Alfonso Medina
New York / United States
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Alfonso Medina was born in Longview, Texas in 1983. From 1997 to 2001 he was a competitive track and road cyclist competing in national and world championships, being California and Nevada State Champion in 2000.
In 2008 he graduated from the Instituto Tecnólogico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) with a degree in architecture having also studied at the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. In 2005 he established Taller 38, focused in real estate development and construction, which to this day has built over 50 different housing projects. In 2007 he worked at the office of Assadi + Pulido in Santiago de Chile. He graduated in 2010 from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) with a Master in Design and Research.
From 2010 to 2011 he was a partner in the office of Medina + Casals which had offices in Los Angeles and Santiago de Chile. From 2011 to 2012 he led architectural design studios at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana and was an assistant professor and guest critic at SCIARC. He has been an invited critic at the AA, Pratt, UCLA and New School in San Diego. He has lectured widely in countries like the US, Spain, Canada and Mexico. In 2011 he established T38 studio, an architecture, design and research office based in New York City and Tijuana. From 2012 to 2013 he was a Visiting Professor in Architecture at the Ecole Speciale d’ Architecture in Paris. In 2013 he received the Curbed Young Guns award and in 2014 T38 Studio was selected as one of the best Young Architecture practices in New York City.
In 2008 he graduated from the Instituto Tecnólogico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) with a degree in architecture having also studied at the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. In 2005 he established Taller 38, focused in real estate development and construction, which to this day has built over 50 different housing projects. In 2007 he worked at the office of Assadi + Pulido in Santiago de Chile. He graduated in 2010 from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) with a Master in Design and Research.
From 2010 to 2011 he was a partner in the office of Medina + Casals which had offices in Los Angeles and Santiago de Chile. From 2011 to 2012 he led architectural design studios at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana and was an assistant professor and guest critic at SCIARC. He has been an invited critic at the AA, Pratt, UCLA and New School in San Diego. He has lectured widely in countries like the US, Spain, Canada and Mexico. In 2011 he established T38 studio, an architecture, design and research office based in New York City and Tijuana. From 2012 to 2013 he was a Visiting Professor in Architecture at the Ecole Speciale d’ Architecture in Paris. In 2013 he received the Curbed Young Guns award and in 2014 T38 Studio was selected as one of the best Young Architecture practices in New York City.
Alfonso Medina was born in Longview, Texas in 1983. From 1997 to 2001 he was a competitive track and road cyclist competing in national and world championships, being California and Nevada State Champion in 2000. In 2008 he graduated from the Instituto Tecnólogico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) with a degree in architecture having also studied at the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. In 2005 he established Taller 38, focused in real estate development and construction, which to this day has built over 50 different housing projects. In 2007 he worked at the office of Assadi + Pulido in Santiago de Chile. He graduated in 2010 from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) with a Master in Design and Research. From 2010 to 2011 he was a partner in the office of Medina + Casals which had offices in Los Angeles and Santiago de Chile. From 2011 to 2012 he led architectural design studios at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana and was an assistant professor and guest critic at SCIARC. He has been an invited critic at the AA, Pratt, UCLA and New School in San Diego. He has lectured widely in countries like the US, Spain, Canada and Mexico. In 2011 he established T38 studio, an architecture, design and research office based in New York City and Tijuana. From 2012 to 2013 he was a Visiting Professor in Architecture at the Ecole Speciale d’ Architecture in Paris. In 2013 he received the Curbed Young Guns award and in 2014 T38 Studio was selected as one of the best Young Architecture practices in New York City.