https://jesusvassallo.com Jesús Vassallo Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:45:04 +0000 https://jesusvassallo.com en https://jesusvassallo.com/Casa-Selva-1 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:28:51 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Casa-Selva-1 Casa Selva <img width="1311" height="1966" width_o="1311" height_o="1966" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd093e553e5b29304fe62b8235483316e67013d81067b5151e220142c2b4713c/EdificioCasaSelva_JesusVasallo_G3Arq_Anonimus_02.jpg" data-mid="251267210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd093e553e5b29304fe62b8235483316e67013d81067b5151e220142c2b4713c/EdificioCasaSelva_JesusVasallo_G3Arq_Anonimus_02.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41b83c71a9c3010bb4ef9d444b3b91611d2eeb998c84577bda2d9233c66ccd16/Oficinas_Electrolit_Houston_050.jpg"> Housing for Hospitality Workers in Tulum, Mexico. The project provides affordable rents for the workers of the local hotel and restaurant industries, who are currently being displaced due to a surge in the cost of housing. The design, comprising 200 apartments, common areas, gardens, and retail spaces is compact and efficient while retaining a certain monumentality. In a parcel of jungle at the edge of the village of Tulum, a series of four-storey blocks are organized in an interlocking comb-like configuration, spaced by a network of continuous courtyards. All open spaces in the masterplan retain their existing tropical vegetation, made up of native palm and deciduous trees, which buffer the units from each other and the project from the road. The massing and color of the buildings are designed to work with the dappled light filtering through the forest canopy, diminishing the presence of the buildings and creating an intimate atmosphere. Lining the buildings, circulation corridors are protected by a porous screen reminiscent of the brise soleils of early brutalism, but with a finer scale and artisanal finish. Inside the apartments, each dwelling is a simple tube of space that puts the dweller in contact with nature. The organization of the project is an innovative hybrid between modern open block urbanism and traditional courtyard building, allowing for a heightened sense of privacy, as well as crossed ventilation, within what is otherwise a fairly high-density housing project. In the ground floor, all garden-courtyards are linked by pedestrian walkways, connecting a series of public spaces for work, exercise and relaxation. In the rooftop, a swimming pool offers a moment of release and a unique experience of the tropical forest canopy. Project authors: Jesús Vassallo, Alfonso Jiménez Enciso, and Alfonso Garduño. https://jesusvassallo.com/Mass-Timber-Pavilion Sat, 03 Jun 2023 22:48:57 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Mass-Timber-Pavilion Mass Timber Pavilion <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7fbed58aa986951798a1838b633f051ea604e92911f97518f6a375b80ccf12c/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-00.jpg" data-mid="180908316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7fbed58aa986951798a1838b633f051ea604e92911f97518f6a375b80ccf12c/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-00.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27ae33b5de43bc71e3b59921817d99a53297d6d53c659fa647cae47d2abb5678/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-01.jpg" data-mid="180908317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27ae33b5de43bc71e3b59921817d99a53297d6d53c659fa647cae47d2abb5678/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-01.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="800" width_o="640" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50d6733b04de1f6c30ba59e4a77f17585d61d6b30af46d0b8debc4f4beb15959/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-02.jpg" data-mid="180908318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/50d6733b04de1f6c30ba59e4a77f17585d61d6b30af46d0b8debc4f4beb15959/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1323470c6a13fa88c8d5c57bf08c67e2e80faa2df523ca845dcab83b1cdb46ec/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-04.jpg" data-mid="180908319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1323470c6a13fa88c8d5c57bf08c67e2e80faa2df523ca845dcab83b1cdb46ec/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-04.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e407ab3a08fb95494b46d7fc38c5affdb91b6dfaa3c61f5b747ee5b4c566524/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-05.jpg" data-mid="180908320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e407ab3a08fb95494b46d7fc38c5affdb91b6dfaa3c61f5b747ee5b4c566524/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-05.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="800" width_o="640" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4105ddca5b1aa849eb977c323b571c2a504d4ed8de70e697eb13a15ac2d931a/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-06.jpg" data-mid="180908321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/e4105ddca5b1aa849eb977c323b571c2a504d4ed8de70e697eb13a15ac2d931a/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-06.