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ARKITEKTSTUDIO is an architectural, urban design and town planning workshop established in Mexico City since 1985.
Anchor
architect Luis Vicente Flores leads
a creative design team that generates ideas, concepts and projects compliant with
the highest international standards.
Our
framework is based on concepts such as innovation,
sustainability, efficiency, humanism, elegance and style...
ARKITEKTSTUDIO is a Mexico
City based design studio with highly qualified professionals specialized in
architecture, urban design and planning of built environment.
Relevant
projects and works include residential developments as well as cultural,
commercial and office buildings.
ARKITEKTSTUDIO aims to
create a distinctive contemporary architecture. We invent a particular style
for each project, customizing design for each particular site and client...
LUIS VICENTE FLORES
Architect and Urban Designer
Luis Vicente Flores establishes his professional practice in Mexico City in 1985. He
studies architecture, urban design and regional planning in Mexico City,
Edinburgh and Barcelona. He is a member of a breakthrough modernizing
generation that emerges in the 90’s in “a”
magazine. Together with a small group of Mexican architects he is a
founding member of this significant publication. His professional practice is
focused in conception and design of architectural and urban projects. His work
comprises the whole process: from early conceptual work to detailed
construction documents.
Some of his relevant works are: X’Teresa/Alternative Arts Center, National School of Dance and elModulon/Community Center.
As director of a large number of architectural projects, luisvicenteFlores has developed experience in coordinating groups of experts. He participates in candidate selection, evaluation of technical proposals and the follow-up of projects. As an anchor of his design team, he is informed and updated on both, theoretical and practical aspects related to architecture and urban design.
Some of his relevant works are: X’Teresa/Alternative Arts Center, National School of Dance and elModulon/Community Center.
As director of a large number of architectural projects, luisvicenteFlores has developed experience in coordinating groups of experts. He participates in candidate selection, evaluation of technical proposals and the follow-up of projects. As an anchor of his design team, he is informed and updated on both, theoretical and practical aspects related to architecture and urban design.
luisvicenteFlores has conducted research work as part of postgraduate courses. In the
University of Edinburgh (1981) he leads a team commissioned to design a plan
for a “new town” for a mining development in Carajas, Brazil. In 1983 he takes
part in a seminar on the Historical Avant-garde Movement conducted by Eduard
Subirats. In 1990 he gets the “young creators grant” of the Mexican Council for
the Arts & Culture. During this period he does research on the architecture
of museums and scenic spaces. In 2008-2011, he produces a series of concept
urban sustainable prototype concept projects sponsored by FONCA (National Arts
& Culture Fund).
SELECTED PROJECTS 2013/1998
01|2011
NATURADOS+ /G55_2011
mexico city/mx
VERTICAL GREEN PARKING+_G55
in
progress...
...more than a car
parking building, TMNATURADOS are SOCIAL PHYSICAL SPACE wrapped
inside vertical gardens...
design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
02|2010
02|2010
THE METEORITE_2010
chicago/usa
NON-CONVENTIONAL ARTS CENTER
competition
award*
...a sustainable
horizontal skyscraper for the arts designed as a sequence of spaces that can be
climbed to find non-conventional artainment experiences...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
*award Prize
03|2009
03|2009
PT400000_2009
mexico city/mx
COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS CENTER
in
progress...
...a low carbon
print large-scale commercial & business center acts as an icon that
triggers urban development in north-west Mexico City...
04|2009
RE:VISION DALLAS_2009
dallas/usa
SUSTAINABLE MIXED-USE DOWNTOWN BLOCK
Competition
...QUADRAHELIX
establishes a holistic system where sustenance, shelter, social relations
and the environment are synergetic. This organism is modular,
predictable and infiniteley variable...
research&production
George Flores QUATRO SOUND PRODUCTIONS
05|2009
05|2009
SHANGHAI PAVILION_2009+ark
shanghai pavillion/jp
MEXICAN PAVILION IN SHANGHAI WORLD FAIR [+ark]
Competition
...external slanted
planes defined by the intersection of two irregular pyramids act like a
topography, inside there is a different world where visitor experience a
high-impact sequenced ”ambiance atmosphere”...
+ark
associate
architect
jihei
aoki +OFA
sustainable
architecture
jorgeleon wolpert
sound
design & acoustics
george flores +QUATRO SOUND PRODUCTIONS
06|2008
16SQG_2008
tokio/jp
FOUR [GARDEN] HOUSES
Competition
...a large number of
3d paths can be traced following the edges of the given 9x9 grid. This lines
can be extended as planes that configure space as required by the home programs...
