Francisco Pardo

Architect with a Master’s Degree in architecture from Columbia University in New York. He was awarded with the young creators scholarship in 2001 and is a member of the Mexican National Creators System since 2010 by the Arts and Culture Ministry.

In 2016, he founded Francisco Pardo Arquitecto practice in Mexico City. Formerly, in 2000, he founded with Julio Amezcua AT103, an architectural firm where they developed projects on different scales and received several awards. In 2008, the Ave Fenix Fire station earned them a silver medal in the Mexican Architecture Biennial and the first place in the Best Institutional Building category at the International Design Festival. In 2009, Pardo was awarded the title, “Emerging Voices” by the Architectural League of New York, the most important recognition for emerging firms that distinguishes new practices in North America. In two consecutive occasions, Pardo received the silver medal for “best housing building” at the Mexican Architecture Biennale and also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Pan American Biennial of Quito, Ecuador.

In 2011, he won the 1st prize in the competition by invitation for the renovation of “Palacio de Lecumberri” a former prison that currently hosts the General Archive of the Nation. Pardo also received the 1st Price in Milan’s 2014 ArchMarathon for Havre 69.

His practice was named by London’s Wallpaper magazine as one of the World’s 50 hottest young architect practices and ranked by Icon magazine of London as one of the 50 design and architecture firms that are shaping the future.
His work has been published and exhibited internationally; he has lectured at many institutions in countries such as China, Spain, USA, Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico- among others.

Francisco Pardo has redirected his efforts toward more local and more social architecture, understanding this discipline as a tool for social development of his country and the world. He’s currently working on the project San Juan Pugibet market in Mexico City, a rural school in Puebla, and social housing and various recycling projects in Mexico.

He has taught architecture in Iberoamericana University, where he coordinated the housing workshop for 4 years. He has been a Master’s Degree visiting professor at UPenn in Philadelphia and UC Berkeley in California, where he was named “Fridman Professorship” in 2010. Currently he teaches at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles (SciArc), where he coordinates the program SciArc-Mexico.

1999 Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Master Science in Advanced Architectural Design

1997 Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Bachelor in Architecture

1995 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Universidad Anáhuac, Construction Management

2019 SCI-Arc Mexico, CDMX, Studio Programs Coordinator

2019 Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, CDMX, Director

2001-2015 AT103, New York – Mexico City (2002), Co-Director

2000-2001 Cho Slade Architecture, New York, Project leader

1999-2000 TEN W Architects, New York, Consulter

1995-1998 TEN Arquitectos, CDMX; Project leader

2019 SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, California

2010-2011 Friedman Chair, Berkeley University, Oakland, California

2005-2011 Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

2003-2006 Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City

2002-2003 ITESM, CCM, Mexico City

2002-2002 Pratt Institute, New York

1999-2002 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Master Program

2018 Archmarathon Awards Milán. Milán 44, Interior design, Absolute winner

2017 Premio Firenze Entremuros, Milán 44, category Mixed Use Building. Mexico City. 1st prize

10 Despachos Disruptivos, Mexico. Winner

2016 Pan-American Architecture Biennale in Quito. Milán 44 Rehabilitation and Recycling category. 1st prize

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2016. Milán 44. Silver Medal

2015 Archdaily. Building of the year 2015. Havre 69, 3rd place

2014 Pan-American Architecture Biennale in Quito. Havre 69 Rehabilitation and Recycling category. 1st prize Archmarathon Awards Milan. Havre 69, Retrofitting and Refurbishment, 1st prize

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2014. Havre 69, Honorary Mention

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2014. Architecture does (not) matter. Lisboa 7, Honorary Mention

Holcim Awards Latin America. Kokokali- Children’s house, Bronze

Re-thinking the Future Awards. Mixed Used Built, Havre 69, 3rd award

Next Landmark international contest. Landmark of the year, Havre 69, Finalist

San Pablo Cultural Center, Benito Juárez University, Oaxaca. 2nd place

2013 Schematic design competition “Rescate integral La Merced”. 3rd place

Future 50, Designers and architects that are shaping the future. Icon magazine, London

Las Pedreras. Restricted competition, Monterrey, México, 1st place

2012 Pan-American Architecture Biennale in Quito. Lisboa7 Building, Grand Jury Prize

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2012. TK139 Residential Building, Silver Medal

2011 CONACULTA, Mexico City, Scholarship for Creators and Intellectuals

2010 Recovery and enhancement of the ancient corridors of the General Archive of the Nation.

Restricted Competition, Mexico City, 1st place

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2010. Lisboa7 Building, Silver Medal

