n architecture, typology is the assemblage of types of buildings or elements, it is a method that provides structure and order, it communicates functions, provides coherence and meaning.
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Iris
Iris Typology: Pavilion, Interior installation, Exhibition Location: RIBA Gallery; London, UK Year: 2020 Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre Iris challenges the modern vision of homogeneity and human standardization in architecture, questioning the role of architecture in relation to comfort and the user experience, aiming to contest the classical architectural discourse which imposed through …
Origins and memories
Origins and memories Typology: Pavilion, Mextropoli 2020, Arquine 22 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Year: 2020 Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre The history of a nation endures on people’s memory through the objects of everyday use; the use of bamboo as a reinforce for constructive system named “Bajareque”, “Charangas” in Veracruz, furniture, etc.; as well …
I’m not from here
I'm not from here Typology: Pavilion, Winter station Location: Ontario, Canada Year: 2019 Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre I’m not from here explores geometrical disequilibrium, where space basic element is an anthropocentric element – existing life ward towers – and is transformed into a non-anthropological triaxial plane, where planes fold in three dimensions, considering …
To kneel, to stand, to interact
To kneel, to stand, to interact Typology: Pavilion, Warming hut Location: Winnipeg, Canada Year: 2019 Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre According to Bernard Tschumi “Architecture is defined by the actions it witnesses as much as by the enclosure of its walls”, the proposal for the Warming huts designated as “To kneel, to stand, to …
Tongzhou. Lobby & skylobby
Beijing Tongzhou Tower. Lobby & skylobby Typology: Interior design Location: Beijing, China Year: 2019 Stage: Concept design Team: Adrian Aguirre & Vanessa Gomez History on Tongzhou district recognized that its location was of high importance for Beijing’s water approach being the eastern gateway of Beijing on 195bc, which relates to the brief that Tongzhou will …
ANTE(mush)ROOM
Ante(mush)room Typology: Pavilion Location: Year: Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre, Vanessa Gomez, Andrea Ramos Ante(mush)room An eclectic icon to see and be seen, an exploration where the triaxial plane fold from ceiling to wall and the digital and analogue (crafted) architecture merge through geometric and material control. Geometry is generated through height variations of four …
Huanxi Station
Huanxi Station of Nantong Typology: Transportation, Infrastructure, Metro station Location: Nantong, China Year: 2018 Stage: Concept design, Schematic design Team: Adrian Aguirre, Vanessa Gomez CONCEPT ABSTRACT Fibers, fabrics, ondulating surfaces, continuous filaments. Geometrical configurations that fold, turn and twist. In relation to Huanxi Station of Nantong, the abstract concept relates to formations of …
Gangxia North. Transportation hub
Gangxia North. Transportation hub Typology: Transportation, Infrastructure, Metro station Location: Shenzhen, China Year: 2018 Stage: Concept design, Schematic design Team: Adrian Aguirre, Vanessa Gomez, Andrea Ramos Four main concepts where developed for Gangxia north: Abstract, local culture, general architecture and local architecture. ABSTRACT Sinuous threads, continuous interconnected stripes of color enhancing architectural contours and …
Dolly or the tale of the sheep who walked down the river and became a pavilion
Dolly or the tale of the sheep who walked down the river and became a pavilion Typology: Warming hut/pavilion/shelter Location: Winnipeg, Canada Year: 2018 Stage: Competition Team: Adrian Aguirre, Andrea Ramos The animal kingdom has found behaviours to adapt to extreme conditions, bears hibernate, arctic fox changes color as camouflage, monarch butterflies migrate, alligators …
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