We create exciting designs based on circular economy, through a creative atelier of constant search and experimentation, made up of a collaborative team
Atelier = A workshop or studio, specially one used by an artist or a designer.
It’s not unusual that we see or use a space without really noticing what´s the intent behind it or what happened that made us use it in a certain way.
Behind every project there are infinite factors that define the “user experience”. Sometimes they`re tangible but many, many times they are intangible to us. There isn’t always a straight line when it comes to the process and the genesis of a project. Specially because there are several variables, from the setting and the clients, to the common exploration of the co-creative process.
Still, there is a constant creative search where, not just from architecture but from other disciplines as well, we approach an end result which will later turn into the architectonic piece itself. Beyond the trade and the science in architecture, there is Art. It’s a reflection of society, and there are several ways of channeling it. Our job is to be receptive to them, as well as to encourage their pursuit. The Atelier responds to this concept of perpetual exploration, process and evolution. It’s the physical space where multiple disciplines, stories and situations collide, catapulting us into an architecture that is more human and personalized, but strangely, also universal.
Since we are talking about art, we think of the architecture process as musical piece of pure improvisation.
We know the rules, we understand the parameters, and yet we start without really knowing the course or the result. To achieve this, we must have pure confidence and respect for the process, because it always leads to a unique and beautiful result.
Ultimately, we appreciate the experience this trade has given us, but we also very much value the result of the freedom that comes with the creative process. Evolution is constant, and every project is an instance in that progression. Each result is always better than the last since in evolution there is learning and mastery.
Nowadays, parametric technology has opened a world of possibilities before us. In addition to BIM documentation, we are managing a level of efficiency which allows us to keep exploring constantly.
The implementation of said technology at the service of design on the one hand, and to other ancestral trades on the other, creates unique, innovative, and simple results which would have resulted impossible even to dream about in the past.
Thus, the need for a constant exploration in techniques from different trades, also from mathematics and parametrization. Altogether, there are infinite new possibilities
Both architecture and music influence our state on mind. They’re capable of producing unique emotions. That is no project without rhythm and structure, as there is no emotion without harmony or melody.
In the quest for emotion generators, there is a constant dance between music and architecture. Sometimes the answer comes one, and some from the other. We just have to explore and keep our senses wide open.
Music shows rhythm, silence, harmony, melody and fluidity. These notions are extremely valuable to architecture as tools for the design process.
Basically, by discussing these concepts we can see clearly how architecture and music both speak the very same language.
To listen to the composition process from musical optic:
The root of our work is always in relation with sustainability. An ideal which we conceive as a path, and not a goal itself. It’s pointless to create systems and buildings that are ultimately uninhabitable. Hence, we follow the path sustainability by incorporating habits driven by design to fuel life quality, not just from users, but for future generations.
In this day and age, we apply the concepts of ECONOMY and DURABILITY. How much does your building cost? How much does it last? How much does it consume? What impact does its construction imply?
Nature doesn’t know the concept of “trash”. What perishes, comes back to life in a different way. Said underrated concept has somehow been neglected by a society that has taken upon unsustainable ways.
Therefore, the challenge is to generate closed circuits which promote behaviors with the goal of reeducating its user’s ways of inhabiting a space. Of course, the incorporation of these ways is not just up to us as designer, but it’s something that must be discussed and agreed upon by the client as well.
Through this path we’re following, which we are completely convinced and passionate about, there lies and ideal beyond: Productive Architecture.
Many generations have passed on the notion that inhabiting implies consumption from a network and tossing what we don’t use away without really knowing how or why we do it. Once we manage to sort these obstacles in this analytical and repetitive process, we encounter ourselves with a new challenge, which is not just to stop depending on external services, but they should be generated inhouse.
Having reached to a point of no return, we must go from theory to action, meanwhile procuring that our project/ formal decisions satisfy the programs needs as best as possible.
Matias Mosquera
Founder, Director
Camila Gianicolo
Architect, partner
Cristian Grasso
Architect
Francisco Gómez Paratcha
Architect
Milagros Vita
Administration and HR, partner
Marcelo Vita
Civil Engineer
Carolina Tobar
Architect
Maru de Elizalde
CFO
Dante Marinari
Architect
Paulina Szabo
Architect
Matias Mosquera, Architect, musician, born in 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, attended University of Buenos Aires.
From years 2011 to 2012, he was part of 3XN Design team in Denmark. After that, and through the year of 2020 he started BAM! Architecture along an associate partner, in which they achieved great acknowledgements on their work, including Architecture Biennials and other international organizations.
In the year of 2020, alongside a great team, he started AtelierM, where he furthered his work and exploration about architecture in different scales and regions, thus creating an avant-gard office.
Academically, he is currently teaching Architectural Design in the University of Buenos Aires, and has been doing so since 2018.
His work has been published in over 100 countries, and in several platforms, including Archdaily, Designboom, Dezeen, Clarin Arquitectura, Revista Trama, Living, Homify, Landscape Design, Casas Internacional, Arqa, 1:1, 30-60, Archilover, Architizer, Archello, Barzon, Detail, Design Milk, Catalogo Arquitectura.
2024 Exhibition "Arquitectura Intermedia", MARQ (Arg)
2023 Best Luxury Architect Studio in Argentina (NY)
2022 Golden Trezzini Awards (Rus), Honourable Mention, ZigZag
2022 Golden Trezzini Awards (Rus), Honourable Mention, MeCa
2022 Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires (Arg), Obra seleccionada, MeCa
2021 Golden Trezzini Awards (Rus), Special Mention, Shire
2021 Golden Trezzini Awards (Rus), Special Mention, MaTo
2019 Ranking Excelencia Profesional Clarín (Arg), Voces emergentes y generación intermedia. Sext place.
2017 Concurso Vivienda sustentable Puertos (Arg), First place.
2017 Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires (Arg), Finalist, MeMo.
2017 Bienal de Diseño Fadu, UBA (Arg), Finalist, MeMo.
2017 Archdaily, Building of the year (US), Finalist, MeMo.
2016 Ecoparque Interactivo (Arg), Honourable mention
2013 Concurso Impatec (Arg), First place
2011 Oficinas RRHH, GR (Arg), First place
2010 Pabellón Bicentenario, SCA (Arg), Honourable Mention
email
info@atelierm.ar
web
atelierm.ar
Social media
IG: @ateliermatiasmosquera
IN: ateliermm
Location
Juan José Díaz 594
San Isidro - PC: 1642 - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Location
Escobar, BsAs, Argentina
Year
2020
Team
Matias Mosquera, Nicolas Krause, Camila Gianicolo, Lucia Ayerbe Rant, Carolina Tobar
Structure design
Estudio CGC
Located in an established neighborhood, the design process faced specific regulations that required pitched ceilings throughout the home. This situation led to work on a reinterpretation of traditional archetypes rooted in the local culture and of great importance to the residents.
From a formal point of view, the sloping roofs became the starting point of the project, dividing the house into three clearly defined volumes: bedrooms, services and a guest area. The intersection of these volumes generated the public area of the house, with a close relationship with the exterior that sought to erase the limits between both.
In addition, it was sought to maintain the traditional imprint of the use of exposed bricks. Bricks were used not only to build the walls, but also for the ceilings and floors, creating a synthesis between the different architectural elements. This gives CM its own identity and relates it to traditional aesthetics rooted in local culture.
In short, CM stands out for its reinterpretation of traditions such as sloped ceilings and the use of exposed brick. Through a careful division of volumes and a close relationship with the environment, a house is achieved that integrates harmoniously into the consolidated neighborhood and responds to the demands and characteristics of the local community.
