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Eréndira Tranquilino holds a master’s degree in Urban Design from the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto.

She is a licensed architect from Mexico, holding a five-year bachelor’s degree in Architecture from UNAM, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Erendira worked at Estudio MMX, a recognized architecture and urban design studio, where she acquired extensive experience.

In 2016, Eréndira established a small architecture studio.

This document shows a selection of projects on which she collaborated, some of which she designed at her professional experience and her urban design master projects.

Exhibition in GSD_Kirkland Gallery Exhibited piece: Line Cambridge Massachusetts, U.S.A. 2019

Designer: Erendira Tranquilino Exhibition: A quien corresponda 2019

Gallery: Kirkland Gallery at the GSD Kirkland Gallery at Harvard University.

Description:

Line as: definition of a volume projection depth limit origin

Description:

Garden of Art Pavilion San Rafael neighborhood, Mexico City, 2017

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino in collaboration with R-Zero Team: Oscar Díaz, Omar Granados and Cesar Castillo

Constructor: Gursa SA de CV

Photography: Dane alonso

In 2017, the R-Zero architecture office was in charge of developing the project for the plaza to the monument to the Mother on Sullivan and Reforma streets in the center of Mexico City. That same year, we were invited to design the Art Garden Pavilion. Located behind the mother monument is the Art Garden. This garden is used on weekends by painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., who exhibit and sell their paintings outdoors, a tradition since 1955.

The project consists of 3 offset volumes of different heights, with a skatepark in front. The first volume contains public services, the second has two levels for the park’s management team, and the third includes an interior ramp to the artists’ warehouse and a bench outside that functions as the skatepark. The government carried out the project, and due to budget issues, the original project was altered by eliminating one level and modifying all the windows.

MUD_ ATLAS, 2023

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino, Mahima Patel and Akshaya Shankar Advisor : Simon Rabyniuk

Description:

Through an Atlas, we worked on an overlay exercise to understand the different elements related to the Housing Crisis in Toronto. Nature, Norms, Transport and Income were the main layers from where we studied one of the biggest problems for the City.

Plazas Nayarit- SEDATU

Designer: Estudio MMX

Team: Erendira Tranquilino

Photography: Daniel Alonso

Description:

In 2018, Hurricane Willa destroyed much of the infrastructure of the municipalities of Tecuala and Agua Verde in the state of Nayarit. In 2019, in collaboration with Estudio MMX, two public squares and a sports park were designed and built.

In Tecuala, the project assigned was La Plaza a la Madre. In Agua Verde, the projects assigned were the church plaza and a sports car.

The projects and their program were designed through public consultations with the surrounding communities. The red partition was used for slopes and flooring as a construction material so the inhabitants could participate in the construction since it is a local construction method. In the three projects, the partition slope was used to generate a habitable topography, delimit spaces, exalt a sculpture, and provide stands.

Parque Infonavit, PMU SEDATU Cardenas, Tabasco, 2020

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino in collaboration with Alejandro Quintanilla

Team: Omar Granados y Viridiana Hernandez

Constructor: Jorge Levi

Photography: Onnis Luque

Description:

As part of the Urban Improvement Program through SEDATU (The Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development), highly marginalized areas are intervened with through architectural projects to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants.

The project is based on a single apparent concrete construction module that functions as the main structure. Depending on their use, it is flexible to certain variations through interior partition walls, platforms at different levels, and roof openings. The same module has the following variations in the project: an open forum, games area, cafeteria, and area for diners and services. These modules are located throughout the park, between planters, a children’s play area, small squares and a multipurpose field.

The project was a finalist by UN-Habitat and UIA (International Union of Architects) for the UIA 2030 Award.It was nominated for work of the year by Archdaily and won a Silver Medal at the XVI Biennial of Tabasqueña Architecture for the Urban Regeneration category in 2023.

MUD_ Reshaping the City: Sheppard Avenue, 2022

Description:

Through an investigation into the unfavorable avenues of the city concerning pedestrians, an intervention was proposed on Sheppard Avenue, where the avenue was reconfigured in terms of scale, green areas, mixed-use and housing, among others. In conjunction with this proposal, strategies were suggested to intervene and enhance West Highland Creek.

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino, Anahita Nahoomi, Melisa Villegas Advisor : Michael Piper

Minatitlan´s Pier. PMU SEDATU Minatitlán, Veracruz, 2021

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino and Mariel Collard in collaboration with Alejandro Quintanilla Team: Omar Granados, Viridiana Hernandez

Description:

As part of the Urban Improvement Program through SEDATU (The Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development), highly marginalized areas are intervened through architectural projects to improve their inhabitants’ quality of life.

The project proposes a 2.7km long continuous walkway parallel to the Coatzacoalcos River. The route is articulated by a series of specific interventions that generate living spaces, routes that bring the visitor closer to the river and promote physical and recreational activities. In general, the project seeks to revalue and revitalize the characteristic wetland ecosystems of this territory and their importance in riverine ecology.

The project areas are called:

A- Umbral

B- Humedal de Tributario

C- La

D- Accesos a Río

E-

F- Estación

Punta

Humedal de Río

A- Umbral

F- Estación

C- La Punta

Description:

The project is located at the entrance of the Magdalena River to Mexico City. According to water quality studies, it was found that there is a section of the river where it is contaminated. In the absence of infrastructure on the part of the city, there are self-built homes, which, lacking a drainage system, connect their waste pipes to the river. Likewise, they lack public spaces to exercise, and their relationship to the river is zero.

Through remediation with natural technologies of the Magdalena River, access to the green spaces adjacent to the water is sought to generate public spaces for coexistence, connection and recreation. And thus generate a healthier relationship between the community and nature.

MUD_ Magdalena River Mexico City, 2023

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino Advisors: Maya Desai, Kanwal Aftab

Water and Mexico City 2024

Description:

Mexico City is the most populous city in North America and one of the most important cultural centers in the world.

Today, this territory faces one of the worst water crises in history.

What few know is that the area where around 25 million people live was once a lake. However, its citizens are unaware that this vital liquid is running out, their responsibility and how its hydraulic system works.

My thesis project seeks to document and advocate to make this water crisis and its causes and effects visible through an Atlas and readable media.

The project is divided into three parts:

The history of the lake and how it was dried

The water system today and what strategies can be applied to conserve water

What are the different scenarios for Water in The City

I believe that education leads to awareness, and this leads to change.

The website for the research project: https://aguacdmx.com/

Designer: Eréndira Tranquilino Advisors: Petros Babsikas and Mason White

Aerial View 1521 /Mexico City

Aerial View 2024_Tenochtitlan

Map showing how the lakes were gradually dried up

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