is an architectural designer based in Los Angeles, working across architecture, objects, and image-making with a focus on quiet composition and material clarity. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona, where her work emphasized careful spatial sequencing, atmosphere, and the relationship between everyday rituals and the built environment.
Her professional experience includes work with Lanza Atelier in Mexico City and HSU McCullough in Los Angeles. Across these contexts, she has contributed to projects from early concept development through drawing-based refinement—valuing precision, restraint, and the discipline of making ideas legible through plan, section, and detail.
Outside of practice, Mercedes finds balance in time with family, baking, and long walks with her dogs—rituals that shape her sensitivity to the emotional weight of space. She is committed to people-centered architecture that is community-driven, culturally aware, and socially responsive, approaching design through empathy, collaboration, and careful listening. Her goal is to contribute to work that meets practical needs while fostering identity, belonging, and lasting connection to place.
