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February 14, 2025
February 12, 2025
Upcoming screening of ‘At the Garden’s Pace’ in the Faculty of Architecture in TU Delft, organized by ARGUS
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After premiering at the AFFR in 2024, the movie will be showed for the first time in 2025 at the TU Delft via the newly established “ARGUS in conversation” program.
After premiering at the AFFR in 2024, the movie will be showed for the first time in 2025 at the TU Delft via the newly established “ARGUS in conversation” program.
January 30, 2025
The new book on the work of MORK-ULNES is now available through Park Books.
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The publication features in the cover and inside a collection of stills from a series of short films made for the office in recent years in both Norway and the United States.
Link to Park Books
The publication features in the cover and inside a collection of stills from a series of short films made for the office in recent years in both Norway and the United States.
Link to Park Books
January 22, 2025
Upcoming screening dates in the Netherlands for the documentary ‘At the Garden’s Pace’
February 19 — Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
February 27 — MIMIK Deventer
February 19 — Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
February 27 — MIMIK Deventer
October 10, 2024
Sold out room for the world premiere of ‘At the Garden’s Pace’ in the AFFR
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Photo: Sander van Wettum
Photo: Sander van Wettum
September 9, 2024
The documentary ‘At the Garden’s Pace’ will have its world premiere at the AFFR in October
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Watch trailerSeptember 1, 2024
June 6, 2024
‘Ten Films, One Animation, and Ten Other Films’, Lecture at Nudus Academy in Rotterdam
February 29, 2024
‘Many Films and One Vernissage’, Lecture at TU Delft, as part of a lecture series organized by Max Hart Nibbrig
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February 14, 2024
‘Notes on Filmmaking‘, Lecture at Universidad Anáhuac, as part of Empalmes, a lecture series organized by Jimena Hogrebe
November 22, 2023
New project: House in Veľký Klíž. Design of a house for a writer in slovak countryside.
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October 13, 2023
Proud to announce that Rain Harvest Home was awarded the third place award at the Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival
September 14, 2023
The short film Rain Harvest Home has been selected for the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, the International Architecture Film Festival Barcelona, and the Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival
May 13, 2023
April 25, 2023
Starting to work on a year-long documentary about the Villa Waalre designed by Russell Jones
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January 25, 2023
Simon Architecture Prize in Barcelona
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Last summer I traveled to Mexico City with Robert Hutchison and Javier Sánchez to make a short documentary about their project in Valle de Bravo, Rain Harvest Home. The result is a 9-minute film to be released later this year. In the meantime, a short version of the film was made for the Simon Architecture Prize and is available to watch at the link below. The project is among the five finalists in the category of Personal Places.
Last summer I traveled to Mexico City with Robert Hutchison and Javier Sánchez to make a short documentary about their project in Valle de Bravo, Rain Harvest Home. The result is a 9-minute film to be released later this year. In the meantime, a short version of the film was made for the Simon Architecture Prize and is available to watch at the link below. The project is among the five finalists in the category of Personal Places.
August 28, 2022
New film about Moya House in Mexico City
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Pigmented concrete, a curved dome, a clear volumetry...
The film about Moya House focuses on the experience of walking through the stairs, the lights and shadows casted on the concrete surfaces, and the views discovered along the journey. In a very introspective way, the film remains inside of the house, while the opening scene offers a glimpse of what lies beyond the walls.
Pigmented concrete, a curved dome, a clear volumetry...
The film about Moya House focuses on the experience of walking through the stairs, the lights and shadows casted on the concrete surfaces, and the views discovered along the journey. In a very introspective way, the film remains inside of the house, while the opening scene offers a glimpse of what lies beyond the walls.
July 1, 2022
New film about Octothorpe House
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A soccer match, an enclosed courtyard, an ice cream, shadow play...
The film about Octothorpe House is presented in a series of sequences with each introducing a different subject and space. From the dog’s life as he lays on the concrete floor and the intense soccer match happening inside the garage, to the views from within the enclosed courtyard and the reflection of the desert landscape in the exterior windows.
The film was produced for MORK-ULNES, an international architecture practice with offices in San Francisco, California and Oslo, Norway.
A soccer match, an enclosed courtyard, an ice cream, shadow play...
The film about Octothorpe House is presented in a series of sequences with each introducing a different subject and space. From the dog’s life as he lays on the concrete floor and the intense soccer match happening inside the garage, to the views from within the enclosed courtyard and the reflection of the desert landscape in the exterior windows.
The film was produced for MORK-ULNES, an international architecture practice with offices in San Francisco, California and Oslo, Norway.
