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STRATEGIC DENSIFICATION
HERITAGE CONVERSION
RISK MITIGATION

WE TRANSFORM UNDERUSED SPACES INTO HYBRID PIECES THAT ACTIVATE THE CITY, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF ARCHITECTURE AND CREATING SOCIAL AND URBAN VALUE ACROSS LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXTS.

ABOUT US

CPDA ARQUITECTOS is a studio of young architects and designers founded in 2016 by Juan Pablo Cepeda (1982, México) in Mexico City.

We believe that to design at this time, due to the identity crisis in which we live, it is necessary to touch the past and have a vision of the future. The juxtaposition of what already exists with a new and fresh solution, make our projects an aesthetic interpretation of the elements that identify the space with its past, its present and its future, reflecting the influence of local labor and materials.

Regardless of the scale or scope, we provide each project with the same high level of rigor and care. We respect the tradition and legacy of good Mexican architecture, in order to achieve this goal, we respectfully look back at the past not leaving by side the historical process and transformations of the context but creating an aesthetic reinterpretation of the elements that identify the site with its present and its future.

Our methodology is based on the study of each case to give unique solutions. We use collaborative tools and work with different specialists such as engineers, builders, financiers, industrial designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, artists, etc., thus forming a multidisciplinary firm.

Architecture and the city are two elements that cannot be undestood in isolation. Creating a city is something we are commited to, adapting to the context, by not ignoring the historical process and dismiss what has remained and what has been transformed from the site. Enlarging ourselves and belonging to the area, contributing through the design. This process is what the values and characteristics of our cultural identity.

For our studio the interior design corresponds to the use of orientation, create the optimal solution that facilities habitability, the natural ventilates and illuminates to use mostly natural resources, this is the way which we believe and create our own sustainable conscious, we integrate design of the facilities alternative and passive systems to generate the lowest possible expense. 

PREMIOS

AWARDS

2021 .- 2nd Place, National Architecture and Interior Design Award , CASA JARDIN ESCANDON.
2013 - Winners of the 1st Architecture Biennial of Mexico City , Gold Medal.LIVUNO.
2021.- Winner, Architecture Masterprize ,
Housing, CASA JARDÍN ESCANDÓN.
2020.- Winner, Architecture Masterprize ,
Housing, 139 SCHULTZ.
2020 .- 1st Place, National Architecture and Interior Design Award , Offices, CLIP HQ.
2020.- 1st Place, Noldi Schreck Award ,
Multifamily Residential, 139 SCHULTZ.
2020.- Platinum, Muse Awards ,
Office Interiors, CLIP HQ.
2020.- Winner, Archmarathon Awards Miami ,
Housing, 139 SCHULTZ.
2019 .- Winner, The International Architecture Awards , Housing, 139 SCHULTZ.
2019 .- 2nd Place, National Architecture and Interior Design Award , Housing, 139 SCHULTZ.
2025 .- Honorable Mention, Architecture Masterprize
Housing, CASA JARDÍN ROMITA.
2025 .- Nominated, Small Firm of the Year, Archello Awards, CPDA.
2023 .- Nominated, Best 100 Design Achievements, Kyoto Global Design Award , CPDA.
2022 - 3rd Place, Noldi Schreck Prize
Multifamily Residential, CASA JARDIN ESCANDON.
2021 - Honorable Mention, IDA Design Awards
Housing, CASA JARDIN ESCANDON.
2021 .- Honorable Mention, World Architecture Festival , Lisbon, Housing, CASA JARDIN ESCANDON.
2021 - 3rd Place, Firenze Entremuros Awards
Multifamily Residential, CASA JARDIN ESCANDON.
2021.- Winner, Architecture Masterprize ,
Housing, CASA JARDÍN ESCANDÓN.
2018 - 3rd Place, Cemex Construction Awards
Affordable Housing, 139 SCHULTZ.
2018 .- Honorable Mention, World Architecture Festival , Amsterdam, Housing, TOLSA 61.
2018 .-Honorable Mention, A/N Best of Design Awards , Multifamily Residential, TOLSA 61.
2018. -Nominated, Archmarathon Awards Miami ,
Housing, TOLSA 61.
2017.- Nominated, RIBA International Prize , London,
TOLSA 61.
2017 .- Honorable Mention, 2nd Biennial of Young Mexican Architects , TOLSA 61.
2015 .- Honorable Mention, 1st Biennial of Young Mexican Architects , LIVUNO.
2014 .- Silver Medal, XII Mexican National Architecture Biennial , LIVUNO.
PUBLICACIONES

PUBLICATIONS

Entevista a Juan Pablo Cepeda

Architect to Architect

Entrevista al Arquitecto Juan Pablo Cepeda director de CPDA Arquitectos por la revista SCALE QATAR.

INMUEBLES HOY

JUNIO 2020

Trabajo Publicado: CASA KUTZ

Año: 2020

Lo Mejor del Siglo XXI Vol. 8 Arquitecturas Mexicanas

Arquine

Trabajo Publicado: Tolsa 61

Año: 2019

ArchDaily

www.archdaily.mx

Trabajo Publicado: CASA KUTZ

Año: 2019

ArchDaily

www.archdaily.mx

Trabajo Publicado: 139 SCHULTZ

Año: 2018

ArchDaily

www.archdaily.mx

Trabajo Publicado: Tolsá 61

Año: 2017

ARCHMARATHON International Architecture Awards 2017

ARCHMARATHON Miami 2017

Trabajo Publicado: Tolsa 61

Año: 2017

1a y 2a Bienal de Arquitectura de la CDMX

Libro CAM-SAM

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2016

Lo Mejor del Siglo XXI Vol. 6 Arquitecturas Mexicanas

Arquine

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2015

Domus

012

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2014

ENLACE

01 / 2014

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2014

ArchDaily

www.archdaily.mx

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2013

AMBIENTES

No. 75

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2013

RSVP Excélsior

Entrevista

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2013

ENTREMUROS

No. 206

Trabajo Publicado: Liverpool 1

Año: 2013

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