collard tranquilino

architecture, landscape, and urban design
esp / eng
We practice design as a series of creative actions unfolding over time: we are drawn to processes rather than objects. We focus on materiality and constructive logic because we believe in doing more with less and reducing the environmental impacts inseparable from our practice. We are committed to projects that transform culture and ecology positively and improve quality of life — from the private and individual to the public and collective.

Collard Tranquilino was founded in 2016 in Mexico City.


Eréndira Tranquilino Ortiz is an architect who graduated from UNAM’s Jorge González Reyna Studio and holds a Master’s degree in Urban Design from the University of Toronto. Throughout her professional career, she has collaborated with renowned firms at both national and international levels, including Estudio MMX, R-Zero, Alejandro Quintanilla, SvN, and WW+P, gaining extensive experience in architectural and urban design at regional and national scales. Erendira has collaborated on projects of various scales, ranging from art installations and retail and office spaces to parks and public plazas. She currently works as an urban designer and architect at WW+P in Toronto, Canada.

Mariel Collard Arias is an architect, landscape designer and educator. Ha  She has practiced independently and at firms in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, participating in private and public projects across architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. She is currently Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in the Master of Landscape Architecture. She has taught at McGill University in Montreal and served as a visiting critic at multiple universities. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master in Landscape Architecture and Design Studies in Risk and Resilience from Harvard University.

Collaborators: Roberto Domínguez, Diego Encampira, Omar Uziel Granados, Viridiana Hernández, Ada Melo, Monserrat Morales, Allan Rosales.
Photo: María Fernanda Segura