above: TTA’s Kevin Wickham + Mark Cruz, Project Papalote, Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico
Kevin Wickham, Principal
Wickham has had a passion for minimalism as it relates to living spaces and sculptures that work in harmony with their natural surroundings. He was influenced by self-taught Japanese architect Tadao Ando and his use of concrete to express a minimal relationship between interior and exterior. Over the past 35 years Wickham has designed and built more than 50 of his own projects and countless others for clients and friends in the U.S., Mexico, and Southeast Asia. As early as 25 years ago, Wickham began incorporating passive design into his buildings, including solar energy, water collection, planted roofs, and natural lighting and insulation to make the buildings more sustainable.
“My goal is to create minimal and beautiful living spaces that work in harmony with the site’s natural surroundings.”
Mark Cruz AIA, Project Architect
Mark is a Generalist Architect and Educator, operating a collaboration-based practice throughout the Pacific Rim. He brings technical rigor, contemporary detailing, and digital visualization skills to help create polyvalent spaces with significant ROIs. Broadly experienced in Rural, Suburban, and Urban scales, Mark has developed his design philosophy of collaboration and regional inclusivity through years in academic research and immersive experiences in multiple-disciplinary projects. He has varied professional experience, working in Hospitality and Resort Design, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, and facilitating hundreds of single- and multi-family residences in multiple states. His sense of cooperation and design agency qualifies him to interface efficiently within any project team at any phase, anywhere.