07|2008
P3332_2008
mexico city/mx
32 DUPLEX/8PENT-HOUSES/8 GARDEN HOUSES
in
progress...
...an abstract mass
with a single large opening to the swimming pool & fitness area becomes an
urban landmark with highest habitability standards...
08|2008
GLH_2008
pacific coast/mx
GREEN LUXURY HOTEL
in
progress...
...a fusion of local
natural values with world modern architecture brings flexible geometries and
rich transparency layers and textures...
09|2008
LAFRANJA_2008
mexico city/mx
30 MAISONETTES / HIGH_HAUS COMPLEMENTARY
in progress...
LAFRANJA is
visually integrated to the south garden of the HIGH-HAUS residential. The entire piece acts as a green buffer
extending open space in the benefit of both developments...
design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
10|2008
HELIX TOWER_2008 +ark
guadalajara/mx
MIXED USE TOWER / CONCEPT
in progress...
...a green
development at the border of ECO-PARK LOS COLOMOS integrates high-end urban
uses with upgraded green landscape features. HELIX TOWER is a sustainable
landmark in GUADALAJARA...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark
Associate
architect
GRUPOARQUITECTURA
Daniel Alvarez Fernandez
11|2007
iCONDESA_2007
mexico city/mx
MIXED USE / COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS
CENTER
project...
...a mixed use
development at the border of the most active and fashionable neighbourhoods in Mexico City...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
12|2007
HIGH-HAUS_2007
mexico city/mx
165 DWELLINGS + SERVICES AND AMENITIES
in construction...
...the building
components are both, structural members and finishing; the structure is an
exposed concrete wall&slab system...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
13|2007
BICENTENNIAL PLAZA_2007
mexico city/mx
PUBLIC SPACE / COMMEMORATIVE
Competition
...The monument is
visitable and illustrative. It functions as an urban observatory and contains
digital texts and images documenting the History of Mexico...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
14|2007
COZ_NORTH_2007
cozumel island/mx
HOTEL, BEACH APARTMENTS & RESORT
project
...an elongated
L-shaped sculptural volume is a white wooden envelope that stands out the flat
landscape and beach line...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
15|2006
GREEN ARK_2006
new orleans/usa
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING. AFTER KATRINA.
competition award*
...volumes float over
a green leveled carpet where elevated walkways connect apartments and houses.
No habitable space touches the ground...
design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
*award.
Competition finalist
16|2005
JVC NODE_2005 +ark
guadalajara/mx
ENTRANCE TO THE JVC CENTER
project
...a steel and
concrete sustainable organism connects the main highway with JVC CENTER local
network…
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
Gilberto Pablos
Julia Alonzo Barrera
Guillermo Vazquez G.
Francisco Sanchez McKercher
Engineering:
Luis Bozo
Infrastructure
& transport: Nolte Mexico
+ark
Invited
architect. Jihei Aoki
17|2005
NBPEJ LIBRARY_2005
guadalajara/mx
UNIVESITY LIBRARY BUILDING
competition
...the structure of
the building is the façade and part of the passive sun control system... the
structure-facade is a “macro-louver” that keeps a perfectly clean interior
space...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
18|2005
MISSISSIPPI_2005
+ark
mexico
city/mx
RESIDENTIAL + COMMERCIAL SPACE & AMENITIES
Project
...the development is
a dense structure designed as a modified cloister with a visual garden central
core...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark Associate
architect. Fernando Vasconcelos
19|2005
LIBRARY OF MEXICO_2005 +ark
mexico city/mx
MEGA LIBRARY
competition
...an artificial
topography traced as diagonal strokes designed as an abstract interpretation of
architectures that pertain to the “mesoamerican past”…
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark Invited architect.Jihei Aoki
20|2004
CDA CENTER FOR THE ARTS_2004
san luis potosi/mx
CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN FORMER PRISION +ark
competition...
*awarded
A sequence of fluid
and functional spaces that filters and penetrates the rigid penitentiary
architecture...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark Invited architect . Fernando
Vasconcelos
*award.
Prize
21|2004
AICM-TERMINAL 2_2004 +ark
mexico city/mx
MEXICO CITY AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
competiton entry
...an efficient and
elegant structure beyond modern architectural trends, the new airport terminal
is a green building designed to be the main gate to Mexico City...
