Session 1
First work session @leap Presentation of the site, its context and relationship with the city of Mazatlan followed by a Q&A session. @leap
Birthday!
Birthday cake @leap January 21st. First birthday cake of the year. We took a break to eat cake and celebrate!
Visit to Mármol – Old Cement Factory
Old Cement Factory at Mármol de Salcido We visited the old cement factory with authorities from IMPLAN Mazatlán. A representative of Cemex showed us the installations, explained how the cement factory used to work and how it processed raw sandstone into cement. We could witness first hand all the potential that the site has and …
Working session at IMPLAN, Mazatlán
Meeting at IMPLAN. January 16th – 18th. Working session at IMPLAN, Mazatlán. During two days in January, LEAP´s principals visited Mazatlán for a working session with IMPLAN´s Director. The session involved local authorities, environmentalists, hotels representatives and planners. We discussed the possibilities of development at the north end of the city, which is where Mármol …
A session on representation.
Work session @leap Today we invited Jonathan Estrada, the founder and director of Datemajac, a company that is innovating techniques in architectural representation. We have been working with Datemajac for several years, they have given us a competitive edge by allowing us to respond faster to our clients with high-end architectural illustrations. The technique used …
Visiting Terra.
Work session @terra Adpprentice´s participants visited Terra for a personal consultation regarding the mapping process of the site.
Work session. – January 22nd
Work session @leap Through group sessions and discussions we give form to ideas and concepts. We are at the initial stages of design process: gathering information, mapping the information, taking decisions, exploring options.
Day 1 – Día de Reyes
Rosca de Reyes @leap In México we have a special celebration on January 6th, it is called Día de Reyes and we commemorate the biblical story about three Magicians that came to Belen from Middle East to give presents to new born Jesus. In the Mexican tradition we gather on this date to eat a …
Day 1 – Welcoming our guests.
Introducing our guests to the studio. January 6th 2020 After a year of preparation we are finally opening the doors of our studio to the first generation of young architects in the AADP Program by Adpprentice. We received applications from Latin America, Europe and United States. The selection process was hard and finally we selected …