Wednesday / May 08, 2019 / 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Estadio Diablos, A New Stadium in Mexico City
AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250, Chicago
Estadio Diablos is the new stadium for Diablos Rojos del Mexico (Mexico City Red Devils), a Triple-A Minor League baseball team of the Mexican League based in Mexico City, Mexico. Architect Francisco Gonzalez Pulido, Intl. Assoc. AIA, will present his design for the stadium which opened in March 2019.
Designer Francisco Gonzalez Pulido (FGP) is an international architect based in Chicago where he leads FGP Atelier. FGP leads a team that is currently focused on designing buildings across a range of scales and typologies that contribute to social and economic advancement through the alignment of Design, Science and Technology. He does so by drawing on nearly three decades of experiences spanning three periods of practice: leading his own studio in Mexico City (1993-1998), collaborating with Helmut Jahn, FAIA, and becoming business partner and President of JAHN (1999-2017), and now as founder of FGP Atelier in Chicago.
The design for Estadio Diablos, with its monumental lightweight roof structure resembling the Diablos trident emblem, began at JAHN and was completed by FGP Atelier.