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b36cd1947920261fe6b5b8b7b9f0d041ae4b3d33ae94f5343d51109791a1cfa3/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-13.jpg" data-mid="180908322" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b36cd1947920261fe6b5b8b7b9f0d041ae4b3d33ae94f5343d51109791a1cfa3/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-13.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40717db2b90b9d390a9eadd4372a168ef2298a90aec001e4bea41bb4091dfee8/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-14.jpg" data-mid="180908323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40717db2b90b9d390a9eadd4372a168ef2298a90aec001e4bea41bb4091dfee8/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-14.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d8543baf55aa926feb3031ba9939de711294bdb15d088f94ca73f5617763e98/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-17.jpg" data-mid="180908324" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d8543baf55aa926feb3031ba9939de711294bdb15d088f94ca73f5617763e98/Leonid_Furmansky_Jesus_Vassallo_The_Gully_Pavilion_Web_-17.jpg" /> Nature Observation Pavilion at Rice University Located within Rice University Campus, the Harris Gully Natural Area is a restored watershed that consists of several microhabitats, from prairie to open woodland to dense shrubland. Because of Harris Gully, and despite being located at the heart of Houston, Rice is one of the most biodiverse universities in the country with the highest bird species list of any campus in North America. The Mass Timber Pavilion, an observation deck immersed within the landscape, represents the first step in a long-term plan to manage this ecosystem. The pavilion itself is an abstract object, conceived and sited in the picturesque tradition. Like the ruin of a small temple, it invites and accommodates nature around it.&nbsp; In its simplicity, indeterminacy and openness, it insinuates the lightness of touch that should guide the stewardship of the natural area in the future. Made of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) sourced from Southern Yellow Pine, the pavilion is a carbon-negative structure and an essay on the possibilities of this sustainable construction technology. A didactic design, the building showcases the CLT panels in their purest form, like a giant piece of furniture that conveys the logic of its assembly.&nbsp; The immediate way in which the material is presented underlines its structural versatility, featuring CLT performing as roof, pillar and capital. The project was designed by Professor Jesus Vassallo’s mass timber seminar at Rice University, with a team formed by graduate students Pouya Khadem and Lene Sollie in collaboration with Structural Engineer Tracy Huynh. Funding for the project was obtained through a federal grant from the US Forest Service, with additional funds provided by generous gifts to the School of Natural Sciences and the Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum. 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d06ba9e32407901ec2928f63741d90ce36d5bfa66c8836dec0c3ceec70c044b1/Oficinas_Electrolit_Houston_041.jpg" data-mid="236685697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d06ba9e32407901ec2928f63741d90ce36d5bfa66c8836dec0c3ceec70c044b1/Oficinas_Electrolit_Houston_041.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41b83c71a9c3010bb4ef9d444b3b91611d2eeb998c84577bda2d9233c66ccd16/Oficinas_Electrolit_Houston_050.jpg" data-mid="236685698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41b83c71a9c3010bb4ef9d444b3b91611d2eeb998c84577bda2d9233c66ccd16/Oficinas_Electrolit_Houston_050.jpg" /> Refurbishment of historic building into offices In early 2023, Electrolit, the Mexican beverage brand, bought an early 20th century building in Houston to set up their US headquarters. Founded in Guadalajara, the company had a tradition of building urban campuses in low density neighborhoods by slowly buying and repurposing buildings over time. The structure they chose to begin their journey in Houston, a low slung, formerly industrial Spanish Revival slab located at the banks of Buffalo Bayou, resonated the ethos and cultural identity of the company. The project became an exercise in translation between the culture of the Mexican company and its new Texan context. The highly collaborative architecture team chosen to take on the rebuild was comprised of Guadalajara based architect Luis Aldrete, Houston-based firm Schaum Architects, headed by Troy Schaum, and Jesús Vassallo, also based in Houston. The objective from the outset was to create a contemporary work space imbued with the sophistication and relaxed character of residential architecture, balancing the industrial character of the existing building with a warm palette of natural materials reminiscent of Mexican living. With this ambition in