Guadalajara | Tag (page 5)

Winner of Concurso Centro Cultural Chapultepec / Javier Mosquera González

June 21, 2013

Designed by Javier Mosquera González, the Winner of the Contest for the Cultural Center of Chapultepec, pretends to act as a lighthouse of culture, including intermediate spaces, high rise gardens and a sequence of solid and filtered spaces.

Cultural Center in Guadalajara Competition Entry / K+P Architects

May 27, 2013

The proposal for the Cultural Center in Guadalajara draws its inspiration from the following definition of culture by Pufendorf: “All the ways in which human beings overcome their original barbarism, and through artifice, become fully human”. Through this definition, this design by K+P Architects focuses on two different states of the building: The primitive state and the social state. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Cultural Center in Guadalajara Competition Entry / PM²G Architects

May 22, 2013

Designed by PM²G Architects, in collaboration with Satellite Architectes & Menu Design, their iconic proposal project for a new cultural center in Guadalajara embodies and catalyzes the cultural scene over the Chapultepec Avenue besides forming a new attraction for the city. Their design, which was awarded an honorable mention, includes a series of three alternate solids that are combined with transparent and concave spaces. The rotation of the volumes towards the sky gives the building its dynamic and spectacular force. More images and architects’ description after the break.

EM House / TaAG Arquitectura

February 18, 2013

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Architects: TaAG Arquitectura
Area: 633 m²
Year: 2012

Liceo Franco Mexicano / Alberto Kalach

September 22, 2012

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Architects: Alberto Kalach: Alberto Kalach, Juan Palomar, Héctor Módica
Year: 2005

Chilean Pavilion at Guadalajara’s International Book Fair / DAW

August 18, 2012

The proposal for the Chilean Pavilion at Guadalajara’s International Book Fair, designed by DAW, consists in generating a great container that permits a greater presence within the exhibition center and the easy recognition as an icon. As a grand “open house” being the principal concept, the thematic exposition of Chile is prepared in outdoor spaces, consisting primarily in a furnished base and a wooden deck. More images and architects’ description after the break.