NEST Architecture Studio

TJ-SD

NEST studio seeks to create architecture that generates dialogue between inside spaces and nature outside. Inspired by nature we at NEST studio want to learn from the many organisms that transform their environment, using that which is at our disposal to transform our own environment while always taking advantage of the natural predisposition that our site has. In a sense working with nature, and not against it. 

Our focus is to create homes that are custom made fit for each individual customer, and each individual location. Creating drawings, blueprints, concept images, 3D models and Renders. In larger projects we seek to focus on public spaces, focusing on the interaction and passing living in between spaces. We design projects in unison with landscape to create a flow from outside to inside. 

The concept of NEST was inspired from the ability birds have to make a home from whatever they have at their disposition, and doing it in the most barebones possible way, yet always making it work. This ability of using anything is parallel to humans, in every method there is a lesson to be learned. As an example, Swallows have a very unique method amongst birds, they use mud to create their homes. In a similar fashion humans use adobe, a mud-based technique in rural and ancient civilizations. But more so the need to bend design to what is at our disposition, whether that's materials or economic limits, we must always strive to maximize our potential. 

Head Architect Carlos A. De la Madrid M. studied in ELA (Escuela Libre de Arquitectura) is highly motivated to share his view of nature, and the will to protect that which was already here and through the example of his own work ignite the same passion in others. In hopes to eventually have access to larger urban projects.  

“I hope to eventually have the recognition of my peers, acceptance and trajectory that would allow me to involve myself in a larger more urban design of the city I grew in, Tijuana has many flaws, but the biggest worry I have is the disregard that the city has had with nature, specifically the river which has been denaturalized into a massive concrete slab and used as a flood emergency escape for the city’s sewage. It has been a source of contamination for the Pacific Ocean, and the ecosystem that once there existed has been completely torn apart. Focusing on creating a functioning ecosystem should be our first priority, and from there create the ideal union between nature and the city.” - Arch. Carlos A. De la Madrid M.