International Architecture Biennale Costa Rica 2010. Ave Fenix Fire Station, Honorary Mention

2009 CAM SAM Awards 2009. Young Architects, Honorary Mention

International Design Awards. Ave Fenix Fire Station, 1st prize

Emerging Voices 2009. Architectural League of New York, New York

Performing Arts Center. Restricted Competition, Guadalajara, Mexico, Finalist

2008 International Architecture Awards, the Chicago Athenaeum. Ave Fenix Fire Station, Selection

International Design Festival 2008 Barcelona. Finalist

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2008. Ave Fénix Fire Station, Silver Medal

Mexican Architecture Biennale 2008. Casa 3, Honorary Mention

The World’s 50 hottest young Architects Practices. Wallpaper Magazine, London

2007 Bienal Miami + Beach 2007. Fire Station, Honorary Mention

3rd Design Icons Awards, Architectural Digest México. Fire Station, 1st prize

Selección Oficial IV Iberoamerican Architecture Biennale. Ave Fenix Fire Station, finalist

2006 Editorial Council. Digital Magazine, Colectivo_MX

Eco Museum Annex. Restricted competition, 2nd Place

CEDIM, School of Design. Restricted Competition, 2nd Prize

2004 Ave Fenix Fire Station. Restricted Competition 1st place

2003 Prima Restaurant. Restricted Competition 1st place

Parques Polanco. Restricted Competition, Mexico City, 1st place

2002 Pontevedra Education Science Faculty, Restricted competition. Galicia, Spain, 3rd place

2001 CONACULTA, Mexico City, Scholarship for young Creators

I Bienal Miami + Beach 2001. Finalist

Defining Digital Architecture, Feidad 2001. House e2, Finalist

1999 Arquine I, Juan O’Gorman Center. International Competition, Mexico City, Honorary Mention

2015 Contemporary Mexican Architecture Exhibition, National Museum of Architecture, Mexico

Mexico Architecture Contemporaine, Cultural Institute of Mexico in Paris

21 Young Mexican Architects. National Architecture Museum, Palace of Fine Arts Ciudad de México

2014 Prefabricated Houses. Mexican Design Open. Pirwi, Mexico City

Threesomes. Mexican Design Open. La Metropolitana, Mexico City

AB INITIO The first Stone. Museo de la Cancillería, Mexico City

Formal [Con]sequences, Veracruz Institute of Culture, Veracruz, Mexico

Travelling Exhibition of the Biennale of Architecture in Quito. Museo Franz Mayer, México City

Condemned to be modern, Mexican Pavilion. Absorbing modernity, 14 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura 2014, La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

Formal[Con]sequences. Mextropoli, International Festival of Architecture and the City, Mexico City

Above MM (above del 2,000 A.D.) “New times, New formats”, Spain

2013 Architecture in Mexico from 1900 to 2010. The construction of modernity. Art, design and thoughts. Palacio de Cultura Banamex, Palacio de Iturbide. Mexico City

Mexican Contemporary Architecture Exhibition- México in Italy. Rome, Italy

Travelling Exhibition of the Biennale of Architecture in Quito. Centro Culturalla Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Wonderlab, AzW. Architecture Center of Vienna

2012 Young Mexican Architects UNAM. Mexico

2011 Testify. The Consequences of Architecture, The Netherlands Architecture Institute

Breaking Borders Latin Pratt. Pratt Institute

2009 Ordos 100 at Art Basel. Art Biennale, Basel, Switzerland

2008 Living in Here. XI Venice Biennale, Italy

2007 Lecciones de Arquitectura Vol.1, Visions of Latin American Architecture. El Museo de Barrio, New York

2005 GA Houses projects 2005. GA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2004 Jose Vasconcelos Public Library International Competition. Plaza de la Ciudadela 4, Mexico City

2001 Tension & Compression. Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France

I Bienal Miami + Beach 2001. Miami, Florida

2000 On Line, Less Aesthetics, More Ethics. Venice Biennale

1999 Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Complex. Benlliure Gallery, UNAM, Mexico City

Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Complex. Juan O’Gorman Gallery, Mexico City

2019 Amado Nervo, Mixed use building, Mexico city, in process

Amatlán, Housing, Morelos, México, in process

Enrico 33, apartment remodeling, Mexico City, under construction

Sindacalismo 76, 1950’s building remodeling, Mexico City in process

2018 Mazatlán, 1920’s apartment remodeling, Mexico City, construction 2019

Casa Lagos Gálvez, Private house, Valle de Bravo, Ciudad de México, in process

Reynosa 50, apartment building, Mexico City, in process

Puerto Escondido FASE II, Apartment building, Oaxaca, México, under construction

Pienza Sostenible Casa Carina, Social Housing, Ocuilan, Mexico State, construction 2018