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
hector carrillo
eduardo canseco
gilberto pablos
luis antonio valeriano
guillermo vazquez garcia
gerardo
vicencio
+ark
Associate architects. Fernando Vasconcelos Allende, Ricardo
Flores Villasana
Art: Fernando Leal Audirac
22|2004
theSENATE_2004 +ark
mexico city/mx
THE SENATE
competition
According with the Senate composition resulting from
elections, each office will “paint” the façade in colors that represent each
different political party.
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+Erik Rios
+ark
Associate architects. Daniel Alvarez Fernandez
23|2003
ALERCES_2003
mexico city/mx
120 FLATS + SWIMMING POOL & GYM.
built...
...two rational
exposed concrete-frame structures contain 120 spacious flats plus underground
parking space and amenities...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
24|2000
AUDITORIUM_2004 +ark
guadalajara/mx
10,000 SEAT ARENA + MASTER PLAN
competition
...the power and
continuity of natural materials, red brick and local stones, makes the entire
piece a rotund sculptural unit...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark
Associate architects. Ricardo Flores Villasana, Fernando Vasconcelos
25|2002
MARALAGO 2_200
cancun/mx
BEACH FLATS
project
...the sky-deck is a
roof terrace with a swimming pool and bar only for adults day-time sun relax
and night-time entertainment…
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
26|2002
FUTURAMA_2002
mexico
city/mx
CENTER
FOR THE DIGITAL ARTS & CULTURE
built...
…a
3,000-seat cinema theatre will be transformed into a series of spaces for the
production and enjoyment of new products and expressions of digital art.
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
27|2002
BIENNALE_2002
venezia/it
EXHIBITION
in
progress.....3D boolean operations on solids produce forms that can be
used as architectural enclosures generated from groups of points in space
Design
team:ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
28|2001
AOMORI_2001
+ark
aomori/jp
WINTER
DWELLING / 205 UNITS + SERVICES & AMENITIES
competition...
...a double-curved surface forms a winter&summer park that
spans over the entire site. This
artificial topography roofs a large space for community services and commercial
areas... floating over this surface, two straight transparent blocks contain a
large variety of dwelling types specially designed for cold climate
environments...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark
Associate architect. Daniel Alvarez Fernandez
29|2001
CASA
IZAR_2001 +ark
mexico
city/mx
VILLA IN VALLE DE BRAVO
built...
...The entire steel structure is cantilevered over the
steeped terrain. Slanted roofs -required by local codes- are completed to form
an inverted ridge piece that produces a dramatic effect of top views on to the
valley...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark
Associate architect. Daniel Alvarez Fernandez
30|2001
CASA
BARCELONA #1_2001
barcelona/es
DETACHED
HOUSE IN GRACIA
Project
…an
industrial small scale container that produce open fluid space organized as a
“family house”…
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
31|2000
WATCHTOWER_2000
mexico city/mx
URBAN
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION
Project
...more than 500 watch-points to be installed in every neighborhood in Mexico
City designed as sponsored urban micro-buildings will help to upgrade street
security...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
32|2000
IMAGEN_2000 +ark
mexico city/mx
TEMPORARY
BROADCAST PAVILION
built...
...a temporary broadcasting set stands as a canvas lamp that
can be re-used in different locations...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+ark
Associate architect. Daniel Alvarez Fernandez
33|2000
CU5M_2000
puebla/mx
URBAN
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION
project
...architectural extensions designed as removable furniture
pieces complete the old building making space functional for present use...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
34|2000
DWP_2000
mexico city/mx
THE DIGITAL WAGON PROJECT
project...
...a new type of workspace equipped with high connectivity
networks suitable for small scale digitally based firms located in the core of
fashionable CONDESA...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
35|2000
TECHPARK_2000
puebla/mx
DIGITAL WORK SPACE HOSTING + COMMERCIAL SPACE,
AMENITIES & SEVICES
Project
...a high connectivity physical space to provide hosting for
digital workshops...
Design
team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
36|1999
REXO BAR_1999
mexico city/mx
INTERVENTION
IN EXISTING STRUCTURE
built...
*awarded
This modern box -composed by transparent and translucent
panels-, is a simple and elegant composition charted by the existing structural
frames...
