah Schulte is a mexican architect/researcher. She graduated in Architecture with honours from the Cátedra Blanca CEMEX with the thesis “Sutura Topográfica” from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, receiving the “Manuel Garibay” award and nominated project in the MCHAP Student Award 2016. In 2019, she was awarded a scholarship to participate in Norman Foster Foundation’s Robotic Atelier. She completed her postgraduate master’s program, MASDFAB Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication, at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Schulte has collaborated with renowned firms such as MAD Architects in China and ENSAMBLE Studio in Madrid, Spain.
Currently based in Mexico City, is a Co-Founder and Principal of MANUFACTURA, a multidisciplinary research and production design factory that studies the relationship between analog and digital fabrication through innovation based on tradition, providing new alternatives to meet a sustainable built future. She is an adjunct professor at Universidad Iberoamericana and Universidad La Salle in Mexico City and member of the editorial board of CEMEX México 2023. Recently selected at the Open Studio Residency 2024 at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts at Deer Isle, Maine, US.
Her research focuses on promoting cultural exchange through technology to explore the impact of digital fabrication in Mexico. As a sustainability and innovation enthusiast with vast experience in Latin America, she diligently works to create sustainable solutions while preserving the country’s rich cultural heritage. She challenges vernacular manufacturing systems and embraces circular, locally-sourced materials through digital fabrication and material’s innovation.
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During the first quarter of 2024, the employed population in the Construction sector in México was 8.38 million people: 96.9% men and 3.1% women.
Secretaría de Economía (2024).
Building the future through women’s empowerment.
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CLIENTS AND COLLABORATORS
ANFORA Studio
CAL VIVA
CEMEX
ECHALE
ETH Zurich
HIATO Creativo
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX.
LAAA
LAGUNA
La Metropolitana
MIT Digital Structures
MIT School of Architecture
MEXTROPOLI
NEW STORY
Patio Efímero
Raiz Arquitectura
Rosetta
RRREEFS
SCI ARC México
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla.
Trinidad Cuesta
Universidad Iberoamericana, CDMX.
Universidad La Salle, CDMX.
Uriarte Talavera
What Design Can Do
MEDIA PARTNERS WORKSHOPS
Designboom
ARCHDAILY
ARCHDAILY Mexico
Dezeen
Arquine
ELLE DECOR MEXICO
COOLHUNTER Mexico
3D Natives
3D Printing Industry
MENTES
Fabricando con la conciencia (2022) - Escuela
Radical
Fabricando con Tierra (2022) -
Raíz Arquitectura
Pensando en Vacio (2022) -
LAAA
Fabricando con Ceramica (2022) -
ANFORA Studio
Fabricando con Madera (2023) -
La Metropolitana
Fabricando con Huevo (2023) -
Montserrat Ayala
AWARDS AND HONORS
Winners / The Eggshell ProjectInnovation Award by INÉDITO Design Week México 2022
Finalist / The Eggshell Project3D Pioneers Challenge 2023
Finalist / The Eggshell Project
Make it Circular Challenge 2023 by What Design Can Do
Redesigning Everything Challenge 2024 by What Design Can Do
Longlisted / The Eggshell Project DEZEEN Awards 2023
Selected / Top 10 independent studios demonstrating the diversity of design in Mexico City DEZEEN 2024
RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLICATIONS
Sueños con Earth / Concrete - Algorithmic Design for Low Carbon, Low Cost Housing Construction in Mexico. ACADIA 2023
Sueños con Earth / Concrete - Algorithmic Design for Low Carbon, Low Cost Housing Construction in Mexico. FABRICATE 2024
The Eggshell Project - Eggshell Waste-Based Composite Materials for Low-Carbon Building Components SIGRADI 2024
EXHIBITIONS
Matter of South / Biomaterial Cultures from Latin America 2024