mind, the architects stripped the existing concrete structure down to its bones, correcting and repairing some of the abuses that it had undergone through its many lives. Once the original space was visible, they introduced a series of volumetric, light wooden boxes that house smaller programs and inhabit the industrial space as sculptures, creating and lending proportion to the spaces around them. This strategy allowed the architects to add a range of needed meeting rooms and private offices of varying sizes, carefully spaced to delimit larger open work spaces and lounge areas. Midway through the design process, Mexican interior designers Aagnes were brought on board to work on the custom furniture and decor, a decision that facilitated the sourcing and fabrication of most of the small-scale elements in from local craftsmen in Guadalajara. As the team worked to blend the architecture and furniture seamlessly, they continued to deploy warm tones and raw materials in order to strike a balance between the rough and the delicate. The result, aided by the thoughtful use of natural light, is a relaxed and subdued atmosphere that stands in opposition to the stridence of contemporary corporate vernacular. Through its careful consideration of existing conditions and its balance between the industrial and the intimate, the project also manages to strike a different balance, between the company’s origins in Mexico and its new location in Houston. Ultimately, this new hybrid identity is a testament to a discerning client and a diverse group of architects and designers, all collaborating across borders to find common ground. &nbsp;Project authors: Luis Aldrete, Jesús Vassallo, Troy Schaum, Aagnes https://jesusvassallo.com/HOME Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:03:10 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/HOME https://jesusvassallo.com/Grey-House-1 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:39:37 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Grey-House-1 Grey House <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04fb964fba69efd731ca43c28b68d8dcd228aa82c5acbd91bd661065430efb2b/00.jpg" data-mid="159678092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04fb964fba69efd731ca43c28b68d8dcd228aa82c5acbd91bd661065430efb2b/00.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" 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border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcffa0e6dc181ee47cda4493ed69f6b13c3938bc3264cfd0caf29d558864f885/23.jpg" /> Renovation of a Shepherd’s Hut in Cantabria, Spain Grey House is the renovation of an abandoned shepherd’s hut in the Pas Valley area of Cantabria into a house for a young family. In the original building, the ground floor was occupied by a team of ten milk cows, while the upper floor contained minimal dwelling facilities for the shepherd and a large space for the storage of hay. Due to the stringent degree of protection of the original construction (both the valley’s landscape and the traditional building type are under preservation regimes), it soon became apparent that the architectural intervention would be highly restrained. The project then became a subtle reinterpretation, a careful but playful process of disassembling and abstracting local housing typologies, siting strategies, and construction details, of creating something different out of the misreading of those existing conditions. Suppressing the eaves and playing with the scale and position of openings yields a building that is monolithic yet playfully anthropomorphic (it has been likened to a rural emoji), a house that is small but commanding in its posture. The geometric play of terraces and small retaining walls helps articulate the relationship of the structure to the landscape and creates several areas for outdoor life appropriate for the different times of the day.&nbsp; Inside, the ground floor plan is designed to maximize the openness of the living space, with the kitchen, utilities and stair consolidated in a compact core running along the north facade. Upstairs, the plan is swiftly divided in three equal parts, producing as many bedrooms facing south. There is no waste in this layout, which seeks to produce a sense of generosity in the spaces through the use of solid materials and unusually large openings. Both inside and out, the choice of finishes creates a subdued atmosphere, tempering the traditional construction into a more contemporary condition without belying its ethos. The use of grey paint and clay mortars helps blend the material palette of stone, wood and concrete into something close to a monochrome, resulting in an ambiguously reserved building that changes appearance with the light of the day. https://jesusvassallo.com/Mesa-Trebol Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:16:15 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Mesa-Trebol Mesa Trebol <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bde295abf2834020ce094b9631768a206b038be790d85679beec6ff9e26e45a4/01-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bde295abf2834020ce094b9631768a206b038be790d85679beec6ff9e26e45a4/01-copy.