April 26, 2022
New film about Frame House in Sonoma
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A concrete framework, a loggia, a hillside, a sunrise and a sunset...
From the first touch of the sun in the morning to the last reflection of it on the windows, the film about Frame House in the Sonoma countryside was filmed over the course of two days, moving across the site as the light was casting across and around the building.
The film was produced for MORK-ULNES, an international architecture practice with offices in San Francisco, California and Oslo, Norway.
A concrete framework, a loggia, a hillside, a sunrise and a sunset...
From the first touch of the sun in the morning to the last reflection of it on the windows, the film about Frame House in the Sonoma countryside was filmed over the course of two days, moving across the site as the light was casting across and around the building.
The film was produced for MORK-ULNES, an international architecture practice with offices in San Francisco, California and Oslo, Norway.
April 11, 2022
New film about a House with a Yoga Studio
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A densely forested lot, dapple light over wooden beams, an electric guitar, bees over ham and cheese, red wine...
Designed by Robert Hutchison Architecture, the project considers the renovation and expansion of a 1960s residence. The film presents a day in the life of the house, from the set up for a morning yoga group class to the preparations for hosting an evening party at the terrace.
A densely forested lot, dapple light over wooden beams, an electric guitar, bees over ham and cheese, red wine...
Designed by Robert Hutchison Architecture, the project considers the renovation and expansion of a 1960s residence. The film presents a day in the life of the house, from the set up for a morning yoga group class to the preparations for hosting an evening party at the terrace.
Febraury 23, 2022
New film about Suncrest Residence
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A pacific madrone tree, a pair of binoculars, a prominent outcropping of rock, views to the sea, a golden tint over wood and concrete...
This is the first of three films produced for Heliotrope Architects in Orcas Island. Along with Joe Herrin, we traveled to this remote home to film over the course of one day The film follows the shape of the house by walking through the corridor from side to side. Three stops along the way highlight important elements of the design.
A pacific madrone tree, a pair of binoculars, a prominent outcropping of rock, views to the sea, a golden tint over wood and concrete...
This is the first of three films produced for Heliotrope Architects in Orcas Island. Along with Joe Herrin, we traveled to this remote home to film over the course of one day The film follows the shape of the house by walking through the corridor from side to side. Three stops along the way highlight important elements of the design.
Juan Benavides is an architect whose work encompasses families of projects in no particular order of importance, including buildings, drawings, films, music, and paintings. At present, he is based in Europe mostly making films on contemporary architecture and teaching at The Berlage.
Film Commissions & Inquiries
mail@juanbenavides.mx
To browse the catalog of films, please visit vimeo.com/juanbenavidesl or follow @juanbenavidesl
︎Film Commissions & Inquiries
mail@juanbenavides.mx
To browse the catalog of films, please visit vimeo.com/juanbenavidesl or follow @juanbenavidesl
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At the Garden’s Pace
FIVE RECENT PROJECTS
Siza by the Sea
Studio Stief Desmet
Copas House
Rain Harvest Home
House in Veľký Klíz
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UPCOMING
FILMS
Leça Swimming Pools, Álvaro Siza, Matosinhos
Studio SDS, Graux & Baeyens, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Public Library, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
BUILDINGS
House in San Jerónimo III, 2025
House in Veľký Klíz, 2023
House in Søfteland, 2021
House in San Jerónimo II, 2019
House in San Jerónimo I, 2019
Weekend House in Valle de Bravo, 2018
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course II
Studies for a Theater Play I
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course I
A Labyrinth with its Own Copy to Attempt a Solution
One Labyrinth with Two Walls, Three Columns, and Four Exits
Four Views from a Restaurant Table
