Uriel Chávez
Architect | Designer
Passionate architectural designer with over 5 years of experience in the development of diverse architectural, urban, and museographic projects. My expertise lies in the combination of graphic visualization and design skills to create spaces that offer comprehensive solutions and evoke atmospheres that cater to the physical and emotional needs of their occupants.
uschavez92@gmail.com
Mexico City
www.linkedin.com/in/uriel-schavez in
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Jan 2024 – Present
Jun 2023 – Nov 2023
Apr 2022 – Feb 2023
Jan 2019 – Jun 2019
Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Urban Design & Construction Supervisor
Jayol, Mexico City
Freelance Architect
Mexico City
Construction Supervisor
E. Schütte - Santander, Mexico City
Drafter
UG Plans, Denver, Colorado (remote)
Architect Jr
Taller del Sur, Mexico City
Museographer
CCUT, Mexico City
Drafter
Obrecap, Mexico City
Education
Aug 2020 – Jul 2021
Aug 2012 - Jul 2019
Sep 2016 - Sep 2017
Courses
Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
Master in Project Management
UNAM, Mexico City
Bachelor of Architecture
UNAM, Mexico City
Master I and II
ENSA Paris Val de Seine, Paris, France
BIM Management
Integra BIM Mx, Mexico City
Skills
AutoCAD | Revit | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign | SketchUp | 3ds Max | Lumion | Twinmotion | Enscape | ArcGIS | Procreate
Languages
Spanish | English | French
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New Museum of Fine Arts
Ciudad Ya’ax Reims, France Marseille, France Yucatan, Mexico
ZAC Vallon de Régny
Tlaxcala, Mexico
Paper Factory Hand drawings
Year: 2017
Location: Reims, France
Type: Academic
Standing as Reims’ new city landmark, the New Museum of Fine Arts expands the museum’s original collection, featuring a new range of cultural and recreational activities while offering an introspective view towards a Roman archeological site.
The monolithic museum features a deliberate scarcity of windows and openings giving a sense of introspection to the visitors, urging them to focus on the exhibitions or the Roman ruins that lies at the bottom of the building. These openings, strategically placed, deliver a play of lights and shadows, evoking the sensation of mystery, mysticism, and tranquility of traditional stained-glass windows from gothic cathedrals.
A spiraling corridor that winds around the ruins, leads the circulation within the museum, drawing attention inward, towards the Roman vestiges, and gradually ascending from darkness into light.
Outside the museum, where there was once a parking lot, now lies two expansive squares:
The first one, sunken and immediately beneath the building, houses a welcoming café where visitors and pedestrians can seek refuge from the bustle of the street, enjoying a coffee with a view towards the Roman ruins through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the museum’s entrance.
The second square, situated just above the sunken one, aligns proportionally with the museum’s dimensions. Here, the citizens of Reims can leisurely stroll and relish in this public space while gazing upon the cream and pink monolithic museum, flanked by the iconic Boulingrin Market and, in the distance, the Porte de Mars.
Year: 2016
Location: Marseille, France
Type: Academic
At the heart of Marseille’s 9th district, at the Régny Valley, nestled between the mountain and the sea, lies the “ZAC Vallon de Régny” project (ZAC stands for Zone d’Aménagement Concerté, meaning ‘Planned Development Zone’). Spanning approximately six hectares, this multifamily complex seamlessly integrates social housing, commercial spaces, and offices within the picturesque landscape of the valley.
The strategic arrangement of buildings, configured in a comb-like shape to maximize sun exposure and natural ventilation, stands perpendicular to the Boulevard Urbain Sud,
This “laminate” distribution creates porosity between territories, fostering a fluid connection while maintaining essential panoramic views, preserving the visual link between the mountain and the sea.
Carefully planned variations in building height intertwine with sunlight throughout the day, while the concentration of services in the central square drives a centrality dynamic around the valley. This square, shaped by the topography of the terrain into a green amphitheater, aims to offer coherence between textures, promoting a mineral environment that connects green spaces with pedestrian pathways.