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0da92dbb0599893381448f3d98d2c7d2e7e63b952942e33425cbd87000644c6e/02-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0da92dbb0599893381448f3d98d2c7d2e7e63b952942e33425cbd87000644c6e/02-copy.jpg" /> <img width="533" height="800" width_o="533" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b3ea8325c7d9eca3dcc814114b2f461c9b0cf1425550d99c7420ce5a07fc98e/03-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/533/i/0b3ea8325c7d9eca3dcc814114b2f461c9b0cf1425550d99c7420ce5a07fc98e/03-copy.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76b339d0214c37d763c611b8227cc0c80967410c54f0a94e4a52aeed90af20b4/04-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/76b339d0214c37d763c611b8227cc0c80967410c54f0a94e4a52aeed90af20b4/04-copy.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cbe3f6845a2aab52768b25fb82ee381dcf629af45e41570e1c4d4d06ef27940/05-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685665" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/8cbe3f6845a2aab52768b25fb82ee381dcf629af45e41570e1c4d4d06ef27940/05-copy.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96a445cbc60a190cf8e36f59397464d72f56a571d6e79690474259529b79c6f9/MA_II_JV_LV_JM_006-copy.jpg" data-mid="236685666" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/96a445cbc60a190cf8e36f59397464d72f56a571d6e79690474259529b79c6f9/MA_II_JV_LV_JM_006-copy.jpg" /> Table Set Mesa Trébol is a collaboration between brothers Jesús Vassallo (architect) and Luis Vassallo (visual artist and designer). On one hand, for an architect, designing furniture can be a lighter commission—an opportunity to break free from the constraints of building design. Within the realm of furniture, a coffee table in particular—given its place in the living room—emphasizes this playful and leisurely quality. In this case, we are presented with a set of tables, a cluster that can either form the centerpiece of a room or be scattered throughout the space, finding its own place. On the other hand, for a painter, the surface of a table becomes a canvas that invites drawing. What initially began as a series of lily pad-like circles gradually evolved into more complex botanical motifs—a tropical nature of shapes that recall both the furniture of the 1950s and the lush painting style of Tarsila do Amaral. Drawing nature is a way to understand it, to learn from it—not just its forms but also its design. Drawing a plant is also a way of paying tribute to the nature of the wood that now forms this object. A reminder that this wood was once a plant, and now, through these forms, it comes to represent nature once again. Nature imitating itself. Project authors: Jesús Vassallo, Luis Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Valdaliga Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:33:13 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Valdaliga Valdaliga <img width="810" height="900" width_o="810" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7971989d8cf0e3c922e5ccc4bf011acc00c2c75543c530f4291ce29bcd7fe62c/V1.png" data-mid="195036543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/810/i/7971989d8cf0e3c922e5ccc4bf011acc00c2c75543c530f4291ce29bcd7fe62c/V1.png" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48e486cd1bc951a3f56241992789f816385fe38995ce15979e55c2e941fa4dc3/V2.png" data-mid="195036544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48e486cd1bc951a3f56241992789f816385fe38995ce15979e55c2e941fa4dc3/V2.png" /> <img width="810" height="900" width_o="810" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb80d1bc14029b2dd145b4b22e02799f08d4cfbc6cefd17678dd4368040234f3/V3-2.png" data-mid="195036545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/810/i/bb80d1bc14029b2dd145b4b22e02799f08d4cfbc6cefd17678dd4368040234f3/V3-2.png" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b403df97d49f61746474e4ed535708943e6123340a9dcf8677b731c21710b3a7/V4.png" data-mid="195036548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/b403df97d49f61746474e4ed535708943e6123340a9dcf8677b731c21710b3a7/V4.png" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b67e8567083711f0c45104ccb8bd8a382ef464ec62522a12ac6c9d27b314e6f/V5.png" data-mid="195036550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/1b67e8567083711f0c45104ccb8bd8a382ef464ec62522a12ac6c9d27b314e6f/V5.png" /> <img width="1080" height="900" width_o="1080" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7bec5eab023e6d925bcc18262f70f9df3b6565b1a4cc64688472bca6229c460/V6.png" data-mid="195036552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7bec5eab023e6d925bcc18262f70f9df3b6565b1a4cc64688472bca6229c460/V6.png" /> Conversion of a Stone Farm in Cantabria, Spain Our client is a Dutch man who purchased the ruin of a dairy farm in the county of Valdaliga, in the North of Spain. The property is at the bottom of a secluded valley, at the edge of a hunting reserve covered by rain forest.