Twenty-three Labyrinths on a Month x Day Grid
An Avocado, a Plate, a Taco, and a Kitchen Towel
One Labyrinth Composed by Forty-nine Labyrinths
Eight Transfers and Nine Sheets of Paper
Many Drawings of Landscapes without Green
Seventeen Drawings with Seventeen Colors
Studies for the Labyrinth of the World
Thirthy-one Labyrinths for December
Twenty-four Marinières
Forty Compositions with Four Colors
Labyrinth with a Solution of One Hundred Decisions
Studies for a One-Hundred-Square-Meter Labyrinth
Infinite Details of One Labyrinth
Four Sections of a Labyrinth
Three Details of a Labyrinth
Forty-one Iterations of a Linear Labyrinth
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Circle
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Square
One Hundred Iterations of a Labyrinth
MUSIC ALBUMS
Minerals (2023)
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Pressed & Polished, Greece, The Berlage
SHORT FILMS
Public Library, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
Casa Copas, PPAA, Valle de Bravo
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
The Don Quixote Sculpture Hall, CLOUD, Amsterdam
Climate Portraits: Nieuwe Instituut, IABR, Rotterdam
Stewart Avenue Residenc, Miami
Brillhut, Bahamas
Alma Residence, Bahamas
Thatch House, Bahamas
Among the Firs in Waalre, Eindhoven
Rain Harvest Home, Valle de Bravo
Future Generations, IABR, Rotterdam
MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio, Het Nieuwe Instituut
House with a Yoga Studio, Seattle
Courtyard DADU, Seattle
Ridge House, Sonoma
Frame House, Sonoma
Octothorpe House, Bend
Alton Wines, Walla Walla
Sound House, Seattle
Hood Cliff Retreat, Hood Cliff
Tsuga Townhomes, Seattle
Othello Gardens Multifamily, Seattle
Peach Court Residence, Seattle
Suncrest Residence, Orcas Island
Bunny Lane Residence, Orcas Island
North Beach Residence, Orcas Island
Rotterdam Architecture Month Exhibition
Stories on Earth for Failed Architecture
Terbregsehof 11, Rotterdam
Playtime Studio, Rotterdam
Polson Building Offices, Seattle
Wye Landing Memory Houses
Gortonbounds Bunkhouse, Decatur Island
The Pop-out Studio, Seattle
Courtyard House on a Steep Site, Seattle
Washington Fruit & Produce Company, Yakima
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center, Wasco
Peter & Jan’s House, San Francisco
Pam & Paul’s House, San Francisco
Fairfax Garage Conversion, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles Residence, Los Angeles
Fleischmann Residence, Los Angeles
Rombos III, Mexico City
Santa Fe House, Mexico City
Quinta Huajuco, Monterey
Brisas House, Monterrey
Bosques House, Mexico City
Jojutla Central Gardens, Jojutla
Casa de Campo, Tepejí del Río
Museografia MXCD03, Mexico City
Rochester 64, Mexico City
COR Cellars, Lyle
Cantilever House, Seattle
Kreuzwiesen, Zurich
Center for Hearing and Language, Zurich
Escher Park, Zurich
Campus Moos, Zurich
Europaallee, Zurich
Diakonie Bethanien, Zurich
Entrepinos, Valle de Bravo
Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cuernavaca
The Circular Garden, Colima
House in San Juan de Alima, San Juan de Alima
Desarrollo DSA, Tapalpa
Guanajuato Art Museum, Guanajuato
Botanical Gardens, Culiacán
Memory Houses: Nine Allegorical Works of Architecture
EGL1916 Housing, Guadalajara
LC710 Housing, Mexico City
Helen Street House, Seattle
Courtyard House on a River, Seattle
Little House, Hood Canal
Bedolla House, Monterrey
2i4e House, Monterrey
Palmas House, Texcoco
Museografia MXCD02, Mexico City
Liga 26, Mexico City
Casa Espigas 41, Monterrey
Teotitlán del Valle Community Cultural Center
Liga 25, Mexico City
OMR Gallery, Mexico City
A Room, Mexico City
Liga 24, Mexico City
Liga 23, Mexico City
Cerrada Reforma House, Mexico City
Casa SJA, San Juan de Alima
Casa Atlas, Guadalajara
Casa IC, Guadalajara
Narigua House, Monterrey
Casa RM, Monterrey
Casa Roja, Monterrey
Casa de Uno, Monterrey
Leça Swimming Pools, Álvaro Siza, Matosinhos
Studio SDS, Graux & Baeyens, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Public Library, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
BUILDINGS
House in San Jerónimo III, 2025
House in Veľký Klíz, 2023
House in Søfteland, 2021
House in San Jerónimo II, 2019
House in San Jerónimo I, 2019
Weekend House in Valle de Bravo, 2018
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course II
Studies for a Theater Play I
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course I
A Labyrinth with its Own Copy to Attempt a Solution
One Labyrinth with Two Walls, Three Columns, and Four Exits
