Javier Senosiain

Javier Senosiain is a Mexican architect organic architecture.[1] He has been a professor of architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Early life

Javier Senosiain was born in Mexico in 1948.[2][3]

Career

Javier Senosiain's architectural creations have attracted both comment and controversy. A house at Vista del Valle, north of Mexico City sits on a hill overlooking the city and is designed in the shape of a shark. It is a ferro-concrete construction coated with polyurethane and UV-resistant elastomeric waterproofing. Inside it comprises a complex labyrinth of rooms and interconnecting carpeted tunnels.

Publication

  • Senosiain, Javier. Bio-Architecture Oxford, England, Architectural Press.
  • Senosiain, Javier. Organic Architecture, Mexico City, Mexico, AM Editores. 2008 | ISBN 9709726900

References

  1. ↑ http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/how-we-happen-to-be/194882.article?sm=194882
  2. ↑ http://mexicoart.org/2011/07/05/javier-senosiain-1948
  3. ↑ "Javier Senosiain, exponente de la arquitectura orgánica en México". Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish). 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
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