Dezeen School Shows: a woven pavilion that explores the relationship between light and movement is among the student projects from Universidad Anáhuac Puebla.

Also featured is a glassware collection designed to interact with a table, and an app that helps simplify meal prep.

Universidad Anáhuac Puebla

Institution: Universidad Anáhuac Puebla
School: Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño
Courses: Practicum: Industrial Design
Tutors: Juan José Torm Vidal and Marco A Vallejo Castillo

School statement:

"Since 1964, Anáhuac University has been consistently considered a top-ranked private university due to its strong graduate employability and academic quality.

"In 2013, Anáhuac University Puebla founded the EAYD, School of Architecture in response to the region's social context of economic growth in different sectors, primarily manufacturing, commerce and services.

"This continues the pursuit of the development of integral persons, that transcends due to their commitment to others and transforms society in a positive way.

"At the School of Architecture and Design (EAYD) of the Anáhuac University Puebla (UAP), the humanistic spirit has been a key element in the development of students' design projects, focusing in recent years on strategic or identity elements."

Group Project: Al Centro de la Mesa

"We partnered with L'Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny of València to exhibit design proposals in the most important forums around the world, including Salone Satellite in Milan, the Nude Habitat Fair in Valencia, Bergamo in Italy and Design Week Puebla.

"This project has four pillars: internationalisation, regional production, innovation and the socialisation of digital manufacturing and sustainability.

"The exhibit was born as a reflection on the historic relationship between Mexican and Spanish society, focusing on everyday elements such as gastronomy."

Students: Beatriu Esteve Valeria López, Mireia Pérez, Carlos Real, Vania Iniesta, Patricio Martínez, Amanda Garrigue, Karen Arrienta Beatriz Amorós, Feryeni González, Jimena Rodríguez and Raysa Sanz
Course: Practicum: Industrial Design
Tutors: Juan José Torm Vidal and Marco A Vallejo Castillo
Emails: guajestudio[at]gmail.com, dio[at]gmail.com, vania.iniesta[at]hotmail.com, khernandez[at]actualstudio.com, amoros[at]gmail.com, feyrenigonzalez[at]gmail.com and jimenahenderson23[at]gmail.com

Talavera by Mariana Peña, Naomi Acosta and Paulina Perkins

"Talavera is a pavilion designed by architecture students for the 2025 Venice Biennale. Inspired by the word Anáhuac 'between the waters' it reflects Mexico's relationship with water and tradition through blue Talavera pottery.

"A modular wooden frame supports hand-painted ceramic tiles in blue-and-white patterns, forming a grid that balances density and openness.

"This demountable structure reinterprets vernacular craftsmanship through a contemporary lens, becoming a mobile cultural artefact."

Students: Mariana Peña, Naomi Acosta and Paulina Perkins
Course: Internal Competition 'Road to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025'
Tutor: Alejandro Bribiesca
Emails: marianapm2002[at]gmail.com, acostanaomi2121[at]gmail.com and pauperkins[at]gmail.com

Yumly by Valeria Anguiano Jiménez

"Developed within the multimedia design programme, Yumly is a mobile application created to simplify meal prep through intelligent recipe suggestions based on available ingredients.

"The project reflects the programme's core pillars: strategic design, sustainability through food waste reduction and social impact by democratising digital tools and innovation in UX/UI development.

"By merging creativity and technology, Yumly exemplifies the kind of human-centred design our students produce.

"It was developed under real-world conditions, echoing our commitment to creating functional and transformative digital experiences. Yumly is more than an app – it's a reflection of design with purpose."

Student: Valeria Anguiano Jiménez
Course: Web II
Tutor: Alejandro Bada Zepeda
Email: valeria.anguianoji[at]anahuac.mx

Metamorfosis en capas (Layered Metamorphosis) by Luis Alejandro Fernández Ruiz

"Reality reveals itself in layers is the premise behind developing this editorial piece is. In a world oversaturated with digital content, we need to reconnect through the tangible.

"The main goal is to create a printed, sensory and meaningful object. Layered Metamorphosis is a foldable fanzine that transforms into a poster when fully opened.

"Designed within the typographic composition course, this publication is a visual and emotional journey into self-awareness, identity, presence and personal transformation.

"This piece is not just meant to be read – it is meant to be explored, felt and discovered. Each layer reveals a message, just like identity itself."

