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