The mind of Fernando Romero It is restless and always goes one step further in terms of form and function, since it is an architect who put on the table the public law to the great architecture with iconic buildings such as the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, as well as the collaboration between technology and design to conceive highly sustainable structures that incorporate into the surrounding nature. Through Fr.ee (Fernando Romero Enterprise)the Mexican has collaborated with international Pritzkers as Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas, Alejandro Aravena and Norman Fosteras well as with Latin American geniuses as Pedro Ramírez Vásquez. Currently, his firm has offices in New York, Mexico City, Madrid and Shenzhen, because, although they are proudly Mexican, their creations are global when they are the order of the day in terms of context, trends and the needs of the 21st century.
“For Fr.ee, each project has its own identity, its own concept, its own program and its own context, hence the formal, structural and space diversity of our solutions. For us, architecture is a trade in which we translate information. ” -Fernando Romero's Opening Words in Book Fr-EE (Editors Travesías, 2013)
Fernando Romero's multigallardonada trajectory
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Romero was born on October 11, 1971 and is a graduate of the Bachelor of Architecture from the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1995. Initially, he was a collaborator of Rem Koolhaas In the offices of OMA from 1995 to 2000, when he founded Fr.ee Fernando Romero Enterpriseoffice with which he has been creditor to various national and international awards, including: Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum (2002), Young Architects Forum Award by the architectural League of New York (2003), Society of American Registered Architects Prize By the International Bauhaus Award (2005), first place in the Concept Transportation category with the previous NAIM model in Rethinking the future (2021) and, more recently, the award to Built corporate interior For the World Design Awards with the Kering Mexico offices.
His work is distinguished by presuming contextual references to their purpose or the place that houses them, as well as an impressive aesthetic that makes the structures outstand the landscape, as is the case of the Soumaya Museum which has become a milestone in the landscape of Mexico City. Also, since its inception, Fr.ee He has presented a marked interest in research and innovation for common welfare recalling the main purpose of architecture:
“Beyond the form, what interests us about architecture is its performance, its ability to transform, excite and develop. The genuine interest of Fr.EE is to translate the particular historical context and ensure that through design changes that impact society can be managed ”. -Words of Fernando Romero in the book Fr-Ee (Paths Editors, 2013)
Fernando Romero's most famous works
Soumaya Museum
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