Shared Design Studio

Monterrey, Mexico

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Shared Design Studio

Monterrey, Mexico

Firm

madarq studio

Type

Commercial › Office Retail

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2025

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

$10K - 50K

Madarq Studio proposes a new typology for the architectural workplace—one that dissolves the line between professional practice and public life. Situated at street level within a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood in Monterrey, the 200 m² space is conceived not as a private office, but as an open cultural platform where architecture, community, and experimentation coexist.

In a context where public libraries and accessible study spaces are scarce, the studio extends an invitation to the city: on weekends its doors open fully to the public, transforming the workspace into a communal environment for learning, making, and dialogue. Here, design becomes participatory—experienced directly rather than observed from afar.

The spatial sequence unfolds through a threshold clad in local stone, grounding the visitor in the region’s material heritage. A deliberately compressed entry gives way to a double-height nave, generating a moment of release and inviting exploration. This choreography of light and volume—shaped by exposed steel beams, raw concrete columns, masonry textures, stainless steel surfaces, and warm oak accents—articulates a balance between industrial honesty and crafted warmth. Large retractable folding doors blur the boundary with the street, allowing the studio to breathe outward and integrate with the neighborhood’s daily rhythms.

At the heart of the project, a café-laboratory introduces a contrasting sensory atmosphere. Its LED-illuminated ceiling casts shifting color gradients across the earthy palette, creating an immersive interplay of light, materiality, and shadow. Used by the design team during the week, the café transforms into a public venue on weekends—hosting conversations, workshops, and experimental coffee rituals. This hybrid program has drawn hundreds of visitors weekly, positioning the studio as an unusually vibrant civic space within Monterrey’s urban fabric.

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Shared Design Studio

Monterrey, Mexico

Shared Design Studio

Monterrey, Mexico

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