Beatriz Peschard

Beatriz Peschard Mijares is a Mexican architect. She founded the architecture firm Bernardi Peschard Arquitectura in 2000 and has focused mostly on "high-end" residential and hospitality projects.[1] Her designs, such as the AA315 House in Mexico City, use motifs from iconic architects such as Mies van der Rohe.[1]

Beatriz Peschard Mijares
Born
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality Mexico
Alma materUniversidad Anáhuac México
OccupationArchitect
Spouse(s)Alejandro Bernardi
AwardsCréateurs Design Award (2020)

The AA315 House incorporates the surrounding landscape with an ultra-luxury modernist design.[2] Peschard's combination of nature and modernism has received widespread acclaim. In 2020, she won the Créateurs Design Award for Best Residential Design for the Country House Valle de Bravo.[3]

Peschard currently serves on the editorial board of Architectural Digest México.[4]

Early Life and Education

Born in Mexico City, Peschard traveled frequently as a child. Citing global culture and art forms as primary influences, Peschard has observed that her trajectory toward architecture began when she was eight years old when she designed a pool to be built in the empty lot next to her family's home.[5]

Peschard studied architecture in Mexico City at Universidad Anáhuac México and was taught by many of 20th century Mexico’s most famous architects, including Mario Pani, José Luis Calderón Cabrera, Héctor Bracho, and Sara Topelson.

Her primary influences are Luis Barragan, Richard Meier, and Aldo Rossi, though Peschard has stated that inspiration from classic architecture must be paired alongside creative ingenuity in order to "find the formula to do something new.”[5]

Personal life

While a student at Universidad Anáhuac México, Peschard met Alejandro Bernardi, who later became her husband. Bernardi co-founded Bernardi + Peschard Arquitectura with Peschard in 2000.

On being married to her business partner, Peschard noted that it brings “heart” into her work. Her family was a significant influence in the development her style, as she stated, “In my family they always taught me how to work and that challenges make you learn, they enrich you.”[5]

This incorporation of the personal sphere into professional projects has resulted in a deep passion for seeking a balance between durability, neutrality and timelessness, rooted in Peschard’s own balance between “family life, being a mother, and her work.”[5][6]

Career

Peschard has been designing private homes, residential projects, and mixed-use corporate offices in Mexico since 1991. In interviews, she has stated that she believes Mexico City is a uniquely situated space for architectural experimentation.[5] This profound belief in the importance of taking risks has resulted in her ultra-luxury modernist style, which incorporates a minimalist design seamlessly balanced with the surrounding natural environment.[1]

Her interior designs often "revolve around art" and her buildings have included pieces by Hengue, Ceccotti, Minotti and Christophe Delcourt. According to Architectural Digest, the harmony of space in her designs is achieved "due to the application of a sober color palette, where gray tones and a contrast of natural woods converge." Peschard stated, ""Efforts have been made to transmit feelings of tranquility and beauty in all areas of the project."[7]

Peschard has advocated for architectural design to best reflect the desires of its future occupants. She said, "Although the work may be signed by us, it is the client who will inhabit it, that is why we always have it in mind."[5] When designing clients looking for ultra-luxury, Peschard believes the design should "reflect a refined lifestyle" through its "perfect communion between interior and exterior."[8]

In 2017, she said that it’s important to “Try to invent new things, not to copy either the Mexican or the foreigner... [but to] search our history and combine what we find with technological and technical advances to create something personal and innovative.”[5]

Selected Works of Beatriz Peschard
AA315 House (Mexico City)
La Casa en el Pacifico (Guerrero)
HLT4 House (Mexico City)

Awards
  • 2005 | AD México, Íconos del Diseño Award (Best Corporate Architecture)[9]
  • 2017 | AD México, Íconos del Diseño Award (Best Residential Architecture) - AA315 House[10]
  • 2020 | Créateurs Design Award (Best Residential Design) - Country House Valle de Bravo[3]

References
  1. Gander, Kashmira. "Inside the Mexico City garden home where nature and modernism seamlessly connect". INDY/LIFE. Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. Ayoubi, Ayda. "AA315 House". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. Dietz, Kasia. "The Glamorous Créateurs Design Awards Took Place Last Night at the Ritz Paris". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. Esparza, Israel. "Iconos del Diseño 2019. La gran fiesta del diseño y la arquitectura". MSN Estilo de Vida. MSN. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. Romero, Graciela. "Inventar desde la experiencia: Beatriz Peschard". México Design. Grupo México Design. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. "Casa Bernardi + Peschard". InHouse México. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. "Beatriz Peschard: Un departamento de líneas puras". Architectural Digest México. Architectural Digest. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  8. Espinosa, Maria Elena. "Conjunción de volúmenes". AD México. Architectural Digest. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. "Colaboraciones: Bernardi + Peschard Arquitectura". Abilia. Abilia México. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. "Architectural Digest presenta su 13° edición de Iconos del Diseño 2017 en Teopanzolco, Morelos". Condé Nast: México y Latinoamerica. Condé Nast. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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