Four Views from a Restaurant Table
Twenty-three Labyrinths on a Month x Day Grid
An Avocado, a Plate, a Taco, and a Kitchen Towel
One Labyrinth Composed by Forty-nine Labyrinths
Eight Transfers and Nine Sheets of Paper
Many Drawings of Landscapes without Green
Seventeen Drawings with Seventeen Colors
Studies for the Labyrinth of the World
Thirthy-one Labyrinths for December
Twenty-four Marinières
Forty Compositions with Four Colors
Labyrinth with a Solution of One Hundred Decisions
Studies for a One-Hundred-Square-Meter Labyrinth
Infinite Details of One Labyrinth
Four Sections of a Labyrinth
Three Details of a Labyrinth
Forty-one Iterations of a Linear Labyrinth
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Circle
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Square
One Hundred Iterations of a Labyrinth
MUSIC ALBUMS
Minerals (2023)
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
2024At the Garden’s Pace
Pressed & Polished, Greece, The Berlage
2023Moving Milk & Timber, Estonia, The Berlage
SHORT FILMS
2025Studio Stief Desmet, Graux Baeyens Architecten, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Public Library, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
2024The Tree House, Faye + Walker, Austin
Casa Copas, PPAA, Valle de Bravo
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
The Don Quixote Sculpture Hall, CLOUD, Amsterdam
Climate Portraits: Nieuwe Instituut, IABR, Rotterdam
2023Morningside Residence, Miami
Stewart Avenue Residenc, Miami
Brillhut, Bahamas
Alma Residence, Bahamas
Thatch House, Bahamas
Among the Firs in Waalre, Eindhoven
2022The Auto Drives Architecture, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Berlage
Rain Harvest Home, Valle de Bravo
Future Generations, IABR, Rotterdam
2021Moya House, Mexico City
MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio, Het Nieuwe Instituut
House with a Yoga Studio, Seattle
Courtyard DADU, Seattle
Ridge House, Sonoma
Frame House, Sonoma
Octothorpe House, Bend
Alton Wines, Walla Walla
Sound House, Seattle
Hood Cliff Retreat, Hood Cliff
Tsuga Townhomes, Seattle
Othello Gardens Multifamily, Seattle
Peach Court Residence, Seattle
Suncrest Residence, Orcas Island
Bunny Lane Residence, Orcas Island
North Beach Residence, Orcas Island
Rotterdam Architecture Month Exhibition
Stories on Earth for Failed Architecture
Terbregsehof 11, Rotterdam
2020Landmark Nieuw Bergen
2019Skigard Hytte, Kvitfjell
Playtime Studio, Rotterdam
Polson Building Offices, Seattle
Wye Landing Memory Houses
Gortonbounds Bunkhouse, Decatur Island
The Pop-out Studio, Seattle
Courtyard House on a Steep Site, Seattle
Washington Fruit & Produce Company, Yakima
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center, Wasco
Peter & Jan’s House, San Francisco
Pam & Paul’s House, San Francisco
Fairfax Garage Conversion, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles Residence, Los Angeles
Fleischmann Residence, Los Angeles
Rombos III, Mexico City
Santa Fe House, Mexico City
Quinta Huajuco, Monterey
Brisas House, Monterrey
Bosques House, Mexico City
Jojutla Central Gardens, Jojutla
Casa de Campo, Tepejí del Río
Museografia MXCD03, Mexico City
Rochester 64, Mexico City
2018Club de Niños y Niñas, Tecamac
COR Cellars, Lyle
Cantilever House, Seattle
Kreuzwiesen, Zurich
Center for Hearing and Language, Zurich
Escher Park, Zurich
Campus Moos, Zurich
Europaallee, Zurich
Diakonie Bethanien, Zurich
Entrepinos, Valle de Bravo
Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cuernavaca
The Circular Garden, Colima
House in San Juan de Alima, San Juan de Alima
Desarrollo DSA, Tapalpa
Guanajuato Art Museum, Guanajuato
Botanical Gardens, Culiacán
Memory Houses: Nine Allegorical Works of Architecture
EGL1916 Housing, Guadalajara
LC710 Housing, Mexico City
Helen Street House, Seattle
Courtyard House on a River, Seattle
Little House, Hood Canal
Bedolla House, Monterrey
2i4e House, Monterrey
Palmas House, Texcoco
Museografia MXCD02, Mexico City
2017Casa VR, Guadalajara
Liga 26, Mexico City
Casa Espigas 41, Monterrey
Teotitlán del Valle Community Cultural Center
Liga 25, Mexico City
OMR Gallery, Mexico City
A Room, Mexico City
2016Museografia MXCD01, Mexico City
Liga 24, Mexico City
Liga 23, Mexico City
Cerrada Reforma House, Mexico City
2015Casa Taller Tampiquito, Monterrey
Casa SJA, San Juan de Alima
Casa Atlas, Guadalajara
Casa IC, Guadalajara
Narigua House, Monterrey
Casa RM, Monterrey
Casa Roja, Monterrey
Casa de Uno, Monterrey
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