M2R Arquitectos is an architectural studio founded in 2015 by Manuel Martínez, Franco Morero and Nahuel Recabarren based in Córdoba, Argentina.
In 2015, UNESCO and UIA (International Union of Architects) launched the International Competition for the design of the Bamyan Cultural Centre in Afghanistan. Among 1070 proposals from 177 countries the project "The Eternal Presence of Absence" was selected. In response to this commission Nahuel, Manuel and Franco co-founded M2R Arquitectos in Pamplona, Spain, an office that since then is dedicated to the participation in competitions and the development of projects of various scales and programmes in Argentina and abroad.
Currently, they are a team of 9 professionals located in Argentina and Spain. Their work covers the integral construction process from the design stages to the construction.
They are motivated by an understanding of the dynamics of the built environment and by the desire to create exceptional spaces for living. We conceive of architecture as the task of promoting, through physical devices, ecological and social processes that improve people's lives. They are interested in particular situations in which our interventions can have a significant effect on the environment and the communities in which they are inserted.
M2R Arquitectos' projects have been published in different national and international media. Recently, the studio has been invited to speak at the next World Congress of Architects organised by UIA in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2020 they had the honourable mention in the Urban Development of "Piazza Transalpina / TRG Evrope, Nova Gorica, Slovenia / Gorizia, Italy" and won the second prize in "Restarting Community Spaces: Urban Regeneration of Segrate City Center, Milan, Italy". In 2019 they won the fourth prize in the International Competition New School Pizzigoni, Milan, Italy. In 2018 they were finalists in the "Tooley Street Triangle, London Bridge" and won an honourable mention in the Nave Creativa Competition, Mendoza, Argentina.
In 2016 they won an honourable mention in the competition "Public Transport Stop at the territory of Tsvetnoy Gorod residential complex", St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2015 they won first prize in the International Competition Bamiyan Cultural Centre, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and in 2013 they won third prize in the Centro de Interpretación Reserva Vaquerías, Córdoba, Argentina. In 2011 they won the second prize for the Centro Recreativo Parque Síquiman, Córdoba, Argentina.
Manuel Martínez, graduated as an architect in 2008 from the National University of Córdoba. Between 2010 and 2014 he collaborated in the AFT Arquitectos studio in the same city. In 2011 he studied a postgraduate course in Architecture and Technology at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. In 2015 he entered the Master in Architectural Design at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. He graduated in 2016.
Franco Morero, architect graduated in 2008 from the National University of Cordoba. In 2011 he completed a postgraduate course in Architecture and Technology at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. In 2014, in partnership with Florencia Monti Bruno, he opened his office in the city of San Francisco. That same year he began a Master in Architectural Design at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. He graduated in 2016. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Competition Jury of the Association of Architects of the Province of Cordoba.
Nahuel Recabarren, he is an architect graduated in 2011 from the National University of Cordoba and Master in Cognitive Sciences and Humanities graduated in 2015 from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. He is Assistant Professor by competition in the Chair of Architecture 6 "A" (Thesis of degree) of the Faculty of Architecture and Design since 2016, and Hired Professor in the Architectural Criticism II Module, of the Master of Architectural Design of the same faculty since 2017. He has presented several articles and papers in congresses, international workshops and publications both in Architecture and Philosophy.
In 2015, UNESCO and UIA (International Union of Architects) launched the International Competition for the design of the Bamyan Cultural Centre in Afghanistan. Among 1070 proposals from 177 countries the project "The Eternal Presence of Absence" was selected. In response to this commission Nahuel, Manuel and Franco co-founded M2R Arquitectos in Pamplona, Spain, an office that since then is dedicated to the participation in competitions and the development of projects of various scales and programmes in Argentina and abroad.
Currently, they are a team of 9 professionals located in Argentina and Spain. Their work covers the integral construction process from the design stages to the construction.
They are motivated by an understanding of the dynamics of the built environment and by the desire to create exceptional spaces for living. We conceive of architecture as the task of promoting, through physical devices, ecological and social processes that improve people's lives. They are interested in particular situations in which our interventions can have a significant effect on the environment and the communities in which they are inserted.
M2R Arquitectos' projects have been published in different national and international media. Recently, the studio has been invited to speak at the next World Congress of Architects organised by UIA in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2020 they had the honourable mention in the Urban Development of "Piazza Transalpina / TRG Evrope, Nova Gorica, Slovenia / Gorizia, Italy" and won the second prize in "Restarting Community Spaces: Urban Regeneration of Segrate City Center, Milan, Italy". In 2019 they won the fourth prize in the International Competition New School Pizzigoni, Milan, Italy. In 2018 they were finalists in the "Tooley Street Triangle, London Bridge" and won an honourable mention in the Nave Creativa Competition, Mendoza, Argentina.
In 2016 they won an honourable mention in the competition "Public Transport Stop at the territory of Tsvetnoy Gorod residential complex", St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2015 they won first prize in the International Competition Bamiyan Cultural Centre, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and in 2013 they won third prize in the Centro de Interpretación Reserva Vaquerías, Córdoba, Argentina. In 2011 they won the second prize for the Centro Recreativo Parque Síquiman, Córdoba, Argentina.
Manuel Martínez, graduated as an architect in 2008 from the National University of Córdoba. Between 2010 and 2014 he collaborated in the AFT Arquitectos studio in the same city. In 2011 he studied a postgraduate course in Architecture and Technology at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. In 2015 he entered the Master in Architectural Design at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. He graduated in 2016.
Franco Morero, architect graduated in 2008 from the National University of Cordoba. In 2011 he completed a postgraduate course in Architecture and Technology at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. In 2014, in partnership with Florencia Monti Bruno, he opened his office in the city of San Francisco. That same year he began a Master in Architectural Design at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. He graduated in 2016. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Competition Jury of the Association of Architects of the Province of Cordoba.
Nahuel Recabarren, he is an architect graduated in 2011 from the National University of Cordoba and Master in Cognitive Sciences and Humanities graduated in 2015 from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. He is Assistant Professor by competition in the Chair of Architecture 6 "A" (Thesis of degree) of the Faculty of Architecture and Design since 2016, and Hired Professor in the Architectural Criticism II Module, of the Master of Architectural Design of the same faculty since 2017. He has presented several articles and papers in congresses, international workshops and publications both in Architecture and Philosophy.