&nbsp; A few meters from the house runs a mountain stream. The original construction is a stone farmstead, built over three stages starting in the late nineteenth century. Given the needs of the owner and the available budget, a decision was made to open up one third of the construction to create a protected porch oriented towards the mountain views in the West. In the remaining two thirds of the original footprint, the massive stone walls are restored and the rotting timber structure removed, revealing generous double height spaces. New services like the kitchen or bathrooms are inserted as light boxes in the masonry construction. The design is simple but rugged, honoring the immediacy of the original building. It provides refuge and comfort in the harsh winter, but also opens up to the site encouraging the dwellers to enjoy life outdoors. Project authors: Jesús Vassallo and Gabriel Fernández Abascal (GFA2) https://jesusvassallo.com/QRO Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:11:34 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/QRO QRO <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba6effa9f2ccb73bae55594905545ec36404ef44d0020ad2d23afa71c8caf318/Lobby-1.png" data-mid="236685628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba6effa9f2ccb73bae55594905545ec36404ef44d0020ad2d23afa71c8caf318/Lobby-1.png" /> <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/678a994c6ec435204328036b95b368724e59559f83f4e16371d705a62f69570a/Sala-1.png" data-mid="236685630" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/678a994c6ec435204328036b95b368724e59559f83f4e16371d705a62f69570a/Sala-1.png" /> <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ad2e94fc3813374ae79f474aa33c6fe8640264a764663061c59908285a68967/Sala-2.png" data-mid="236685631" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ad2e94fc3813374ae79f474aa33c6fe8640264a764663061c59908285a68967/Sala-2.png" /> <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5448c84a2a5d68cd9bc22b70f2ce6affccbfe4dedf2aff834407e23661cb7c6e/Sala-3.png" data-mid="236685632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5448c84a2a5d68cd9bc22b70f2ce6affccbfe4dedf2aff834407e23661cb7c6e/Sala-3.png" /> <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e276409e1f39e4e57261bf82cc8a219c8a0feb6553a7d733470ce507335722d8/Sala-4.png" data-mid="236685633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e276409e1f39e4e57261bf82cc8a219c8a0feb6553a7d733470ce507335722d8/Sala-4.png" /> <img width="1441" height="800" width_o="1441" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a546c52d3fa7ddfc9f6431c6bb2589cf93e683b263a49e06fb6b6b3d303bcac/Techumbre.png" data-mid="236685634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a546c52d3fa7ddfc9f6431c6bb2589cf93e683b263a49e06fb6b6b3d303bcac/Techumbre.png" /> Contemporary Art Center in Mexico A large infrastructural space is inhabited by cubist wooden sheds containing immersive installations. The space of the museum is radical in its ambiguity between interior and exterior. As if inhabiting a ruin, air flows and plants grow under the geometric array of beams, which cast its changing shadow on the floor and walls. Somewhere between a factory and a garden, the unfamiliar setting prepares the visitor for a more intense and immediate encounter with the art work. In its formal language, the project is an homage to the work of American artist Sol LeWitt. Project authors: Jesús Vassallo, Alfonso Jiménez Enciso, and Alfonso Garduño https://jesusvassallo.com/The-Houses-of-Guadalajara Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:45:04 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/The-Houses-of-Guadalajara The Houses of Guadalajara <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea219f339080959c9645b3c3ea5a704d14c1581ddb31b461ec594eb129ee90d1/ghost_guadalajara_01.jpg" data-mid="251287764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea219f339080959c9645b3c3ea5a704d14c1581ddb31b461ec594eb129ee90d1/ghost_guadalajara_01.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb039531020d0194a3db7cc00bc65d0679425722cc8ff5b628dfee23c4eaed66/ghost_guadalajara_03.jpg" data-mid="251287765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb039531020d0194a3db7cc00bc65d0679425722cc8ff5b628dfee23c4eaed66/ghost_guadalajara_03.jpg" /> <img 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98503e05bfd2dd9cadbbeef4007c01b49a8ceb64d9aeb8dfa87806e51a62acbc/ghost_guadalajara_19.jpg" data-mid="251287782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98503e05bfd2dd9cadbbeef4007c01b49a8ceb64d9aeb8dfa87806e51a62acbc/ghost_guadalajara_19.