Student: Luis Alejandro Fernández Ruiz
Course: Typographic composition
Tutor: Alejandro Blanco
Email: luis_fernandez[at]anahuac.mx

Raíces Tejidas by Ana Sofía Fernández, Carlos Cacho, Irune Rugarcía and Naiara Alcalá

"Raíces Tejidas (Woven Roots) is a pavilion created for the 2025 Venice Biennale, designed in response to the theme 'intelligence, natural, artificial, collective'.

"Inspired by traditional Mexican looms, it features a lightweight structure of frames and tensioned threads that generate a sensorial, interactive experience.

"Two facades are densely woven, while the others allow passage through hanging threads, evoking tension between enclosure and openness.

"The feeling of being caught in the weave becomes a metaphor for how we inhabit the present, connected to the past. The pavilion explores body, space and culture, weaving history and innovation into a contemplative, participatory space."

Students: Ana Sofía Fernández, Carlos Cacho, Irune Rugarcía and Naiara Alcalá
Course: Internal Competition 'Road to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025'
Tutors: Elvira Bedolla and José Manuel Díaz Bello
Emails: anasofifdz[at]gmail.com, cacho16m[at]gmail.com, irunerugarcian[at]gmail.com and alcalanai25[at]gmail.com

Tejidos del Viento by Ángel Rodríguez, Monserrat Cosme, Valeria Medina and Ximena Merino

"Tejidos del Viento (Fabrics of the Wind) is a pavilion designed for the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

"Inspired by traditional Mexican palm weaving, it merges light structure, movement and artisanal materiality to explore links between architecture, nature and heritage.

"A timber frame of local ayacahuite wood supports hemp fabric panels stretched over 3D-printed joints – blending craft and digital design.

"Responding to wind and light, it casts shifting shadows and enables passive ventilation. A living system, it weaves tradition with transformation in a space of sensory experience."

Students: Ángel Rodríguez, Monserrat Cosme, Valeria Medina and Ximena Merino
Course: Internal Competition 'Road to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025'
Emails: angel.r.morales06[at]gmail.com, azu.kozme[at]hotmail.com, valeria.msanchez04[at]gmail.com and ximenamerinom[at]hotmail.com

Group Project: At The Table

"Since 2019, EASD Valencia (Spain) and Universidad Anáhuac Puebla (Mexico) have built a collaborative bridge focused on internationalisation, regional production (artisanal and industrial), digital fabrication and sustainability.

"This alliance is enriched by professionals from the design and artisanal industries. From this synergy emerges At The Table, a collection that revalues objects designed to briefly interact with a table, whether by function or aesthetics.

"These pieces belong to a diverse, multicultural home, shaped by memories, traditions and cultures. The collection proposes a timeless reflection on making, living and rethinking the art of the table."

Students: Itzel Balbuena Michaca, Luis Jared Vázquez Farfán, Paula de la Barrera, Haniel Jiménez Luques, Andry Lara, Marián Bravo, Fabrizio Zapata, José Luis Tepole, leria Martínez González, Daniela Cristina Franco Quintero Raymundo Liebano, Martha Valeria Hernández Diego, Ximena Moreno Barragán, Nezim González Ortiz, Alan Vásquez Vásquez, Alejandra Ramírez García & Ray Liébano, Lorena Paredes Contreras, Paloma Romero Guillén, Alejandro Hernández Bonilla, ranzazú Castillo Santamaría, Diego Balmaceda Pérez and Nezim González Ortiz
Course: Workshop Clap Studio and Workshop Juskani Alonso
Tutors: Jordi Iranzo, Ángela Montagud, Marco Vallejo, Juskani Alonso and Marco Vallejo
Emails: itzelbalbuena12[at]gmail.com, cobainsantiamen[at]gmail.com, pdlbrrr[at]gmail.com, proyectoo.35.7[at]gmail.com, andrylara2004[at]gmail.com, marianbbss[at]gmail.com, luisfabrizio16[at]gmail.com, josetepole13[at]gmail.com, vale_glez2002[at]hotmail.com, danielafranco1901[at]gmail.com, raymundo.lieb47[at]gmail.com, raymundo.lieb47[at]gmail.com, valeriadiegoh[at]gmail.com, ximena.mb26[at]gmail.com, nezim.gonzalez[at]gmail.com, alanvasvas2[at]gmail.com, raymundo.lieb47[at]gmail.com, lorena.parcon[at]outlook.com, pam.romerito[at]gmail.com, alexhbonilla[at]gmail.com, aranzazucastillo.15[at]gmail.com, nezim.gonzalez[at]gmail.com and dbalmap[at]gmail.com

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and Universidad Anáhuac Puebla. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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