5 patas
shaping
connections
We connect people with spaces,
spaces with emotions,
homes with feelings,
rooms with stories.
shaping connections
5 patas
our clients
and partners
We connect the New World with the Old World,
the northern hemisphere with the southern half,
locals with globetrotters,
rich heritage with fresh eyes.
Partner
Regional
Guatemala
Guatemala
Juan Lacape
Regional
Architect by day and chef by night, Juan loves to experiment with concepts the same way he mixes ingredients to create unique flavors. He walks the streets of Antigua Guatemala looking for a good coffee, travels by motorcycle to supervise his projects, and transforms his home-restaurant-office into a meeting point to collaborate and have fun.
Partner
Scalar Architecture
New York
New York
Julio Salcedo
Scalar Architecture
Spanish by birth, a New Yorker at heart. Julio shifts between different project scales like a fish in the water. From an apartment renovation to a skyscraper, from a modular house to a city extension. Always with the same defined purpose: caring for the environment.
Partner
Pepe Cabrera
Spain
Spain
Paula & Nacho Cabrera
Pepe Cabrera Studio
Daughter and son of a couple who merged Italian fashion with interior design, Paula and Nacho design how they dress, creating their own style. They’ve transformed their parent’s skills and have now evolved into home specialist architects and designers.
Partner
Alejandro Pineda
Indonesia
Indonesia
Alejandro Pineda
Lawyer, surfer, hospitality entrepreneur and self made architect. Alejandro is a citizen of the world, with a Salvadoran and Mexican passport and fluent in Indonesian.
He lives his life as he surfs each wave: riding it as it rolls.
Partner
DNADD
Italy
Italy
Elisa Montalti
DNADD Responsive Architecture
Founder of DNADD Responsive Architecture, Elisa can be found thinking about how to make the world a better place through architecture, inventing a new challenge to improve the lives of others or in some remote place making what she imagined come true.
Partner
1.618 Consultores
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Boris Guevara
1.618 Consultores
Boris is always ready and willing to collaborate… by picking up his car, his camera, his laptop or a call to design or build a new project.
Projects
El Salvador
Projects
Nicaragua
Projects
Indonesia
Indonesia
Lombok Project
Projects
Poland
Poland
Sensitive Project
Projects
Spain
Spain
Costa Blanca Project
Projects
USA
USA
Tallahassee Project
Projects
Paraguay
Partner
Regional
Guatemala
Guatemala
Juan Lacape
Regional
Architect by day and chef by night, Juan loves to experiment with concepts the same way he mixes ingredients to create unique flavors. He walks the streets of Antigua Guatemala looking for a good coffee, travels by motorcycle to supervise his projects, and transforms his home-restaurant-office into a meeting point to collaborate and have fun.
Partner
Scalar Architecture
New York
New York
Julio Salcedo
Scalar Architecture
Spanish by birth, a New Yorker at heart. Julio shifts between different project scales like a fish in the water. From an apartment renovation to a skyscraper, from a modular house to a city extension. Always with the same defined purpose: caring for the environment.
Partner
Pepe Cabrera
Spain
Spain
Paula & Nacho Cabrera
Pepe Cabrera Studio
Daughter and son of a couple who merged Italian fashion with interior design, Paula and Nacho design how they dress, creating their own style. They’ve transformed their parent’s skills and have now evolved into home specialist architects and designers.
Partner
Alejandro Pineda
Indonesia
Indonesia
Alejandro Pineda
Lawyer, surfer, hospitality entrepreneur and self made architect. Alejandro is a citizen of the world, with a Salvadoran and Mexican passport and fluent in Indonesian.
He lives his life as he surfs each wave: riding it as it rolls.
Partner
DNADD
Italy
Italy
Elisa Montalti
DNADD Responsive Architecture
Founder of DNADD Responsive Architecture, Elisa can be found thinking about how to make the world a better place through architecture, inventing a new challenge to improve the lives of others or in some remote place making what she imagined come true.
Partner
1.618 Consultores
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Boris Guevara
1.618 Consultores
Boris is always ready and willing to collaborate… by picking up his car, his camera, his laptop or a call to design or build a new project.
5 patas
our
projects
We connect the left brain
with the right brain,
the inside with the outside,
we connect twists with angles,
curves with straight lines.
5 patas
our
projects
We connect hats with roofs
walls with growing grass.
Cats with Architects
What if’s with Hell Yasss.
5 patas
meet
our founder
We connect dreamers with creators,
explorers with analysts,
builders with users,
curiosity with strategy.
5 patas
giving
back
We connect land with dreams,
classrooms with laughter,
gardens with healing,
projects with culture.
Grow Your School
Connecting bamboo
with learning
We believe that every child deserves fresh and inspiring spaces to learn and dream! That’s why we designed Grow Your School, an adaptable, breathable and sustainable school model, built entirely from bamboo that grows in rural areas.
5 patas
our
purpose
We are passionate about exploring connections,
creating connections, designing connections and
building connections.
5 patas
let’s
connect
We believe architecture
is all about the connections
we create with the spaces
we occupy.