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02a562ed6da4134afe07159c8f105453bb593b53f2ec3c64aa0a38ef409b2575/ghost_guadalajara_20.jpg" data-mid="251287783" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02a562ed6da4134afe07159c8f105453bb593b53f2ec3c64aa0a38ef409b2575/ghost_guadalajara_20.jpg" /> Ghosts of Modernity, Ghosts of the Past This book studies the origins and late evolution of modern Mexican architecture through a series of houses built by two generations of architects during the 1920s and 1980s in Guadalajara. In doing this, the book proposes an alternative history of Mexican architecture, positioning Guadalajara as a counterpoint to Mexico City, and putting forward a series of works and ideas that suggest a different relationship between innovation and tradition. This is also, inevitably, a book about Luis Barragán and the long shadow he cast over Mexican architecture. It explores his early and little-known work as part of a generation of architect–engineers known as the Escuela Tapatía (the Guadalajara School), which in the 1920s developed an abstract and stylized reinterpretation of the regional architecture of Jalisco. Even less well known is the generation of architects who began their careers in Guadalajara in the early 1980s. This group took the work of Barragan and his colleagues from the 1920s as the starting point for their own production, resulting in an echo of an echo—a reinterpretation through time of an increasingly distant and abstracted original. Edited by Jesús Vassallo and Jorge Alberto Muñoz With texts by Claudia Rueda Velázquez and Isabela de Rentería With photographs by César Béjar and Rafael Palacios Macías Buy book here Publisher ‏ : ‎ BirkhäuserPublication date ‏ : ‎ May 29, 2026Language ‏ : ‎ English and SpanishPrint length ‏ : ‎ 176 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3035629927 Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.06 x 2 x 11.02 inches https://jesusvassallo.com/Fifth-Ward-Haven Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:39:31 +0000 Jesús Vassallo https://jesusvassallo.com/Fifth-Ward-Haven Fifth Ward Haven <img width="1279" height="800" width_o="1279" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f48988584dae178135e81843ac8875b329b6b971ef3b7581d39f6cc10e5a185/1.jpg" data-mid="181582974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f48988584dae178135e81843ac8875b329b6b971ef3b7581d39f6cc10e5a185/1.jpg" /> <img width="1361" height="800" width_o="1361" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56b7031d8259afaeabe9878fafc4220e8b299c9e876d1f271c31032ca58729cd/2.jpg" data-mid="181582976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56b7031d8259afaeabe9878fafc4220e8b299c9e876d1f271c31032ca58729cd/2.jpg" /> <img width="1279" height="800" width_o="1279" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bc970578dcb50639df0a2c6008e673c194f61de6570cce0096f059d561e44a5/3.jpg" data-mid="181582977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bc970578dcb50639df0a2c6008e673c194f61de6570cce0096f059d561e44a5/3.jpg" /> <img width="1120" height="800" width_o="1120" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34e36c9935588968ec96f9bfe8b550cc80a7b7e6b6cb2eab4fab60e37c265ca7/4.jpg" data-mid="181582979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34e36c9935588968ec96f9bfe8b550cc80a7b7e6b6cb2eab4fab60e37c265ca7/4.jpg" /> <img width="1120" height="800" width_o="1120" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3b7496ae80a692e78512e6543b32fe5678ae801d378cc7ba4f85963bc60f455/5.jpg" data-mid="181582980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3b7496ae80a692e78512e6543b32fe5678ae801d378cc7ba4f85963bc60f455/5.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="800" width_o="720" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5518f87be3b810bf0eed51d9190b4d5170dc3286b81a05019be815885467dba3/6.jpg" data-mid="181582981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/5518f87be3b810bf0eed51d9190b4d5170dc3286b81a05019be815885467dba3/6.jpg" /> <img width="1279" height="800" width_o="1279" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad2ddafab08da449c6198db4e5f9f175ef0887f48c4d8ca154debff6813bc804/7.jpg" data-mid="181582982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad2ddafab08da449c6198db4e5f9f175ef0887f48c4d8ca154debff6813bc804/7.jpg" /> Community Center and Emergency Shelter in Houston The community center is located along Lyons Avenue, in Houston’s Fifth Ward, one of the city’s historic African American communities. The site is chosen such that the community center reinforces an East-West axis of neighborhood civic institutions, and becomes the logistic center for its famed Easter Renaissance Festival. Additionally, the site is located on high ground, South of one of the most vulnerable parts of town which sit on the floodplain, making it a natural haven for neighbors affected by Houston’s recurring flood events. On normal days, the Fifth Ward Haven acts as a neighborhood hub for cultural, and civic events, as well as a place where children of all ages can enjoy after school activities and play in a safe and inspiring environment. On the day of an emergency, however, the free plan of the building is cleared out to operate as a shelter, with the ancillary modules flanking the main volume acting as support spaces to provide all basic needs, and symbolically represent the strength and resilience of the neighborhood.