The perspective from the urban boulevard becomes a threshold that adds depth to the ensemble, preserving residents’ privacy while connecting and revealing different spaces. The landscape axis stands as the backbone of the neighborhood, weaving alleys and pedestrian pathways, projecting a long-term vision to integrate new metro stops and open pathways that link residential areas with this innovative complex.
This project focuses not only on architectural functionality but also on ecological integration, promoting Mediterranean species and valorizing less attended urban areas through diverse pedestrian walks, becoming a space that embraces and celebrates harmony between the community and its surroundings.
■ Housing typologies
Plot housing
Collective housing
Intermediate housing
a) Ground floor plan
b) Typical floor plan c) Typical section
Housing
■ Section a - a’
Year: 2019
Location: Yucatan, Mexico
In the face of rapid urban development in Mérida, Yucatán, traditional indigenous villages, like Caucel, have found themselves caught in the unstoppable advancement of urban expansion, becoming isolated and encapsulated within the city. The urban project of Ciudad Ya’ax, aside from providing housing and urban infrastructure, aims to address these critical challenges.
Ciudad Ya’ax (Ciudad, which means ‘City’ in Spanish; Ya’ax, derived from Mayan, meaning ‘Green’) has two main objectives: firstly, to heal the urban fabric by reintegrating the historic village of Caucel with the new urban complex; secondly, to create a natural barrier that halts excessive growth and safeguards this historical village from urban isolation. Inspired by the rich heritage of Maya culture, the project reinterprets heritage elements like the Sacbé (white path) and the Manzana Maya (Maya block) in the urban fabric, introducing a system of urban superblocks that encourage outdoor living, community cohesion, and sustainable mobility.
These superblocks are linked together through walkable routes, prioritizing public and sustainable transportation
Type: Academic ■ Conceptual masterplan
over private vehicles. The bioclimatic design of the residences adapts to the surroundings and reflects the physical, social, and cultural needs of its inhabitants, fostering a sense of belonging and identity within the community.
Ciudad Ya’ax establishes itself as a sustainable and ecofriendly city, focused on reducing CO2 emissions and creating accessible spaces centered around pedestrians. The project’s landscaping, highlighted by abundant endemic vegetation and green spaces, beautifies and contributes to mitigate CO2 emissions, aiming to maintain a pleasant environment in the complex.
This project intends not only to confront uncontrolled urbanization but also to stablish a transcendent link between history and modernity. By reintegrating Caucel’s cultural heritage with the urban fabric of Merida, this project aims to preserve ancestral identity and ecological balance, charting a path towards harmonious coexistence between the legacy of the past and the necessities of the present.
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■ Aerial view (Buffer zone)
Year: 2018
Location: Tlaxcala, Mexico
Type: Professional
The renovation of a paper factory in Tlaxcala, Mexico, marked my first approach into the development of construction documents at a professional level.
My role involved producing detailed technical drawings that addressed the layout and distribution of the factory’s machinery, as well as its foundations and technical specifications.
Engaging in this task not only allowed me to apply and improve my technical drawing skills but also to grasp the logistical and functional complexity of a large-scale project.
Collaborating on the development of construction documents of such a significant infrastructure provided invaluable insights in my professional growth. Beyond enhancing my design skills, it contributed to a more comprehensive understanding and visualization of architecture in a professional level.
In this chapter, I showcase some of the work I undertook for this project.
■ Detail drawings
machine foundation floor plan
Refiner machine sections
Hand drawing has been my primary tool to explore, experiment, and comprehend ideas and emotions that emerge during my design process, providing authenticity and an emotional connection between what I imagine, and what I want to express and create.
More than just an artistic expression, hand drawing has been an intimate way to communicate the essence of my ideas and projects, serving as an intrinsic tool that allows me to explore and understand the complexity of my designs.
Each stroke narrates the exploration of concepts, design decisions, and the evolution of each project. These sketches tell stories of imagination, representing moments of reflection and creativity, becoming a visual testimony of a creative process.
In this final chapter, I share some of my hand-drawn works that capture the essence of my design process and manifest the importance they hold in my work as an architect and designer.
