Xavier Abreu
MEXICO
Meet Xavier Abreu - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Mexico. Xavier Abreu's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Xavier Abreu's impressive haul of 2 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Architecture, Xavier Abreu'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, Xavier Abreu masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Xavier Abreu's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
View Profile Consult Now Hire NowThe Project consists of an office building that required 3 retail spaces to rent and an architecture workshop. The 15 x 20m land, situated in a corner, forced the design to compact the building in order to get the sufficient parking space required. So a three-story building was conceived to contain a mixed-used property that accommodates all the parking spaces and retail area on the ground floor, and the architecture offices on the top ones.
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The project consist of a series of subtle interventions ranged from the generality of reordering the zoning of their uses, to the particularity of solving the detail of how the contemporary merges with pre-existing. The desing team defined that in this new use, the program shall include a restaurant, banquet rooms, support facilities, open spaces for holding various events, and villas for reflection and isolation. In this case is not the new architecture that says: 'look at me', but the one that humbly lowers his head and lets his elders gain the recognition of aging in a dignified manner.
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