Hotel Cancún, Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in process

San Francisco 345, Co-living building, Mexico City, in process

2017 Izakaya KURA, restaurant remodeling, Mexico City, construction 2018

Reynosa 46, Apartment building, Ciudad de México, in process

MS28a, Mixed use building, México City, in process

INFONAVIT, Del Territorio al habitante: prototype, Apan, Hidalgo, México, construction 2019

INFONAVIT, Redensification, vertical housing. Veracruz, México, in process

Casa Arista, House, Chiapas, Mexico, in process

Casa Covoacán, House, Mexico City, Mexico, construction 2018

Mercado San Pedro, Mixed use building, Monterrey, NL, Mexico, in process

INFONAVIT, Public parks renovation, State of Mexico, Mexico, construction 2018

2016 INFONAVIT, Del Territorio al habitante, Tlaxcala, México

Villa Mineral, Suites Complex, Mineral de Pozos, Gto. Mexico, in process

Un Cuarto Más, Prototype of an additional room in housing units, Morelos, México, construction 2017

CAPU, Bus terminal renovation, Puebla, Mexico, in process

Un Cuarto Más, Pavillion 1:1 in Alameda Central, CDMX, construction 2016

ARA, Multi-Housing Complex (by AT 103), State of Mexico, in process

2015 Marsella 59, Mixed use building (by AT 103), Mexico City, in process

Colima 378, Mixed use building, Mexico City, construction 2016

INFONAVIT, Improving the housing unit, San Nicolás Tolentino, Mexico City

INFONAVIT, Improving the housing unit, Santa María Aztahuacán, Mexico City

Casa Laja, House renovation, Mexico City, in process

Puerto Escondido, Villas complex, Oaxaca, Mexico, in process

Mazatlán 160, Apartment Building, Mexico City, in process

Xalapa, Apartment Building, Mexico City, in process

PROJECTS by AT103

2014 San Juan Pugibet Market, Mexico City, in process

Bucareli 108, Mixed use building, Mexico City, in process

Palmas Corinto, House, Mexico City, in process

Icacos, infrastructure, Guerrero, in process

Casa Pani, House, Mexico City, in process

Cartier, Store, Mexico City, in process

Casa RX, Single house, Mexico, in process

INFONAVIT Regional housing, Housing unit, Acapulco, Mexico, in process

INFONAVIT La Cantera, Housing Unit, Mexico City, in process

VCI, Offices, Mexico City, in process

Goldsmith 306, Apartment Building, Mexico City, in process

Sombrerete, Apartment Building, Mexico City, in process

Santa Marta, Intermodal Transfer Station, Mexico City, in process

Martín Carrera, Intermodal Transfer Station, Mexico City, in process

CAI, Crafts school, Vlasequillo, Puebla, in process

Casa Bosques, Mexico City, in process

Milán 44, Mixed use building, Mexico City, construction 2016

2013 Metro Allende, Mixed use building, Mexico City

Metro Cuauhtémoc, Mixed use building, Mexico City

Dumas 135, House, Mexico City, in process

Las Pedreras, Mixed use building, Monterrey, Mexico in process

TAG, Digital Festival, Mexico City, construction 2012

Las Flores, House, Mexico City

2012 CCD Digital Culture Center, Mexico City, construction 2012

Havre 77, Office Building, Mexico City, under construction

Crafts Market, Oaxaca, in process

DL 4373, Apartment Building, Mexico City

Polanco House, Polanco

Arena Teques, Linear park, Tequesquitengo, Morelos, construction 2012

2011 Chihuahua Bed & Breakfast, Mexico City

Havre 69, Mixed use building, Mexico City, construction 2013

Kokokali, Rural School, Puebla Mexico

CPUBLICO, Regeneration of 60 parks, Mexico City

2010 AGN- Culture Center, Mexico City, in process

Palacio de Hierro, department Store, Tecnology Renovation, Mexico City

construction 2011

Casa Alonso, Qro. Mexico

2009 TV Azteca, TV Studios, Mexico City construction 2012

TV Azteca, Parking and services complex

Sierra Gorda, Office Renovation, Mexico City construction 2009

Ritz Carlton, Hotel, Mexico City

Salinas y Rocha, Relaunch, Mexico City

2008 Gallardo House, Mexico City construction 2010

Ordos 100, House, Ordos, China in process

Durango 348, House Renovation, Mexico City

Tecamachalco 139, Apartment Building, Mexico City construction 2011

Emerson, Interior design, Mexico City construction 2009

2007 Durango Clinic, Renovation, Mexico City in process

Taqueria Zona Rosa, Mexico City

Playas del conchal, Apartment Tower, Veracruz

Alerces House, Renovation, Mexico City construction 2008

