Estudio Ome Wins ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Award for Landscape Architecture
Estudio Ome, an architectural and landscape firm located in Mexico City and established by Susana Rojas Saviñón and Hortense Blanchard, has received the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Award. The studio engages with diverse environments such as forests, volcanic landscapes, urban areas, and decommissioned industrial sites. Their design methodology involves extensive site visits, emphasizing walking and careful observation to grasp drainage patterns, erosion, and seasonal changes before taking any formal measurements. This technique allows them to analyze both visible and underground elements, including hydrology and historical changes, which guide their design choices related to soil, water, vegetation, and ground dynamics.
Key facts
- Estudio Ome is based in Mexico City.
- Founded by Susana Rojas Saviñón and Hortense Blanchard.
- Winner of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards.
- The practice works across forests, volcanic terrains, urban fragments, and former industrial sites.
- Projects begin with repeated encounters and prolonged observation.
- Design decisions arise from behavior of soil, water, vegetation, and ground.
- Observation includes drainage patterns, erosion, and seasonal shifts.
- Interpretation covers hydrology and historical transformations.
Entities
Artists
- Susana Rojas Saviñón
- Hortense Blanchard
Institutions
- Estudio Ome
- ArchDaily
Locations
- Mexico City
- Mexico