Javier Sanchez is an international renowned architect and developer based in Mexico City. He is the founding partner and lead designer of JSª- architectural workshop. Javier Sanchez graduated as an architect with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), and received a Masters degree in Science and Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and is currently a member of the National System of Creators for the National Council for the Arts in Mexico.With over 15 years of experience and up to 60 national and international awards, he obtained the Golden Lion for Urban Project in the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale In 2008 he was named Chief Curator for the Mexican Pavilion in the Venice Architectural Biennale. He thinks of his projects as part of an urban acupuncture strategy to redefine the urban form with small, almost imperceptible movements, which create public space interfaces and regenerates the urban tissue. His office has engaged in project that include Patrimonial and Landmark buildings understanding the importance of maintaining the essence of this buildings as well as adding to them strong contemporary architectural interventions to create a new dialogue between architectures.Javier Sanchez is a key note speaker in numerous symposiums around the world and is currently teaching in several important universities in Mexico and abroad. Today he is the Regner Distinguished Visiting Professor in Kansas State University.
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JSa
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