Amsterdam 29, Apartment Building, Mexico City

Tres Picos, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2007

Hegel, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2007

Brisas Marques, 4 Houses, Acapulco

2006 Explanada, Artist Studio, Mexico City construction 2008

Lope de Vega, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2007

Las Flores House, Renovation, Mexico City construction 2007

House 3, Renovation, Acapulco construction 2006

Parque Hundido, Apartment Building, Mexico City

Rensso 3 Houses, Queretaro, México

E5, Apartment Building, Tijuana, Baja California

Lisboa 7, Apartment Building, Mexico City construction 2008

2005 Casa M, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo

Torre 120, Royal Hotel, Renovation, Cozumel, Quintana Roo construction 2006

Palpan Residencial, Housing Project, Morelos, Mexico

Convention Center, Hyatt Hotel, Cancun, Mexico

Espacio Chapultepec fase II, Tijuana, Mexico construction 2008

City Santa Fe, Apartment Tower, Mexico

CG 28, Apartment Building, Mexico City

2004 GP15, Apartment Building, Mexico City

Ave Fénix Fire Station, Mexico City construction 2006

Akoya, Interior Renovation, Miami, Florida construction 2005

Ozuluama House, Mexico City construction 2008

Orozco House, Renovation, Mexico City construction 2005

Romero House, Queretaro, Mexico construction 2006

GM1607, Apartment Building, Mexico City construction 2005

RA13, Apartment Building, Mexico City

Sequoias Housing Units, Queretaro, Mexico

Grimm House, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico City construction 2005

Espacio Chapultepec, Housing Project, Tijuana, Baja California construction 2008

2003 Anatole France, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2003

Restaurant Prima, Ciudad de México construction 2003

Sequoias Housing Project, Queretaro, Mexico

Hyatt Showroom, Cancun, Mexico construction 2003

Amsterdam 12, Renovation, Mexico City, construcción 2003

Contreras Center, Mexico City

Royal Hotel, Renovation, Cozumel, Mexico

Shopping Center, Cozumel, Mexico

Somoza, Apartment Building, Galicia, Spain

Box 2, Mexico City construction 2003

2002 Expo Universal 2010, Queretaro, Mexico collaboration with Ten Arquitectos

Box 1, AT103, Mexico City construction 2002

SMC Apartment Building, Mexico City

Popo, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2004

Tejocotes, Apartment Renovation, Mexico City construction 2003

354 Broadway, Apartment Renovation, New York, N.Y. construction 2002

2001 10 Park Avenue, Apartment Renovation, New York construction 2002

Rhinehart-Fisher, Galería de Arte, Trenton, Nueva Jersey

House e2, Cuernavaca, Mexico

2000 House Rojo, Ciudad de México, construction 2002

1999 Iztacalco, Urban Research, Mexico City

Mixcoac, Urban Research, Mexico City

1997 Tresmares, Travel Agency, Mexico City construction 1997

2019 GSA-Boogertman + Partners International Lecture Series, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

2018 Archmaraton Awards Milan, Project Presentation. Milan, Italy

2017 Jury, Archmaraton Awards Miami, Florida, EUA

Re-Habitar la Ciudad, Escalante Soho, San José, Costa Rica

2016 Jury, Fair of Friend Cultures Pavilion, Mexico City

Arquine Jams No15. Learning Architecture. Mexico City, Mexico

Arquine. Congress in Chile No2. Public Infrastructures. Santiago, Chile

ASINEA 95. Academic Challenges: New Generation, New Formation. Universidad de Ixtlahuaca CUI, Estado de México, México

2015 Habitat week, conference and exhibition, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

National Forum of Architecture, Olmeca University, Tabasco, Mexico

Forum ‘Entre’ 2015, The paths of architecture. Guanajuato, Mexico

Housing Taxonomy, workshop and exhibition. Center for the Arts in San Augustin, Oaxaca, Mexico

Manifest 2015, Architectural space. Tecnológico de Monterrey

SCI-Arc+Ibero, afternoon sessions. Iberoamericana Univesity

2014 Francisco Pardo- AT103. XXXI Habitat Week, Universidad Autómona de San Luis Potosí, Mexico Jury, IX Mexico Jury, IX Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, Rosario, Argentina

Francisco Pardo- AT103. The Callison Distinguished Lecture Series, Fall 2014. School of Design + Construction, Washington State University

Francisc oPardo- AT103. Center for Architecture and Urban Culture, Guadalajara, Mexico

