Javier Sánchez (architect)

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Javier Sánchez is a Mexican architect and developer 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

Additional works; most are apartment/condominium complexes unless otherwise noted:[5]

Condesa

Roma

Other areas

China

Peru

In addition, Sánchez has designed projects in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, in Munich, Germany, and pavilions at the Venice Biennale.[11]

Academic commissions

Society memberships

References

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