Emmanuel Ramirez is a founder and Partner of Estudio MMX, an urban and architectural design studio based in Mexico City. Emmanuel is an honors graduate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has a Masters in Urban Design from The University College of London. Ramirez has worked in leading architectural firms including Alberto Kalach’s Taller de Arquitectura, SOM, and David Chipperfield Architects. He has developed his interdisciplinary interests in the fields of strategic urban design, master plans and architectural design. Ramirez has been a professor at IBERO and UT Arlington and has been invited by multiple national and international institutions to lecture on the work of Estudio MMX.

Emmanuel and Studio MMX have received numerous awards including the Young Creators Scholarship and international awards including the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices award, the Architectural Record Design Vanguard award, the National and International Cemex Awards and the Emerging Architecture Award from The Architectural Review. The studio’s award-winning work focuses on the relationship between three key elements: environment, intervention and content. Each project is carefully analyzed through these lenses to determine and develop its design. The studio’s work has been exhibited in galleries such as Storefront for Art and Architecture, MOMA, and the Venice Architecture Biennale.

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