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores +Jihei Aoki
*awards. First
Prize. Bienal de Buenos Aires
commercial space 2000
37|1994
MODULON_1998
mexico city/mx
COMMUNITY
CENTER
built...
*awarded
...a prototype designed as a perforated box that accommodates
the program requirements. The perforated box concept and materials are constant
features...
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores + Ariel Rodas
*awards. Grand Prix. Bienal de Buenos Aires
38|1994
DANCE
SCHOOL_1994
mexico
city/mx
NATIONAL
SCHOOL OF DANCE
built...
Independence of function and individuality of form are
achieved by braking up the mass of construction…
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+Enrique Henriquez
Ariel Rodas
Pedro Sepulveda
Eric Rios
Lina Grij
Engineering: Pablo Peña Carrera & Associates, García Jarque &
Associates
OVE ARUP & Partners
Acoustics: Christopher Jaffe +George Flores_QUATRO SOUND PRODUCTIONS,
Consultants
Theater design: Jules Fisher
Photos: Gabriel Figueroa Flores
39|1994
X’TERESA_1994
mexico city/mx
CENTER FOR THE UNCONVENTIONAL ARTS
built...
...architectural prosthesis designed as removable furniture
pieces complete the old building making space functional for present use...
Design team: ARKITEKTSTUDIO_luisvicenteFlores
+Enrique Henriquez
Engineering: Pablo Peña Carrera & Associates
Photos: Pep Avila
La Cité International de Montreal
ACADEMIA
1972-77
UNAM. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Architecture
1979-80
UNAM. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Postgraduate Courses
Urban Studies
1981
UNIVERSITY OF EDIMBURGH
Urban Design and Regional Planning (MPhil)
1982-84
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE BARCELONA
Architecture (PHD)
AWARDS
2010
THE METEORITE_2010
Centre for the non-Conventional Arts
Chicago, USA
Prize
2006
GREEN ARK_2010
Sustainable Housing. After Katrina.
New Orleans, USA
Finalist
2004
BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Mexican Section
Venezia, Italy
Exhibition
2003
SLP. CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
Converted Prision
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Prize
2000
BIENAL DE BUENOS AIRES
El Modulon. Community Centre.
Mexico City, Mexico
Grand Prix
1998
COMMUNITY CENTRE
El Modulon. Community Centre.
Mexico City, Mexico
Prize. Built.
1989
LA CITE INTERNATIONAL DE MONTREAL
Urban renewal. Downtown Montreal.
Montreal, Canada
Honorable Mention
PUBLICATIONS
2004
ARKITK
ALERCES. Privada del Bosque
Mexico City, Mexico
#19
2002
NEXT
BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Venezua, Italia
8a Mostra Internazionale di Architettura
2001
PRAXIS. Journal of Writing & Building
EL MODULON. Community Centre
NYC, USA
#2. Vol. 1
2000
ENLACE. Arquitectura y Diseño
EL MODULON. REXO BAR.
Mexico City, Mexico
#5
2000
WALLPAPER MAGAZINE
REXO BAR
London, UK
#27
1996
OBRAS PUBLICAS PARA LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DANCE
Mexico City, Mexico
#1988-98-4
1996
REHABILITATED BUILDINGS
X’TERESA, Alternative Arts Centre
Links International
Barcelona, Spain
Book
1996
MEXICO 90’s Una Arquitectura Contemporanea
X’TERESA, Alternative Arts Centre
Gustavo Gili
Barcelona, Spain
Book by Miquel Adria
1996
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
NACIONAL SCHOOL OF DANCE
USA
#3, 1996
1996
LOTUS INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL SHOOL OF DANCE & X’TERESA
Milano, Italy
#91
1996
Restauración del Centro Historico de la Ciudad de Mexico
X’TERESA, Alternative Arts Centre
Mexico City, Mexico
Book
1995
WIND MAGAZINE
URBAN FURNITURE, EJE CENTRAL
Tokio, Japan
1996
MEXICO 90’s Una Arquitectura Contemporanea
X’TERESA, Alternative Arts Centre
Gustavo Gili
Barcelona, Spain
Book by Miquel Adria
1992
“a” MAGAZINE. ANUARIO.
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DANCE
Mexico City, Mexico
1992
“a” MAGAZINE
Mexico City, Mexico
#4
1991
“a” MAGAZINE
Ajusco Tower
Mexico City, Mexico
#4
1992
“a” MAGAZINE
Founder Member
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