Hierve-Diseneria

Profile of Hierve-Diseneria

Business Name

Hierve-Diseneria

Location

Mexico

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.hierve.com

Alejandro Villarreal

Principal(s)

Alejandro Villarreal (1973)

• Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, 1997

Philosophy

To ignite, burst, stretch, fold, mold, juggle, bounce, bake, open, connect, expand, and liberate creativity, with the purpose to induce it into the world, to produce change, benefit, improvement, evolution, and liberation.

Background

• Founded: 1999
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 5

Key projects

• Santa Maria, Multi family housing with 9 units, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, 2007-2008
• Las Torres, Low income residential block with 60 units, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico, 2004-2007
• Depa H, Interior design of an apartment, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004-2006
• Liverpool, Remodeling of a former office building into an apartment building with 23 units, Mexico City, Mexico, 2002-2006
• Hesiodo, 13 apartment building complex, Mexico City, Mexico, 2002-2003
• La Antena, low income residential block with 100 apartments, Iztapalapa, Mexico, 1999-2000
• Sistema Arde, Patented constructive system for low income housing, 1998-2000

Key publications

• Domus, January, 2007
• Daylight and Architecture, Spring, 2007
• LE, December, 2006
• Origina, June, 2002
• Lo mejor del siglo XXI-volume 2 (Arquitecturas Mexicanas 2005-2006), 2007
• Design like you give a damn: Architectural responses to humanitarian crisis, 2006