Hernan Molina

Senior Architect / Associate Principal at Populous

Role
Associate Principal at Populous
Location
Dallas, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Hernan Molina

Hernán Molina is an accomplished architect and designer with a unique academic background and extensive professional experience spanning multiple continents.Currently, Hernán serves as Lead Designer at Populous, where he has significantly contributed to the firm\'s thriving design landscape over the past two years. His work encompasses diverse projects, including mixed-use developments, sports stadiums, training facilities, institutional buildings, and arenas in the United States and Mexico.Prior to his tenure at Populous, Hernán was Lead Designer at Arcadis (RTKL), working on various mixed-use developments and commercial buildings. His influence extends across Latin America, the United States, and the Middle East. Notably, his project, the 360 Mall and Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy in Kuwait, has received multiple design awards and widespread publication.With over 15 years of experience, Hernán’s design work has earned widespread industry recognition and numerous prestigious awards, including the ICSC Gold Global Award (2021), RLI International Shopping Centre Award (2021), CRTKL Best of The Best Award (2017, 2016), AIA Dallas Unbuilt Award (2015), First Award for Public Building Concept - RTF Sustainability Awards (2014), Jim Sailor Creativity Award (2014), TEX-FAB Applied Competition (2012), SEGD Merit Award (2010), TSA Studio Design Award (2009), AIA Unbuilt Citation Award (2008), and Best in Show KRob Award (2007).Beyond his professional achievements, Hernán is dedicated to education and research. He has received multiple academic honors and scholarships for his research in morphology, digital fabrication, and computer-aided design. Hernán has also shared his expertise as a professor and Research Director at the University of San Pablo-T, Argentina. His academic and design work has been published in Texas Architect, Columns, SEGD Design, Sigradi, Bridges, and CRTKL’s WIP.Hernán combines his experience as a professor and researcher with his years of design practice to create award-winning, sustainable, and people-focused designs. He approaches design with a detailed understanding of the factors necessary to create rewarding user experiences, emphasizing performative architecture and computational design.

Experience

  1. Associate Principal

    Populous

    May 2022 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

Education

  • Texas A&M University

    Master of Architecture - MArch

    2005 — 2007

  • Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

    Architect, Architecture and Urban Planing

    1996 — 2002

  • Universidad de Mendoza

    PhD Candidate, Architecture

    2003 — 2005

Skills

  • Rhino
  • Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
  • Mixed-Use
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Drawings
  • Parametric Design
  • Sustainable Design
  • Cad
  • Bim
  • Urbanism
  • Building Information Modeling (Bim)
  • Architectural Design
  • Grasshopper
  • Retail & Entertainment
  • Computational Design
  • Design Research
  • Revit
  • Submittals
  • Autocad
  • Sketchup
  • Architectures
  • 3d Studio Max

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