ESTUDIO Ignacio Urquiza y Ana Paula de Alba. Architecture practice based in Ciudad de México, founded by Ignacio Urquiza and Ana Paula de Alba.
The studio seeks to generate design and architecture congruent with the current economic, political, social, and environmental context. To achieve this, it works with three main elements: the object (what we design), the user (for whom we design), and the context (where what we design is placed), assigning them equal value or importance. In reality, it is in the interplay between these three elements of such distinct natures that their designs and architecture are generated.
Ana Paula de Alba studied Interior Design with a distinction of Excellence in Design at Parsons The New School of Design (2012). She worked on residential interior design projects at Shaker Inc. in New York (2013-2014). In 2014, she returned to Mexico City and worked as an interior architect at the design firm ESRAWE (2014-2015). Subsequently, she collaborated with Gloria Cortina on residential interior design projects both within Mexico and internationally. In parallel, she was part of the design team for special editions of the GC Ediciones collectable furniture line (2015-2019).
Ana Paula has participated in the development and coordination of interior design projects within Mexico and internationally; she now directs her own design firm, a p d a, focused primarily on residential and hospitality design projects, creating value through concepts and designs rooted in Mexican culture with a contemporary language and an aesthetic curated specifically for each context.
Ignacio Urquiza Seoane studied photography in Paris, France (2002), completed his studies in architecture and urban planning with honors at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City (2007), and holds a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, USA (2014). In 2008, he co-founded the Center for Architectural Collaboration, where he served as Design Director until 2018. Since 2019, he has founded and directed Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos, an architecture firm based in Mexico City.
Ignacio has developed and coordinated architectural and urban projects throughout Mexico, collaborating with numerous architects. His work has been published in various national and international print and digital media outlets, and he has received several awards in the field of architecture, including the Luis Barragán Award for "Young Architect Career Achievement" from the College of Architects in 2017 and the 2019 Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York.
