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PRODUCTORA is a budding architecture studio with its headquarters in Mexico City, founded by architects from different countries: Abel Perles from Argentina, Wonne Ickx from Belgium, and Carlos Bedoya and Víctor Jaime from Mexico. Shortly after its beginnings in 2006, the studio came together with the curator Ruth Estévez to bring to life LIGA, Space for Architecture. LIGA was designed as a space for the promotion and exchange of ideas on contemporary architecture through exhibitions, lectures and workshops.

Following a career path that is unique in the Mexican context, PRODUCTORA’s work connects with international currents without losing sight of the local tradition. The studio has developed a wide variety of designs in Mexico and abroad, from residential projects to public buildings and corporate spaces. In 2008, they were selected to participate in the project Ordos100, an initiative curated by Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron. In addition to winning numerous national and international competitions, their work has been recognized by the Young Architects Forum (2007) and with the Emerging Voices award (2013), both from the Architectural League of New York.

This issue of 2G is the first monograph that compiles the work by this Mexican studio. The publication also includes three introductory texts about their work, written by the Spanish architect Jesús Vassallo, Kersten Geers (from the Belgian studio OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen) and Mark Lee (from the California-based studio Jonhston Marklee) as well as an interview by Mario Ballesteros held with the Mexican studio to discuss the LIGA project.