Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects
MEXICO
Meet Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Mexico. Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects's impressive haul of 5 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Architecture and Interior, Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects's work stands as a living testament to a steadfast commitment to design excellence, serving as a beacon of inspiration for designers globally. With each project, Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Gerardo Broissin / Broissin Architects's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
View Profile Consult Now Hire NowAs the second phase of a 40,000 sqm. expansion, this structure transcends in the context as a well-ordered volume with clean geometries linked to the campus through a plaza, while serving as a visual buffer also improves the flow of people to the edifice within the corporate campus. Due to the building's tallness, the architect accommodates at its top a light glazed upper mass having positions for 1,143 users on 2 floors of 6,000 sqm. each. The design firm afterwards decided to have four interior patios which gain natural light, also improved the functionality between each business division.
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The design of this house responds to the orientation. The south east facade shows itself linear and dominated by a wood curtain that helps let the sun rays through in the morning in a diminished way, giving the necessary warmth to the hallway. In visual and formal contrast, the south west facade tops towards Valle de Bravo's lake, it is extended in an open covered arrangement that reinforces the intention of living in a holistic manner with its environment and users.
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The concrete parallelepipeds lean from one side to another encouraging the children to develop their creativity in maternal and in activity classrooms. For preschool, the development of the project becomes more linear and simple by a construction consisting of reinforced concrete bays supported on exposed concrete piers that give the impression of a concrete building on stilts, this elevated condition among with the terrain's slope favors the passage of rain water under the building. The classroom's slab design is fundamental to the integration of architectural design with education.
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This project is part of an 8 years consecutive commission to design for USG Mexico at Expo Cihac their booth, from the perspective of the designer it is challenging to face the same space every year, in any way the design team decided to continuing the design principles as in the past exercises. Consequently they showed a stand with an appearance that challenges any gravitational logic with just one object suspended in the middle of the space. The stand complies with the client's discourse on an innovative light construction system.
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The lines composing the façade move up and down as branches moving in the wind, letting the sunlight pass through, creating a fantasy parade in the middle of the shadow's mystery. The building wraps you inside, its shape turns into the shape of music. It is not a whim or about fashion, it is just about the sound of music traveling around every space, every seat, every corner, giving shape to every dream, to every song. Outside, the white concrete in the façade represents the purity and originality of the Mexican music, inside, the red concert hall represents the Mexican composers' passion.
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