Awards and Exhibitions
2015
First place – Eco Pavilion 2015 Competition (The Water Paradox)
Museo Experimental El Eco
Eco Pavilion 2015 – The Water Paradox
First place in the national architectural design competition for Eco Pavilion 2015.
2017
Ten most disruptive firms
Revista Obras
Firm's trajectory
Recognition as one of the ten most disruptive architecture firms in Mexico.
Silver Medal – III Mexico City Architecture Biennial
Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM-SAM)
Water Pavilion
Silver Medal at the III Mexico City Architecture Biennial.
Enrique Yáñez Award for Social Practice
Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM-SAM)
Water Pavilion
III Mexico City Architecture Biennial.
LafargeHolcim Awards – Gold Medal, Latin America region
LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
La Quebradora Water Park (Hydro-Urban Acupunctures)
Regional gold prize in Latin America for sustainable construction. Project coordinated with IIS UNAM.
2018
Honorable Mention – XV National and International Mexican Architecture Biennial
Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana (FCARMA)
Eco Pavilion 2015 – The Water Paradox
Honorable mention at the National Mexican Architecture Biennial.
LafargeHolcim Awards – Global Gold Medal
LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
La Quebradora Water Park (Hydro-Urban Acupunctures)
Global gold prize for sustainable construction. Project coordinated with IIS UNAM.
2020
BAQ 2020 Finalist
Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador, Provincial de Pichincha (CAE-P)
Eco Pavilion 2015 – The Water Paradox
Finalist at the Quito 2020 Architecture and Urbanism Biennial.
The Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Awards – Honorable Mention
The Architectural Review
Represo Colosio
Honorable mention in the emerging architecture category.
2021
The Architectural League NY – Emerging Voices 2021
Architectural League of New York
Firm's trajectory
Recognition of emerging firms with a singular voice in architecture and urban design.
Premio Obras Cemex – Special Award
CEMEX
Bicentenario Ecatepec Park
Special award for the public space project in Ecatepec.
2022
XVII National Mexican Architecture Biennial (XVII BNAMX) – Silver Medal
Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana (FCARMA)
Renovation of the San Lucas Xoloc Historic Center
Silver medal in the Cultural Heritage and Surroundings Conservation category.
XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XII BIAU) – Built Work Award
Government of Spain – Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda
Represo Colosio
Built work award at the XII Ibero-American Biennial. Project developed in collaboration with FA UNAM.
Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Emerge – 1st place
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture, Chicago
Represo Colosio
First place in the Emerge category of the most important biennial architecture prize in the Americas.
2023
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture – Honorable Mention (W Awards)
Architectural Review Magazine / Architects' Journal
Firm's trajectory
Honorable mention in the emerging architecture category.
What Design Can Do – Circular Challenge
What Design Can Do
Xicoténcatl Creek Park
Driving Runoff award. Project developed with FA UNAM.
Dezeen Awards – Best mixed-use architecture project
Dezeen
Los Héroes Tecámac Linear Park
International award for the best mixed-use architecture project.
2024
IFLA Award (International Federation of Landscape Architects)
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Xicoténcatl Creek Park, Tijuana, BC
International landscape award for the project developed in collaboration with FA UNAM.
2026
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine / LOCUS Foundation
Firm's trajectory
Annual award given to five architects worldwide for their career in sustainable architecture.
Exhibitions
Exhibition of the project awarded second place at Europan 8.
2006
Europan 8
Berlin, Germany
Stitching Together Hybrid Urban Fabrics
Selected as a young creator; coordinated the exhibition and showed own work.
2007
Jóvenes creadores (Young Creators)
Centro Nacional de las Artes – CONACULTA-FONCA – Mexico City
La Isla
Public exhibition of the pavilion as part of the Santiago–CDMX metropolitan water strategy. Curated the exhibit.
2017
Water Pavilion – Efficient Water Use Strategy
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente de la Ciudad de México (SEDEMA) – Plaza Uruguay, Polanco and San Lucas, Iztapalapa
Water Pavilion
Water Pavilion selected for the contemporary Mexican architecture exhibition.
2018
Contemporary Mexican Architecture Exhibition
CAM-SAM – III Mexico City Architecture Biennial
Water Pavilion
Exhibition of architecture and public space projects with social impact.
2021
Social Architecture
Espacio CDMX – SEDATU
Parque El Represo, Parque Arroyo Xicoténcatl, Bicentenario Ecatepec Park
Solo exhibition on research and design work around water in the city.
2022
Water Cities
Museo Franz Mayer – Mexico City
The Image of Water in the City (Loreta Castro Reguera)
Co-curated the exhibition with José Pablo Ambrosi as part of the 2022 Lisbon Architecture Triennale.
2022
RETROACTIVE
MAAT Lisbon – Lisbon Architecture Triennale, TERRA
General curation of the exhibition
Projects selected for the traveling exhibition of the XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism.
2022
Habitar al margen (Living on the Margin)
XII BIAU – Traveling exhibition (Mexico City, Barcelona, Santiago, Lima and Valparaíso)
Parque Xicoténcatl and Represo Colosio
Exhibition of work at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.
2025
Water Cities
Venice Architecture Biennale – Venice, Italy
Bicentenario Ecatepec Park