It Is As Much About Empathy As It Is About Space
MoreThis is Mutuo: mutual, collaborative, creative.
Mutuo, a Spanish and Portuguese word, implies relationship and change, and in architecture the two go hand in hand as disparate ideas come together into a novel arrangement.
We are Mutuo: a Los Angeles-based architectural design firm with diverse cultural background. We share common grounds in our passion for design; in finding extraordinary uses for ordinary materials and methods; in discovering new perspectives; and in creating outstanding built environments.
Mutuo’s team: Irving Alvarez, Ana Antoni, Ilse Badillo, Isabel Driessen, Lucas de Guinea Echavarria, Mercedes Gandarias, Dema Hajmurad, Camille Herbin, Karl Kachele, Monica Lamela, Alen Al Mahdawi, Eduardo Martinez, Jonathan Meister, Alejandra Novelo, Zeineb Sellami, Sandra Villanueva, Fernanda Ximenez.
Jose graduated with a Master in Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York in 1997 and Bachelors of Architecture from Universidad Cristobal Colon, Veracruz, Mexico in 1993. Jose was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture - Cal Poly Pomona. He is the past chair of the AIA LA Political Outreach Committee, is the President of the L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, and is an ambassador for NAHR (Nature Art & Habitat Residency). He is the 2022 John G. Williams Distinguished Visitor in the Fay Jones School of Architecture. Jose is a registered architect in Mexico and California.
email: jose@thisismutuo.com
Fernanda Oppermann graduated with a Master in Architecture from the University of Southern California in 2005 and Bachelors of Architecture and Urban Design from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil in 2000. Fernanda is a USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate alumni, participated in the 2018 GROW Mentorship Program led by the Women’s Leadership Initiative at ULI - LA and is a member of AIA - LA, and ULI - LA. Fernanda received the 2021 WAN Female Frontier Social Change Champion Award, and is the 2022 John G. Williams Distinguished Visitor in Architecture in the Fay Jones School of Architecture. She is an architect in Brazil and a registered architect in the State of Minnesota in the US.
email: fe@thisismutuo.com