Jury, IX Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, Madrid, Spain
9th. Bioclimatic Architecture Congress, UNAM, Mexico

Jury, Arquine No.16 Competition | Threshold of the Americas, Mexico

2013 Workshop Jorge González Reyna, UNAM, Mexico City Arquine Jams, Mexico City

Forum ‘Entre’ 2013. Why an architect? Oaxaca, Mexico Ecotendencias, CAD Mexico, Mexico City

The architect and his professional work, Veracruz, Mexico Workshop Colaboración. From the idea to the matter / Public space, Mexico City

2012 Mexico City. Ritratti di città. Università lUAV di Venezia. Scuola di Dottorato, Venecia, Italia

2010 An informal conversation about modern Mexican/Latin American architecture, CASA, Chicano/Latino a rchitecture student association, UC Berkeley, California

Francisco Pardo- AT103. Howard A.Friedman Visiting Professor of Professional Practice. UC Berkeley, California

2009 Festival of Architecture, Art and City. Veracruz, Mexico 21st Architecture Week. Mirrors and Reflections, Guerrero, Mexico

2008 Fusion of Ideas, Technological Institute of Durango, Durango, Mexico

AT103, University of Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

AT103, Fresnillo Institute of Technology, Zacatecas, Mexico

AT103, XIV International Architecture Congress, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico

2007 Francisco Pardo- AT103, University of Innsbruck, Austria

AT103, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

2006 Body-Skin, Anahuac University, Mexico City

AT103, Carlos Fuentes Library, Veracruz, Mexico

AT103, University of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

2005 ZAPP Seminar no. 6, Not Not Architecture, New York Recent Work, Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

2004 Top 10, Design Week, CEDIM, Monterrey, Mexico

Top 10, Architecture Week, Tecnológico de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico

Proposals, XI Cultural Week, IESCH School of architecture, Chiapas, Mexico

2003 Vanguard VS Tradition, Casa Lamm, Mexico City

2002 Film-Architecture, Architecture Week, Anahuac University, Mexico City

2001 AT103, City Extensions, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, China

2019 Imperfecciones / Imperfections, Selected Works of Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, Arquine, Mexico City

2018 Ciudad Inspiración, México

Una Segunda Vita, AD México

2017 Más Allá de la Materia, Domus N039, México

Milán 44, Wallpaper*, United States

A México City Home That Proves Personality-Packed Minimal Style Is Possible, AD, United States

De almacén a mercado multidisciplinar, Metaclocus, España

H77 Topping a brick building, Platform N13, Italy

Havre 77, Architektur N01/2017, Germany

Game changers 2017 Urbanism, Metropolis V36 N6, United States

2016 Happy Returns, Mexico, Monocle, N92, London

2015 Programmed correspondence, Summa+, N145, Argentina

After the Revolution, Mexico City, Monocle, N84, London

Patrimoine vivant, EK, N44, France

2014 Children’s House. ‘A’A’ L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Hors-série, Events, France

Havre 69. Archmarathon Awards, Italy

AT103 In four moments. T, The New York Times Style Magazine, N1, Mexico

Foros Azteca Novelas, World architecture 15, Education Building, China

2013 Future 50, Icon magazine, N122, London

2010 Re-inventing Construction, Edited by Ilka & Andreas Ruby, Ruby Press, Berlín

Funcionalidad extrema, ARQ, Clarín X diario de arquitectura, Argentina

Whiter shades of pale, Hinge, N177, Hong Kong

2009 Ozuluama Residence, Mexico City, Domus, N921, Italy

Under Mexican Skies, Domus, N924, Italy

Gabriel Mancera Building, Ave Fenix Fire Station, Espacio Chapultepec, Ordos,

PHAIDON 10 x 10/3 100 Architects 10 critics, New York

2008 AT103 + BGP Arquitectura in Mexico City, The Plan, N26, Italy

Architects Directory 2008, Wallpaper, United Kingdom

Think global, act AT103, Mark, N15, Holland

2007 Ave Fénix Fire Station, Mexico City, SPACE Magazine, N474, Korea

Ave Fénix Fire Station, C3 N276, Korea

From the Ashes, Katie Weeks, Contract, N49, New York

Estacion de Bomberos Mexico, AT103, Hinge Magazine, N149, Hong Kong

2005 GA Houses proyect 2005, GA, Tokyo, Japan

2002 Aomori, Space Magazine, N416, 2002, Korea

2001 On Line, Less Aesthetics, More Ethics, Bienal de Venezia, Italy, Marsilio

2000 Iztacalco AT103, City Levels, August- Birkhauser, London