Diego Quirarte
MacÃas Peredo Arquitectos | Guadalajara, Mexico
"The Language of Technique"
Lecture: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 6:00PM | ARCH 132 DF Pray Lecture Theatre
Estudio MacÃas Peredo is an award winning architecture office in Guadalajara, México, formed by Salvador MacÃas, Magui Peredo and Diego Quirarte. Diego Quirarte graduated with honors and first of his class, as an architect from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, TEC 2011. Completed a postgraduate on Professional Project Management at the Universidad Panamericana, UP 2011. Completed a Workshop at Boisbuchet, Lessac, France, with Architect Alvaro Siza on 2015. He is partner of Estudio MacÃas Peredo since 2019.
Macias Peredo’s first project was a competition-winning installation design for Pabellón Eco 2013 at the Museo Experimental El Eco in Mexico City. The installation was simple, but transformative. It inserted a sloping ground plane within the museum’s sunken courtyard that connected the building’s floor-to-ceiling windows with the elevated street, activating a space that had previously been restricted. Most of the studio’s work, however, is made up of residences and office projects. Standouts among the houses include Casa Arenas in Guadalajara, Casa Atlas in Zapopan, and Casa Prado in Tapalpa. Each of these projects exhibit the raw materiality, simple forms, and hand-crafted character that shows the studio’s commitment to traditional Mexican building. Meanwhile, the practice’s commercial projects, such as the Toyo Food Offices in Zapopan or the Oficinas Hidalgo, prove that Macias Peredo is no stranger to sleek modernism.
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