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ARV is an architectural studio based in Mexico City and founded in 2010 by Rodrigo Velasco. We are specialists in real estate development projects and we focus on regenerative design, thinking and business.
We understand that regenerative companies come onto the scene arm in arm with the economic model of sustainability and are contrary to the extractive economy. These companies focus on regenerating degraded natural, social and economic ecosystems by implementing a profitable business model that allows them to meet future market demands, without neglecting the communities that make a living through the design of economic activities with a positive impact.
We believe that architecture in the 21st century can no longer be based on the idea of having isolated buildings in cities; they must be tools that help the communities in which they exist. They must weave urban and architectural relationships that produce a positive impact on the societies where they occur. This can help improve the economy and social relations and ecology through the injections of capital that occur at different scales of construction.
This is why the work is key to economies, as it can permeate all economic sectors involved in it, from the highest sectors to local microeconomies. In this way, financial interests are not at odds with social, economic, human and transformation interests; on the contrary, together they create a symbiosis that makes financial capital grow.
As an architectural studio, we are always looking for projects that represent a challenge, starting with a strong research stage and identifying the user's needs to then explore different ways of approaching problems to diversify their solutions.
Each future building must be designed in a particular way to be analyzed within a clear design strategy, achieving a result that transforms the relationship of the dialogue between the projected architectural object and its environment. Our multidisciplinary team works hand in hand with clients and in collaboration with experts in different fields to obtain the necessary knowledge, gain value and establish the method to serve the project and its areas of influence. We perfectly understand the needs of each of the actors involved in the development of the projects. Through project diagnoses, we begin to provide specific responses to specific issues.
We focus on rethinking the existing, seeking to debunk myths and face the challenges of contemporary society, which is constantly changing. We look to the past and the present to try to shape a better future. Our projects are a manifestation of today's world and how we want to live tomorrow. Taking into account the context, we develop around it and seek to generate a dialogue with it.
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