Director
BArch, MArch, DGP-SEP (registered architect in Mexico)
London, UK
Paulo Flores
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Paulo is a key creative leader in ZHA who has directed the development of multiple award-winning projects across various typologies worldwide. Paulo has played a crucial role in numerous successful competitions and completed projects, contributing unique solutions from early conceptual development till project completion. These include ZHA’s first airport Beijing Daxing International Airport in China, Navi Mumbai International Airport in India, the 144,000 sqm Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum and the 400m tall Twin Tower complex Tower C in Shenzhen Bay in China.
Paulo leads his team who are driven by collaboration and creative pursuit for design exploration. The group play a pivotal role in expanding the studios global design presence and design innovation that resonates across cultures and continents, supporting projects across the entire office.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Featured Projects
From an airport accommodating 72 million travellers, to a science centre linked with universities, schools and innovation centres across China, discover highlights of Paulo's notable projects at ZHA.
Paulo received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Ibero-American University in Mexico City in 2004, including one year of computational design at the University of Miami. In 2007, he earned his Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) at the Architectural Association (AA) in London.
Paulo has lectured extensively in Latin America, Europe, and China, and is a regularly invited critic and jury member at the AA, the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), and other universities and institutions worldwide for reviews, symposiums, awards, and international competitions.
Originally from Mexico, Paulo’s early understanding of architecture was rooted in Mexican styles from the 1960s and 1970s. His subsequent travels across Europe as a junior tennis player broadened his appreciation for European and modern architectural movements. His passion for sports and architecture continues to influence his work today.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Paulo has contributed to since joining ZHA.
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Offices
Tall Buildings
The design of Tower C integrates the city and nature within its central green axis with the transit orientated development (TOD) of Shenzhen’s new spine, creating a ‘superscape’ that will become a tower of the future within the Super Headquarters Base.
Sports
Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Tall Buildings
Offices
Developed on the world’s most valuable site purchased by Henderson Land, the 36-storey tower's design shelters new civic plazas enveloped by nature, creating an urban oasis in the centre of the city. Accommodating enhanced workplace flexibility, the building’s smart management system creates a contactless pathway for all occupants, eliminating all contact with communal surfaces.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Offices
Heritage + Regeneration
The new Port House in Antwerp repurposes, renovates and extends a derelict fire station into a new headquarters for the port – bringing together the port’s 500 staff that previously worked in separate buildings around the city.
Photograph by Brett Boardman Photography
Transport + Infrastructure
ZHA and Cox Architecture have won the international design competition for the new Western Sydney Airport (WSA) and been appointed as Master Architect for the project. The ZHA/COX team was selected from a broad field of forty national and international applicants that was narrowed to five selected design competitors.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Mixed Use
Civic
As the cultural, academic and civic centre of China, Beijing has also developed into one of the world’s centres of communication and scientific research.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Sports
ZHA’s first sports and commercial project in Asia, GO PARK Sai Sha is nestled between the mountains of Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan Country Park and the sheltered waters of Three Fathoms Cove which leads out to the South China Sea.
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Culture
The new Chengdu Science Fiction Museum is situated on Jingrong Lake within the Science & Innovation New City of Chengdu’s Pidu District.
Render by Proloog
Elevation River
Culture
Designed to host local and international productions of opera, dance and drama together with large-scale symphonies and musical theatre, the Art and Culture Centre includes a 1,400-seat Grand Theatre, 500-seat Black-Box Multifunctional Hall, 2,900 sq. m Arts and Education Centre, 3,000m² Conference Centre, 7,500m² Heritage Museum and a 10,000m² Digital Art Gallery.
Render by TegMark
Architecture
Masterplans
Designed by ZHA, the masterplan for Khalid Bin Sultan City is adjacent to BEEAH’s acclaimed headquarters in Sharjah.
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River View
Culture
Education
The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre will incorporate the Navoi State Museum of Literature, Auditorium, International Research Centre and School.
Render by Atchain
Culture
Mixed Use
A place of convergence and collaboration, the Yidan Center will be home to the Chen Yidan Foundation in its work to promote lifelong learning and innovation in education.
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