Juan Benavides is an architect and filmmaker. His work encompasses families of projects in no particular order of importance. At present, he is based in the Netherlands mostly making films on contemporary architecture and teaching at The Berlage.

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Three recent projects
House in Veľký Klíž
Rain Harvest Home
Moving Milk & Timber

Five selected Films
Frame House
Suncrest Residence
Moya House
Teopanzolco Cultural Center
Landmark Nieuw Bergen

Architecture
House in Veľký Klíž
House in Søfteland
House in San Jerónimo II 
House in San Jerónimo I
Weekend House in Valle de Bravo

Documentary Films
A Garden’s Pace (2023–present)
Among the Firs in Waalre (2023–present)
Rain Harvest Home (2022)

Drawings and Paintings
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
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course
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

Film archive (2015–present)
Ridge House
Octothorpe House
House with a Yoga Studio
Bunny Lane Residence
North Beach Residence
Alton Wines
Rotterdam Architecture Month Exhibition
Tsuga Townhomes
Othello Gardens Multifamily
Peach Court Residence
Terbregsehof 11
Skigard Hytte
Playtime Studio
Polson Building Offices
Wye landing Memory Houses
Gortonbounds Bunkhouse
Pam & Paul’s House
Rombos III
Washington Fruit Offices
El Huajuco
Casa Brisas
Hood Cliff Retreat
Courtyard DADU
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center
Cantilever House
House in San Juan de Alima
Fairfax Garage Conversion
House in Los Angeles
Flieschmann Residence
Bosques House
Santa Fe House
Peter & Jan’s House
Jojutla Central Gardens
Club de Niños y Niñas
Rochester 64
Kreuzwiesen
Center for Hearing and Language
Desarrollo DSA
Escher Park   
Campus Moos
Europaallee
Diakonie Bethanien
The Pop-out Studio
Memory Houses Exhibition
Mercer Slough
Little House
Helen Street House
LC710 Housing
Entrepinos
Guanajuato Museum
COR Cellars
Reforma 326 
Botanical Gardens
EGL1916 Housing
Bedolla House
Casa Espigas 41
2i4e House
Casa VR
A Room
Cerrada Reforma House
SJA House
Atlas House
Palmas House
IC Hous
Narigua House
RM House
Red House
Casa de Uno

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RAIN HARVEST HOME (Official Teaser) Valle de Bravo, Mexico Film 2023

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RAIN HARVEST HOME shortlisted for the Documentation category award of the Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival Istanbul, Turkey Film 2023

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RAIN HARVEST HOME selected for the BARQ International Architecture Film Festival Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Film 2023

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RAIN HARVEST HOME selected for the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands Film 2023

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Album release Music 2023

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Twenty-three Labyrinths on a Month (X) by Day (Y) Grid Drawing 2023

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Moving Milk & Timber Estonia Film 2023

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The Norwegian Office of Commercial Space Transportation (NoCOST) launches another payload Andøya, Norway News 2023

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Starting to work on a documentary about the construction of the nieuw paviljoen for the Pinetum Blijdenstein Hilversum, The Netherlands Film 2023

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An avocado, a plate, a taco, and a kitchen towel Painting 2022

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One Labyrinth Composed by Forty-nine Labyrinths Drawing 2022

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Three Disclaimers, Three Fixations, One Random Journey, Three Problems, and One Vernissage Syracuse, United States Lecture 2022

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Eight Transfers and Nine Sheets of Paper Drawing 2022

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Future Generation: This is 2072 for the IABR Rotterdam, The Netherlands Drawing 2022

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MOYA HOUSE Mexico City, Mexico Film 2022

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Many Trees Composed by Many Trees Netherlands Photo 2022

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Many Drawings of Landscapes Without Green Netherlands Drawing 2022

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OCTOTHORPE HOUSE Bend, United States Film 2022

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Seventeen Drawings with Seventeen Colors The Netherlands Drawing 2022

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The Anima in the Labyrinth of the World Videogame 2022

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FRAME HOUSE Sonoma, United States Film 2022

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The Auto Drives Architecture, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao, Spain Film 2022

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Thirty-One Labyrinths for December Drawing 2021

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HOUSE WITH A YOGA STUDIO Redmond, United States Film 2021

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SUNCREST RESIDENCE Orcas Island, United States Film 2021

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House in Søfteland Søfteland, Norway Building 2021

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“’Fork, Knife, Plate and Spoon by William Scott, 1970’ Rearranged” Collage 2021

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RIDGE HOUSE Sonoma, United States Film 2021

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BUNNY LANE RESIDENCE Orcas Island, United States Film 2021

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Architecture by Auto Delft, The Netherlands Teaching 2021

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HOOD CLIFF RETREAT Hood Cliff, United States Film 2021

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ALTON WINES Walla Walla, United States Film 2021

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A Manual with One Hundred Instructions for Discovering Delft Delft, The Netherlands Teaching 2021

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Playing piano at a guest room Seattle, United States Sound recording 2021

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Marinières Delft, The Netherlands Drawing 2021

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Stories on Earth for Failed Architecture The Netherlands Film 2021

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A Journey Round My Room Delft, The Netherlands Teaching 2021

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“‘Still Life by William Scott, 1973’ Rearranged” Collage 2021

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A Place to Land Andøya, Norway Research 2021

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Forty Compositions with Four Colors Drawing 2020

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Hinterlands of Power Japan Research 2020

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In Front of Closed Doors Film 2020

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From summer equinox to winter equinox The Netherlands Misc 2020

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The Nationalist Space Race and the Flamboyant Space Privateers Collage 2020

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09:20 Tour at the Katsura Imperial Villa, describing the kitchen station at the tea house Kyoto, Japan Sound recording 2020

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Tree outside Gokokuji Temple Tokyo, Japan Film 2020

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LANDMARK NIEUW BERGEN Nieuw Bergen, The Netherlands Film 2020

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The Unboxing For Society Waalwijk, The Netherlands Drawing 2020

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SKIGARD HYTTE Kvitfjell, Norway Film 2020

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STUDIO PLAYTIME Rotterdam, The Netherlands Film 2019

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Tour at Casa da Musica by OMA Porto, Portugal Sound recording 2019

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Beca Arq. Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship Announcement News 2019

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GORTON BOUNDS BUNKHOUSE Decatur Island, United States Film 2019

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About Composition by Collaborative Means Seattle, United States Lecture 2019

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Improvising on a Yamaha electric piano at the Seattle Public Library, Level 8, Music practice room Seattle, United States Sound recording 2019

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About Corners, Windows, Handrails, and Sets News 2019

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THE POP-OUT STUDIO Seattle, United States Film 2019

Over ten years ago, Robert Hutchison designed and built a studio for his architecture firm in the backyard behind his house in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.

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Juan Benavides is an architect and filmmaker. His work encompasses families of projects in no particular order of importance. At present, he is based in the Netherlands mostly making films on contemporary architecture and teaching at The Berlage.


mail@juanbenavides.mx
juan@theberlage.nl

T +31 6 19806046

Instagram: juanbenavidesl
Vimeo: juanbenavidesl


Three recent projects
House in Veľký Klíž
Rain Harvest Home
Moving Milk & Timber


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