Javier Sánchez (architect)
Javier Sánchez is a Mexican developer and architect primarily known for contemporary construction in Mexico City, especially the Condesa neighborhood.[1] Sánchez is the founding partner and lead designer of the Mexico City firm JSª, known as Higuera + Sanchez from 1996-2007.[2] Obras magazine voted Sánchez one of the forty most influential architects of the past forty years.[1]
Biography
Sánchez graduated with honors from the
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), and received his master's degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York City
.
Sánchez was at the vanguard of
market urbanism in Mexico City. His firm, Higuera + Sánchez, bought a dilapidated warehouse in Condesa and created the city's first studio lofts, including communal space in the heart of the building. Such projects have been described as guerrilla architecture.[3]
Projects (partial list)
Mexico City
Centro Cultural de España
, new wing (2012), Donceles street entrance- The new wing of the
- 13 de Septiembre Adaptive Reuse Housing (2005)[2] - featured in the 2005 New York show Mexico City Dialogues: New Architectural Practices, at the Center for Architecture[5][6]
- Hotel Condesa DF (2004)[2][5]
- Torre Ámsterdam, a 19-storey tower at Avenida Insurgentes 301-303,[8] not to be confused with the Torre Ámsterdam in Santa Fe, Mexico City
Additional works Most are apartment/condominium complexes unless otherwise noted.[5]
Condesa
- Ámsterdam 127, 235, 315, 309, 322, Centro Qi gymnasium
- Chilpancingo 17
- Nuevo León 113
- Parque México 39
- Tacámbaro 36
- Teotihuacán 15
- Veracruz 60 and complex at 79-81-83-85-91
Roma
- Chihuahua 78
- Mérida 49
- Río de Janeiro 64
- Zacatecas 90
Other areas
- Departamento Campos Elíseos
- Departamento Portofino
- Lamartine 336
- Monte Casino
- Museo del Estanquillo
- Oficinas Apollo
- Oficinas Bowker
- Oficinas Rivera Gaxiola y Asociados
- Parques Polanco apartments
- Progreso 218
- República de Cuba 41-43
- Residencial Spartta
- Sierra Mojada 355
- Temístocles 12
- Tres Picos
- Universidad Claustro de Sorjuana
China
- "Greenhouse" residences, Inner Mongolia[9]
Peru
- El 22 Beach Housing, (2006) outside Lima - Winner of the Silver Medal of the XI Biennale of Mexican Architecture.[2][10]
In addition, Sánchez has designed projects in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, in Munich, Germany, and pavilions at the Venice Biennale.[11]
Academic commissions
- University of Texas at San Antonio, Visiting Professor of Architectural Design in the Graduate Architecture Program for the 2013 spring semester[2]
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM)[2]
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)[2]
- University of Washington[2]
- Kansas State University, 2014-2015 Regnier Visiting Chair [2]
Society memberships
- Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects[2]
References
- ^ a b "LOS 40 ARQUITECTOS MÁS INFLUYENTES DE LOS ÚLTIMOS 40 AÑOS", Obras
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Architect and CoA Visiting Professor Javier Sánchez discusses his work in Mexico City", University of Texas at San Antonio College of Architecture
- ^ "Guerrilla architecture updates Mexico City", Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 2005
- ^ "Spain's Cultural Center", Architecture Daily
- ^ a b c d e "Javier Sánchez, Currículum", JSa website, retrieved 2013-07-22
- ^ "CURRENTS: ARCHITECTURE; Buildings That Don't Forget Air and Space", ELAINE LOUIE, New York Times, January 27, 2005
- ^ ""Proyectos: Parque España", JSa website". Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ ""Ficha Técnica" on "Torre Amsterdam", JSa website". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
- ^ ""Proyectos: Greenhouse", JSa website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ "El 22", WikiArquitectura
- ^ ""Proyectos", JSa website". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-11.