Título de Arquitecto (M Arch)
Universidad de Buenos Aires (U.B.A.)
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseno y Urbanismo
ITECH - Ms. Sc
University of Stuttgart
Faculty of Architecture and Urban planning
Martín Alvarez is a former Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction. He studied Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires (U.B.A.) where he received his architectural degree in 2008 and continued teaching as a tutor in the chairs of Prof. Lombardi and Prof. Solsona. After graduating, he employed computational methods in many international projects at Ciro Najle General Design Bureau and completed various constructions at Estudio Ruiz Orrico in Argentina. Before joining Institute for Computational Design and Construction in 2017, he collaborated with arch22 (Stuttgart) and completed the ITECH program (Dist). His current research focuses on the design of robotically sewn lightweight timber structures.
Practice projects
Casa en las liebres
> Casa en Las Liebres Estudio Ruiz Orrico + Martin Alvarez + Roberto Lombardi House, 280 sqm, built Buenos Aires Argentina, 2014 Engagement: design and project development, construction documents and construction management This house generates an innovative layout solution for the typical gated-community plot where houses normally occupy the front and release the back. Driven […]
Nave 1-2
> Nave 1-2 Estudio Ruiz Orrico + Martin Alvarez + Roberto Lombardi Warehouse, 1778 sqm, Built Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina, 2013 Engagement: Design and project development, construction drawings, and consultant’s coordinatio This double-hangar storehouse is situated in the Pampa´s countryside at Villa María city, Córdoba. A new infrastructure project offseted the highway connecting the two […]
Mariposa retail stores
> Mariposa retail stores Estudio Ruiz Orrico + Martin Alvarez + Roberto Lombardi Medium Scale Retail, 1850 sqm, project under evaluation Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina, 2013 Design and project development, construction drawings and structure coordination The Stores meant to occupy a whole block at the entrance of Villa María city that faces both on one […]
Casa en el bosque
> Casa en el bosque Estudio Ruiz Orrico Collaborator: Martin Flugelman Summer House, 251 sqm, Built Pinamar, Argentina, 2012/2013 Engagement: project supervision and representation The house is situated inside a dense pine forest that was artificially planted on the pampa’s coast in the early 19th century. The trees were planted on the coast to prevent […]
Cummulus 1664
> Cummulus 1664 Ciro Najle General Design Bureau Ciro Najle General Design Bureau Summer House, 251 sqm, Built Installation, built. 2010 Engagement: design, geometric development, drawings, scripting, technical coordination and publishing editing The house is situated inside a dense pine forest that was artificially planted on the pampa’s coast in the early 19th century. The […]
LIGA COMPETITION : Periscopio Urbano
> LIGA 20 Competition – “Periscopio Urbano” Erik Martinez + Martín Alvarez LIGA International competition 20 “Geometrias invisibles” Stuttgart, 2015 Lo urbano, el edificio, el objeto, los detalles, las técnicas y los artilugios; permanente o fugaz, contundente o efímero, profundo o superficial, control o vaguedad, fabricación compleja o baratijas. Si algo tiene de especial la […]
Research projects
ICD/ITKE Buga Wood Pavilion
> ICD/ITKE Buga Wood Pavilion Engagement: documentation, custom BIM environment, fabrication, fabrication cell development, collaboration with partners and consultants, and publishing editing funded by the State of Waden-Württemberg, University of Stuttgart, GETTYLAB, DFG-TRR 141 funding Partners: Müller-Blaustain, BEC GmbH Bundesgartenshau, Heilbronn 2019 at Institute of Computational Design (ICD): Prof. Achim Menges, Martín Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, […]
ICD Timber Sewn Shell 2017
> ICD Timber Sewn Shell 2017 at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Prof. Achim Menges, Martin Alvarez, Ivan Jimenez with DDRC Tongji University Philip Yuan, Chai Hua exhibited at “Mind the digital’, Design Society, Shenzhen, 2017 This project belongs to the Tailored Structures series and it proposes a novel fabrication system for thin wood shells. […]
Baden-Würtemberg Pavilion for DUBAI EXPO 2020
> Baden-Würtemberg Pavilion for DUBAI EXPO 2020 – (2nd place) at Institute of Computational Design (ICD): Prof. Achim Menges, Martín Alvarez, Hans-Jakob Wagner with Lederer + Ragnarsdotirr + Oei Architekten Menges-Scheffler Architekten Knipers Ingenieure State competition for the Baden-Württemberg Pavilion Engagement type: competition concept development, shell design and representation Der Pavillon von Baden […]
ITECH: Research Pavilion 2015/2016
> ITECH: Research Pavilion 2015/2016 Concept Development, System Development, Fabrication & Construction: Martin Alvarez, Jan Brütting, Sean Campbell, Mariia Chumak, Hojoong Chung, Joshua Few, Eliane Herter, Rebecca Jaroszewski, Ting-Chun Kao, Dongil Kim, Kuan-Ting Lai, Seojoo Lee, Riccardo Manitta, Erik Martinez, Artyom Maxim, Masih Imani Nia, Andres Obregon, Luigi Olivieri, Thu Nguyen Phuoc, Giuseppe Pultrone, Jasmin […]
ITECH: Tailored Structures, adaptive robotic fabrication of sewn wood
> ITECH: Tailored Structures, adaptive robotic fabrication of sewn wood Erik Martinez + Martín Alvarez ITECH Master’s Thesis at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Stuttgart, 2016 Supervisors: Prof. Achim Menges, Prof. Jan Knippers Tutors: Oliver David Krieg, Ehsan Baharlou, Tobias Schwinn and Lauren Vasey University of Stuttgart, Germany Tailored Structures investigates the use of robotics […]
ITECH: Seminars
> Project Name Erik Martinez + Martín Alvarez ITECH Master’s Thesis at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Supervisors: Prof. Achim Menges, Prof. Jan Knippers Tutors: Varioes University of Stuttgart, Germany The following is a summary of the various seminars I attended at the ITECH program. All projects were developed together with Erik Eugenio Martinez. The […]