The Architecture of Time 2020

Pablo Pérez Palacios (Mexico City, 1980) studied in Florence, Italy before he started a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in Mexico City’s Universidad Iberoamericana and Barcelona’s Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (2000-2005). He pursued a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University in New York City. Subsequently, he established DCPP Architects (2007-2017) with Alfonso de la Concha. In 2018, he started PPAA, Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados, an architecture studio located in Mexico City that defines itself as an independent professional practice concentrated on architecture, art, urban, and interior design. PPAA seeks an architecture of ideas over forms. The studio is constantly participating in several competitions, and its work has been published worldwide. It was a finalist at the Concurso Papalote Museo del Niño Iztapalapa (Mexico City, 2015); and, with the project Cerrada Reforma 108, it received the silver medal in the category of “Single Family Home” at the A’Design Award 2013 and the silver medal in the category of “Vivienda Unifamiliar,” with the project Cerrada Reforma 108 at the Bienal de Arquitectura de la Ciudad de México 2013. In addition, Pablo has collaborated with contemporary visual artists such as Rita Ponce de León and Abraham Cruzvillegas. He was the winner of Frienze and Grupo Reforma’s Frienze Entremuros Price in 2017, in the category “Best Unifamiliar Residence,” with the project Casa Campestre.

Born in Mexico City in 1987. Graduated as an architect from the Universidad Ibero Americana in 2011, with a degree in sustainable urban planning, and opened RA! office in 2017, alng with Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar and Santiago Sierra. Previous to RA! he worked in offices such as: TARME - Carranza Ruiz/ Vazquez del Mercado Arquitectos/ Abax Arquitectos and FR-EE - Fernando Romero manong others, where he was in charge of several projects in Mexico City, Miami, Havana, Ciudad Juarez and other cities. Competition achivements in RA! Carpineto Mountain Hut: Honorable Mention Brisas del Marques Competition : 1st Place Centro del Son Jarocho: 1st Place Premio Felix Candela: 1st Place Architecture expositions: Bienal de Venecia 23 in Archivo de Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City Abierto de Diseño, Mexico City/ Guadalajara A quien corresponda, GSD Kirkland Gallery/ Harvard - Cambridge Currently working for an exposition in Mextropoli - Arquine in Mexico City

Chad Oppenheim is a Miami-based international architect whose work encompasses all realms of design, ranging from large-scale urban architecture, hotels and resorts, luxury homes to interiors and furnishings. Founded in 1999, Oppenheim Architecture + Design has garnered global recognition for socially and environmentally conscious architecture, as well as setting trends in the sustainable and humanitarian sectors. An alchemist of atmosphere, Oppenheim transforms the prosaic into the poetic – eliciting a site’s inherent power through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature. The environment continues as the main inspiration behind the firm’s work. In Miami, Oppenheim thoughtfully made an impact on the local community with the donation of an enchanting new entrance to Simpson Park, one of South Florida’s last natural hardwood hammock ecosystems. Having expanded to Europe with an office in Basel, Switzerland; Oppenheim’s completion of the Enea Headquarters in Rapperswil-Jona, sets the stage for the world’s first tree museum. Design is underway for a stunning new benchmark of ecological sensitivity along Surfers Paradise Beach on Australia’s Gold Coast. As a result of winning an international design competition, the 1,500,000 SF (140,000m2) mixed-use development will push the boundaries of nature and experience. The Wadi Rum Resort – located in Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert – will execute unprecedented innovation with the design of an eco-resort carved into the stone of the desert.Oppenheim’s built large-scale works range from the elegant 50-story, 600,000 SF (56,000m2) Ten Museum Park tower along the downtown Miami waterfront, to Oppenheim’s design for the 1,600,000 SF (145,000m2) multi-tower Net Metropolis commercial complex in Manila which has the distinction of being the pilot project for the Filipino government’s first ever national sustainable design program, developed in concert with the US Green Building Council. Now Oppenheim is designing multiple hotel and residential towers in New York City. Having worked on projects in 23 countries, Oppenheim has experience in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia/Pacific regions. His firm’s award-winning work has been published internationally in over 1,000 publications including multiple times in The New York Times and Architectural Record.A graduate of Cornell University, his uncompromising commitment to green architecture has made Oppenheim a highly sought-after global lecturer, adjunct professor of architecture at Florida International University, and the recipient of over 50 academic and career distinctions, including 33 AIA Awards. Oppenheim’s Miami house is a direct reflection of his philosophies. Featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, where hailed as “a minimalist on a beach of excess,” he resides in Villa Allegra with his wife and muse, Ilona, their son Hendrix and their daughter Liloo.