Bernardo García founded MÉTODO Arquitectos in Mexico City in 2012, and the practice works between Mexico and Colorado. Being bicultural is not a marketing line for us; it genuinely shapes how we see, how we listen, and how we design. Here is what working with a bicultural architect actually feels like.
Two ways of asking questions
Every architect begins by asking how a household lives. A bicultural background widens that inquiry. Different cultures gather differently, treat thresholds differently, and hold different ideas about privacy, hospitality, and the relationship between a home and the outdoors. Carrying more than one of these frames means we ask richer questions at the start, and we are less likely to assume there is only one right way for a home to work.
Listening across difference
Working across cultures teaches a particular kind of listening. You learn not to project your own assumptions onto what someone says they want, and to notice the intentions beneath the words. That skill matters in any residential project, where the most important things a client tells you are often unspoken. A bicultural architect is practiced at hearing them.
Light, mass, and the outdoor room
Mexican architecture has a deep tradition of working with light, solid mass, courtyards, and the outdoor room as a genuine part of the home. Those instincts travel well to Colorado, where the climate and the outdoor culture also invite a strong connection between inside and out. A bicultural architect can bring that inherited sensibility to a Colorado home in a way that feels natural rather than imported.
Craft and the value of the handmade
A background rooted partly in Mexico carries an appreciation for craft and the handmade, and relationships with people who still work that way. In a home, that shows up as an eye for the joint, the finish, and the detail, and a belief that a home is enriched by evidence of the human hand. It is one of the quieter but more lasting gifts a bicultural practice can offer.
One place at a time
Being bicultural does not mean designing generic international homes. Quite the opposite. It means having more ways to make a home belong precisely to its own place. A Colorado home should feel entirely of Colorado. The wider perspective simply gives us more tools to get there and a stronger instinct for what will feel timeless.
Belonging in more than one world
There is a particular sensibility that comes from belonging to more than one culture: an ease with difference, a habit of translating between worlds, and an understanding that there is rarely only one right way to do anything. In residential design, this translates into flexibility and openness. A bicultural architect is comfortable holding several possibilities at once, drawing on a wider range of references and instincts to find the answer that genuinely fits a particular household and place. It also brings a kind of humility, an awareness that one's own assumptions are not universal, which makes for a better listener and a more attentive designer. Rather than arriving with fixed ideas about how a home should be, we arrive curious about how you actually want to live, ready to be surprised. This openness is one of the quieter gifts of a bicultural background. It does not announce itself in the finished home, but it shapes the whole process of designing it, making that process more collaborative, more responsive, and more likely to arrive at something that feels authentically yours rather than imposed from outside.
The intimacy of a small studio
We are a small, author-led practice, which means working with us is genuinely personal. The architect who listens to you at the start is the same one thinking about your home throughout. For a project as personal as a home, that continuity, combined with a bicultural way of seeing, is what lets us design something that feels deeply yours.
Start a conversation
If you are considering a residential project and want an architect who listens before proposing, we would be glad to talk. Schedule a conversation or reach us directly on WhatsApp to tell us about your site and your intentions. We take on a small number of projects at a time, and every one begins with a conversation.