Today, architecture is a fertile ground for experimentation—a laboratory for testing solutions and building theory. It offers an opportunity to question paradigms, rethink contemporary ways of living, and understand our inherent cultural heterogeneity. Ultimately, it provides a space to enhance the critical value of design and investigate the current place of local practices within a global context.
With a deep understanding of their territory and an exploratory spirit, these emerging firms approach the discipline in innovative ways. Many are defined by an open and evolving character, featuring a multidisciplinary makeup where architecture, urban planning, design, and art seamlessly merge. Below, we present six architecture firms based in Argentina whose work prompts us to reflect on contemporary needs, domesticity, objects, the city, and local production:
CCPM Arquitectos
Project description provided by the studio: At CCPM Arquitectos, we like to work between concept and matter, the assembled and the designed, the landscape and the object. We reflect on the place of architecture in contemporary Latin American culture, seeking the critical role of design through our practice.
We intertwine our daily routine with the construction of theory, shaping politically charged agendas that allow us to practice and theorize simultaneously. We seek points of convergence and operate across different scales, alternating between various media.
We study the territory and its ecologies, examining their relationship with the unique urban and architectural culture of Buenos Aires, where we are based.
FLORA
Project description provided by the studio: FLORA is an architecture office where research, documentation, and experimentation form the core of our work. The studio channels its ideas and interests into different fields of exploration, bridging architecture, the city, and ways of living as tools for transformation.
Academic practice is embraced as a space for production, analysis, and research. Through our NON-DOMESTIC seminar taught at the Gropius Chair / DAAD, FADU-UBA, we explore the city and its inhabitants, from their most vernacular to their most domestic aspects.
FLORA is based in downtown Buenos Aires. Our recent research project, CHINAS CHINAS, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (Fondo Nacional de las Artes) and has been exhibited in Argentina, China, and the United States.
Manasseri Depetris
Project description provided by the studio: Founded in 2015 by Ezequiel Adelmo Manasserí and María Sol Depetris in Rosario, Argentina, Manasseri Depetris is a boutique studio specializing in architecture, design, and art. Each project is conceived as an idea in itself. It can stem from a simple interest in a place, a material, or a theme, and evolve into a drawing, a photograph, an object, a publication, a text, an installation, or a built work.
This creative process is always shaped by collaborators from tangential disciplines—such as art, photography, graphic design, and craft trades—who collaborate with us and help shape our vision.
MoGS Arquitectos
Project description provided by the studio: MoGS was founded through the joint work of Carolina Molinari, Javier Gorodner, and Juan Spotorno, all graduates of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires. They approach their practice with a pragmatic and direct focus, emphasizing the value generated by a seamless sequence of decisions—from the initial schematic design stages to the technical solutions and construction details.
Through this approach, they have completed projects of various scales and programs, including single-family homes, retail spaces, offices, and multi-family residential buildings. The studio regularly participates in national and international competitions, receiving awards on multiple occasions. These experiences also serve as opportunities to collaborate with other practices.
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Oficios Asociados
Project description provided by the studio: Oficios Asociados is an Argentine venture dedicated to the design and production of furniture and architecture. We view the production process as an interrelation of elements and stages where every component holds equal value.
Our architecture is product-based. The structures, millwork, hardware, furniture, lighting fixtures, and everything that populates a space come from our catalog and are manufactured in our workshop using the same machines and by our own team.
This ensures a close coherence between the different elements of a project. We firmly believe that exceptional architecture can be crafted directly from the workshop, which serves as a hub for craftsmanship, experience, and means of production.
We are OOAA: Arch. Manuel Nesta, Lic. Santiago Vaca Guzmán, and Arch. Esteban Rodriguez.
OHIO Estudio
Project description provided by the studio: Ohio Estudio is a Buenos Aires-based architecture, interior design, and product design firm founded by architect Felicitas Navia. We conceive architectural space as a dynamic whole, rethinking elements such as light, color, form, and material to create a unique and distinct atmosphere in each of our projects.
We approach our work holistically, considering the client's needs, the project itself, and the potential to utilize new materials and techniques. We believe that material is what defines the identity of a space. Therefore, in each project, we focus on a primary material and combine it with complementary ones to create sensitive spaces with character.
This article was written by Belén Maiztegui. The translation is powered by AI.
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