Project types

Residential
High end Residential
2009 commercial
Interiors
Education

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carlos armas juancarlosarmas@gmail.com
mobile phone:986758 home:828589 tijuana BC, Mexico
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Collaboration with

Studio
Santander

Project team

Carlos Armas
Alex Santander

the diverse relationships between the site and the house were represented as meshes
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fierro intertwining, to better interpret the diverse requirements of the site.
the result aims for simplicity and uses the vantage point the site provides for it’s spaces.
 2007

Collaboration with

Studio
Santander

Project team

Alex Santander
Christian Santini
Carlos Armas
Octavio Quijada

awards
2007 AIA Merit Award

A simple house with clean shapes on a sloped terrain, presented as

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las flores flexible use floor plan, where open and closed spaces are used as
counterpoint for one another, located in Chula Vista Ca.
 2002

Collaboration with

Tekhne Studio

Project team

Carlos Armas
Alfonso Camberos
Greg Yeater
Armando Paez

A competition to build a University’s new library, concept included reading cubes & a
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EDUCATION
library plaza to foster a communal feel within the campus,though not awarded the contract,
many concepts, which were unique to this proposal, were used.
 2007

Collaboration with

REDI
Land Development

Project team

Carlos Armas
Mannix

Part of a series of concept houses on a vast stretch of coastal property, designed to take
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house 2 advantage of ocean views and natural elements, however constrained to a conceptual
image of an 18 house residential development complete with a hotel and restaurant.
 2008

Collaboration with

REDI
Land Development

Project team

Carlos Armas
Mannix

two houses meant as “sister” houses conceptually and formally and to gesture a
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“bridge” bridge over a gap in the terrain, again taking care to frame the natural views,.
located next to the toll road to Rosarito BC in Mexico.
 2006

Project team

Carlos Armas
Enrique Ramirez

Meant to interest potential investors in small prefabricated houses in Tijuana, the

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prefab 1 small residence has variations of 3 and 2 bedrooms, it is an ongoing project sparked
from a concern for increasing disinterest in livable, affordable housing in Mexico.
 2009

Collaboration with

Design Built Inc.

Project team

Carlos Armas

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INTERIORS
fairway development of promotional material for a high end residence in La Jolla, Ca. for Jeff
Elden with Design Built Inc.
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Project team

Carlos Armas

A 16 house residential development in Tijuana, exploring the different

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las huertas methods that could be employed to retain a maximum square footage
while keeping the construction & sale price, as low as possible.
 2008

Project team

Carlos Armas

small commercial and office and office buildinghe particular aim of this design was to
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COM MERCIAL
trisette expand upon the modern tendencies present in architecture near the project.
 2006

Collaboration with

Arkisource

Project team

Carlos Armas
Ademir Rosario
Daniel Acosta

a small house to be built in the back lot of an existing house in San

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tony + zorn Ysidro Ca. with a small office space on the first floor and a room for
guests
 2007

Collaboration with

Arkisource

Project team

Nick Fullerton
Carlos Armas
Daniel Acosta

a pro shop, designed by nick fullerton, design development and

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gozzer ranch construction document production by Daniel Acosta and Carlos
Armas.