Michan Architecture https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2915 en-us Michan Architecture Transforms a Mid-Century Apartment Building in Mexico City http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17407 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17407-michan-architecture-transforms-a-mid-century-apartment-building-in-mexico-city Design Vanguard 2019: Michan Architecture Isaac Michan walks a fine line between the overly familiar and the eerily unrecognizable.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14092 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14092-design-vanguard-2019-michan-architecture TL 2816 A mixed-use development under construction in the southwest part of Mexico City, this project is divided into two towers—one for offices, the other for housing—that diverge at the ground level, where a new pedestrian street filled with retail space is located. Photo courtesy Michan Architecture OKU Completed last year, this Japanese restaurant has a faceted ceiling. Two of the facets open up as inverted oculi over the sushi bar, whose interiors are clad in brass to contrast with the raw finish of the rest of the ceiling. The remaining interiors are oak. Photo © Yoshiro Kotani Z53 Social Housing The structure at the parking level is reinforced concrete, transferring the loads to masonry walls, which blur the boundary between structure and ornament, on the floors above. Photo © Rafael Gamo ( ) Pavilion The temporary pavilion, part of 2018’s MEXTRÓPOLI, the largest architecture festival in Latin America, appeared as a simple box from the outside but revealed a dynamic concave arrangement of bricks on the inside. Photo © Jaime Navarro Luma Café The subtle space features exposed concrete benches, graphic terrazzo floors, traditional textured stucco vertical lines on walls, and a ceiling element that combines cabled light bulbs and large hanging felt mounds. Photo © Vicente Muños