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Fernando Romero
Fernando Romero Havaux (born 1971) is a Mexican architect and philanthropist. He is the founder of Fernando Romero (formerly known as Fr-ee). In 2025, Fernando established Fundacion Fernando Romero and under its patronage is transforming Barragan's masterpiece - La Cuadra San Cristobal- into a new cultural venue for Mexico City. He is also the co-founder of Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura. Fernando is the ex-son-in-law of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Romero is the great-grandson of Alejandro Romero Lesbros, who was a pioneer in the development of several boroughs and recreation districts in Mexico City from the 1920s to the 1940s. His grandfather Raúl Romero Erazo and father Raúl Romero Zenizo continued the family business. He studied architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City from 1991 until 1995, serving as a president of the alumni society.
In 1995, following graduation, Romero joined the office of Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[citation needed] In 1999, Romero served as the project leader who won the entry for Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal. After its inauguration in 2005, The New York Times described the building as "one of the most important concert halls built in the last 100 years".
After leaving OMA, Romero founded his own studio in Mexico City in 2000. Its work comprises a variety of scales, programs and morphologies[clarification needed] located all over the world.
Romero designed the Soumaya Museum, the Mexico City International Airport (with Norman Foster) and El Salvador's Bitcoin City along with its Airport of the Pacific. In Spring 2025, his studio broke ground on a new $84 million hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for CHRISTUS HEALTH.
The terminal would have used very little power, and would have been the most sustainable airport in the world. It would have had short spaces throughout the halls; therefore, no internal trains or subway tunnels would be used. It would have had six lanes, and would have been able to mobilize up to 120 million passengers per year. It is estimated that the project would have required an investment of about 9,150 million dollars and is considered to be the most important work of the administration of the president Enrique Peña Nieto.
In February 2025, Romero founded Fundacion Fernando Romero which operates through the disciplines of art, architecture, and spatial research, all with the ambition of making a positive impact on people's lives. The work of the Fundación is organized under two umbrella initiatives —— Arts & Culture and a Research Institute.
During Zona Maco 2025, Romero announced his foundation's plants to transform La Cuadra into a new, public cultural destination. Romero's vision includes the addition of new pavilions and other temporary interventions. Romero said "Through a range of programming, we aim to catalyze the power of architecture for the visiting public and celebrate the enduring cultural influence of Luis Barragán.”.
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Fernando Romero
Fernando Romero Havaux (born 1971) is a Mexican architect and philanthropist. He is the founder of Fernando Romero (formerly known as Fr-ee). In 2025, Fernando established Fundacion Fernando Romero and under its patronage is transforming Barragan's masterpiece - La Cuadra San Cristobal- into a new cultural venue for Mexico City. He is also the co-founder of Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura. Fernando is the ex-son-in-law of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Romero is the great-grandson of Alejandro Romero Lesbros, who was a pioneer in the development of several boroughs and recreation districts in Mexico City from the 1920s to the 1940s. His grandfather Raúl Romero Erazo and father Raúl Romero Zenizo continued the family business. He studied architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City from 1991 until 1995, serving as a president of the alumni society.
In 1995, following graduation, Romero joined the office of Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[citation needed] In 1999, Romero served as the project leader who won the entry for Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal. After its inauguration in 2005, The New York Times described the building as "one of the most important concert halls built in the last 100 years".
After leaving OMA, Romero founded his own studio in Mexico City in 2000. Its work comprises a variety of scales, programs and morphologies[clarification needed] located all over the world.
Romero designed the Soumaya Museum, the Mexico City International Airport (with Norman Foster) and El Salvador's Bitcoin City along with its Airport of the Pacific. In Spring 2025, his studio broke ground on a new $84 million hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for CHRISTUS HEALTH.
The terminal would have used very little power, and would have been the most sustainable airport in the world. It would have had short spaces throughout the halls; therefore, no internal trains or subway tunnels would be used. It would have had six lanes, and would have been able to mobilize up to 120 million passengers per year. It is estimated that the project would have required an investment of about 9,150 million dollars and is considered to be the most important work of the administration of the president Enrique Peña Nieto.
In February 2025, Romero founded Fundacion Fernando Romero which operates through the disciplines of art, architecture, and spatial research, all with the ambition of making a positive impact on people's lives. The work of the Fundación is organized under two umbrella initiatives —— Arts & Culture and a Research Institute.
During Zona Maco 2025, Romero announced his foundation's plants to transform La Cuadra into a new, public cultural destination. Romero's vision includes the addition of new pavilions and other temporary interventions. Romero said "Through a range of programming, we aim to catalyze the power of architecture for the visiting public and celebrate the enduring cultural influence of Luis Barragán.”.
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