Miguel Rodrigo Mazure Biography
Miguel Rodrigo Mazure (1926 - 2014) studied at the National School of Engineers (ENI), later transformed into the National University of Engineering, graduating as an Engineer with a specialization in Architecture. From the beginning he was interested in integral design, thus having the opportunity to design the furnishings for the brand new building of the Faculty of Architecture of the then National School of Engineers in the first half of the 1950s. In 1956 he received the "Chavín" award for the Rinconada house, when he worked in New York, at the SOM studio. The award encouraged him to return to Peru and in 1963 allowed him to win the Premio Tecnoquímica in 1963 for the famous Casa Chávez, followed by another "Chavín" award in 1971 for a group of houses in Callao (associated with Miguel Cruchaga and Emilio Soyer), in those same years and with the same partners, he culminated in the Ministry of Fisheries, the most famous building of the decade, imposing for its monumentality and formal and structural expressiveness, a search for synthesis that has distinguished his work. In the mid-Seventies he returned to work in the United States again, independently, where he remained until the end of the following decade. In this way he passed from the Identity theory of the early nineties to "weightless harmonic singularities", which explains his incessant search to enhance the relationships between structure, form and space, an experience that is marked by both works, which place him as one of the most prolific, rigorous and original designers in the sector. Returning to Peru in 1996, he created several projects such as "MarinaPark" and various Residences such as Casa Villarán - 2000 receiving the Celima Architectural Quality Award, and once again he won a Temporary House Award for a house on the beach and in the countryside in the IV National Celima Architectural Quality Competition 2004 in Playa el Sol - Asia.
