KEN is an architecture studio founded by architect Matías Martínez who was born in Mexico City in 1984. He graduated as an architect from the Universidad Autónoma de México UNAM, Taller Max Cetto, earning a Mention of Honor. He complemented his professional training with an academic exchange program at The University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Since 2009, he has been working as an academic at the School of Architecture at UNAM. Additionally, he has been a member of the College of Architects of Mexico City since 2014 and a member of the UNAM Foundation since 2019.
His work primarily focuses on public spaces, and it has been recognized in the XII, XIII, XV, and XVII editions of the National and International Biennial of Mexican Architecture. It has also gained acknowledgment in the V Biennial of Architecture of Mexico City and has been featured in exhibitions such as "21 Young Mexican Architects" second edition at the National Museum of Architecture in the Palace of Fine Arts in 2018. Furthermore, his work was part of the exhibition "Scenarios of Transformation Architects UNAM 1969-2015" at the University Museum of Sciences and Arts (MUCA), showcasing the work of outstanding graduates of the School of Architecture at UNAM from 1969 to the present. His work was also published in "El relevo generacional. Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea" by Designio Editorial in 2014. Notable projects include the "Linear Park and Glorieta Insurgentes Mixcoac," the "Integral Rehabilitation of the Fuente de Petróleos and its surroundings," and the "Neighborhood Park C, Market in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit."
His work primarily focuses on public spaces, and it has been recognized in the XII, XIII, XV, and XVII editions of the National and International Biennial of Mexican Architecture. It has also gained acknowledgment in the V Biennial of Architecture of Mexico City and has been featured in exhibitions such as "21 Young Mexican Architects" second edition at the National Museum of Architecture in the Palace of Fine Arts in 2018. Furthermore, his work was part of the exhibition "Scenarios of Transformation Architects UNAM 1969-2015" at the University Museum of Sciences and Arts (MUCA), showcasing the work of outstanding graduates of the School of Architecture at UNAM from 1969 to the present. His work was also published in "El relevo generacional. Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea" by Designio Editorial in 2014. Notable projects include the "Linear Park and Glorieta Insurgentes Mixcoac," the "Integral Rehabilitation of the Fuente de Petróleos and its surroundings," and the "Neighborhood Park C, Market in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit."
