Functional beast challenges comfort and user experience in architecture, forces the user to engage in a series of mechanics to enter the hut (stand, kneel, crawl, stand up).
Functional Beast
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 …
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 …
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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Suspended Space
Suspended Space; Mexico City, Mexico, 2015 Team: Adrian Aguirre & Gerry Cruz (gerrycruz.net) The history of a nation endures on people’s memory through the objects of everyday use; traditional games and toys such as marbles and stickers are part of the Mexican collective memory. Suspended Space employs those memories as objects of national identity …
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