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Cesar Guerrero
Cesar obtained his degree in architecture from the ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) Campus Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico – 2004). He worked in the office Roldán + Berengué Arquitectes (Barcelona, Spain – 2003) and the office Assadi + Pulido (Santiago, Chile – 2003-2005). He was a professor at the School of Architecture at ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) and has been a professor at the School of Architecture at the UDEM (University of Monterrey) and the CEDIM (Design Center of Monterrey).
He has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the National Competition J. Alberto Pani (Mexico City, Mexico – 2003), 1st. Place in the World Competition ELEMENTAL CHILE students category (Santiago, Chile – 2003), he was a finalist for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at MoMA Museum of Modern Art (New York, U.S.A. – 2007), 1st. Place in National Competition «Bicentennial Elementary School» (Mexico City, Mexico – 2008), an Honorable Mention in the International Competition «Possible Cities» organized by ARPAFIL (Guadalajara, Mexico – 2009), the Young Artists Grant “Jovenes Creadores” CONACULTA – FONCA (Arts and Culture Mexican Council) in the discipline of Architectural Design (Mexico City, Mexico – 2009), 1st. Place in the XXI Cemex Building Award 2012 (Monterrey, Mexico – 2012), the Design Vanguard Award by Architectural Record for emerging architects (New York, U.S.A. – 2013), selected to represent Mexico for the BAL – Latin-American Biennial of Architecture (Pamplona, Spain – 2015), the Emerging Voices Award by The Architectural League of New York (New York, U.S.A. – 2016) and his work has been selected to be part of Mexico’s Pavilion in the 15 and 16 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura di Venezia – 15th and 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (Mexico – Italy, 2016 / 2018) and selected to participate in the XX Chilean Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (Valparaiso, Chile, 2017) and the BIA-AR – Argentinean Architecture International Biennial (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016). His work has been part of the exhibition series of Monoambiente, Gallery of Design and Architecture (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and the exhibitions program of LIGA, Space for Architecture, Mexico City (Mexico City), among others.
Ana Garza
Ana earned a Master’s degree in Urban Planning at the IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain – 2005), the title of architect in the ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) Campus Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico – 2003). She worked professionally as a researcher on urban strategies APDUNL Urban Development Agency of Nuevo Leon in the state government of Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2003-2004). She was professionally involved in the construction area of Villacero Company in Monterrey, Mexico (2005-2008).
She was a professor at the School of Architecture at ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) and has been a professor at the School of Architecture at the UDEM (University of Monterrey) and the CEDIM (Design Center of Monterrey).
She was a finalist for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at MoMA Museum of Modern Art (New York, U.S.A. – 2007), won 1st. Place in National Competition «Bicentennial Elementary School» (Mexico City, Mexico – 2008), an Honorable Mention in the International Competition «Possible Cities» organized by ARPAFIL (Guadalajara, Mexico – 2009), 1st. Place in the XXI Cemex Building Award 2012 (Monterrey, Mexico – 2012), the Design Vanguard Award by Architectural Record for emerging architects (New York, U.S.A. – 2013), selected to represent Mexico for the BAL – Latin-American Biennial of Architecture (Pamplona, Spain – 2015), the Emerging Voices Award by The Architectural League of New York (New York, U.S.A. – 2016) and her work has been selected to be part of Mexico’s Pavilion in the 15 and 16 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura di Venezia – 15th and 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (Mexico – Italy, 2016 / 2018) and selected to participate in the XX Chilean Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (Valparaiso, Chile, 2017). Her work has been part of the exhibition series of Monoambiente, Gallery of Design and Architecture (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and of the exhibitions program of LIGA, Space for Architecture, Mexico City (Mexico City).
Practice Ideology
S-AR is an architectural design studio based in Mexico (Monterrey and Mexico City). S-AR was formally established as a professional firm in 2006. Their work focuses on the design and development of architectural projects of several scales and typologies, from private, experimental, and social houses to architectural installations, educational buildings, furniture design, and other objects, including books and independent publications about architecture.
S-AR’s work has been awarded the Emerging Voices Award by The Architectural League of New York (New York, U.S.A., 2016), the Design Vanguard Award by Architectural Record for emerging architects (New York, U.S.A., 2013), the Dwell Design Award by Dwell Magazine for the Best Dwelling (San Francisco, U.S.A., 2020), the Blueprint Award by Blueprint Magazine for the Best Small Project (London, U.K., 2020), the 1st. Place in the XXI Cemex Building National Award 2012 (Mexico, 2012) and the 1st. Place in National Competition “Bicentennial Elementary School” (Mexico, 2008). They received the Young Artists Grant “Jovenes Creadores” CONACULTA – FONCA (Arts and Culture Mexican Council) in the discipline of Architectural Design (Mexico, 2009), and they were part of the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at MoMA – Museum of Modern Art (New York, U.S.A., 2007).
The studio received an Award of Merit in the 2020 AZ Awards (Toronto, Canada, 2020), an Honorable Mention in the AN Best of Design Awards by The Architect’s Newspaper (New York, U.S.A., 2020), an Honorable Mention in the Golden Trezzini Awards (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2021), an Honorable Mention in the International Competition “Possible Cities” organized by ARPAFIL (Guadalajara, Mexico, 2009) and they were a finalist for the Museo Experimental el Eco Pavilion in Mexico City (Mexico, 2014).
S-AR has been nominated for the 2014 Ibero-American Architecture Biennial Award (Rosario, Argentina, 2014) and the 2019 Ibero-American Architecture Biennial Award (Asuncion, Paraguay, 2019), and selected -Emerging Designer- in the Present for the Arts in Mexico by La Tempestad Magazine of Arts (Mexico, 2014), chosen to represent Mexico in the BAL – Latin-American Biennial of Architecture (Mexico – Spain – LATAM, 2015), selected to be part of Mexico’s Pavilion in the 15 and 16 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura di Venezia – 15th and 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (Mexico – Italy, 2016 / 2018) and selected to participate in the XX Chilean Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (Valparaiso, Chile, 2017), the BIA-AR – Argentinean Architecture International Biennial (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016) and at the eleventh edition of the Momentum Biennale – MOMENTUM 11 – HOUSE OF COMMONS (Moss/Jeløya, Norway, 2021).
S-AR´s work has been part of the exhibitions YALA – Young Architects in Latin America – La nouvelle architecture en Amérique Latine at the arc en rêve centre d´architecture (Bordeaux, France, 2018) and the MARQ – Architecture and Design Museum (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019), Häuser für alle at the IFA – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Stuttgart, Germany, 2019), Diseñando México – Architettura: Necessità e Libertà at the International Architecture Festival Mantovarchitettura – Politecnico di Milano (Mantova, Italy, 2019), among others. Also, S-AR’s work has been part of the exhibition series of Monoambiente, Gallery of Design and Architecture (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and the exhibitions program of LIGA space for architecture (Mexico City, Mexico).
Some S-AR lectures at several forums and universities include the Navarra University (Pamplona, Spain), the ETSAB – UPC (Barcelona, Spain), The Architectural League of New York (New York, U.S.A.), the GSAPP – Columbia University (New York, U.S.A.) the University of Houston (Houston, U.S.A.), MONTE 153C (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and the Atelier Piloto’s lecture series (Brasilia, Brazil).
