Architecture of production: Juárez Garment Factory

Design proposal for a garment factory in the Mexican city of Juarez, along the U.S. - Mexico border. The project proposes a new approach for factories in this region, which are facing many problems due to an ever increasing demand to reduce costs, to meet the requirements of the global market.

Nepantla, the village in the city

International Institute of Boundary Water

My graduation project focuses on providing a water management institute within a conceptual, better alternative for the unsustainable water management in twin cities Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) and El Paso (USA) which are divided by the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande is the main source of water for both twin cities and the rest of the region along the...

Calexico-Mexicali Central Station

The Thesis and architectural Design is part of the studio's attempt to rethink and reorganise the US-Mexico border region. We found that although the region has a lot of potential, hostile politics and problems of mobility result in a region which is unable to deal with its problems, and the potential remains untapped. In absence of the border...

UTBF - United Transborder Federation Parliament Building

A building for the newly established transborder federation at the divide between Mexico and the United States of America.

Redesign of the Paso del Norte Border Bridge

The result of a year long investigation into the US-Mexico border region and subsequent redesign of the border crossing between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

Inhabiting Otherness: A Versatile Urban Model for Riberas del Bravo

Essential part of the research process, since the beginning of this studio, was a thorough investigation and documentation, covering both wider and specific social, economic, urban and architectural aspects. Positioning a common ground for understanding and explaining the complex social issues taking place on a city on the edge such as Ciudad...

Peri-urban Farming: Occupying Voids in Ciudad Juarez

The main problématique of the site -Ciudad Juarez and the graduation studio was to investigate into the various issues contributing to the emerging phenomenon of abandoned housing in Mexico. In addition to poor urban planning, there is a fundamentally flawed system in the manner in which social housing is conceived, designed, produced, inhabited...