AEON STUDIUM

Founded in 2015 as NASAA, AEON STUDIUM emerged from a search for an architectural language shaped by time, culture and place.

In 2025, the studio evolved into AEON STUDIUM, an independent studio for research, art, architecture and urbanism. It explores how tradition, culture and place can inform new ways of imagining the built environment, moving from territory to detail.

AEON STUDIUM approaches architecture as a cultural continuum: a process of observing, researching and transforming the knowledge, forms and traditions that connect people to place through time.

NADIA SAMIR RINCON

Urbanist · Architectural Designer · Researcher

A Mexican-Egyptian urbanist and architectural designer focused on tradition, place and enduring communities. She is the Founder of AEON STUDIUM and Founder and Chair of INTBAU México, where she promotes traditional architecture and urbanism through practice, research, education and cultural initiatives.

Her work includes Ciudad de Origen, an Urban Lab exploring traditional settlements and The Art of Dwelling, a platform promoting traditional architecture and the culture of place.

Her work has been recognized with Novum Vivarium and the University of Notre Dame’s Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Urbanism, among others.

She holds a Master of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism from the University of Notre Dame, with a minor in Peace Studies through the Kroc Institute, and a Bachelor of Architecture with a specialization in Landscape Architecture from La Salle Cuernavaca. She currently practices at Fairfax & Sammons Architects.

Philoshophy

AEON STUDIUM believes that:

"to honor our ancestors is not to imitate them, but to continue the work they began"

Tradition is a living inheritance, shaped by generations of observation, refinement and adaptation. It represents what has endured because it has proven meaningful, resilient and deeply connected to human life.

Following tradition does not mean copying the past, means learning from principles that have been tested in time and carrying them with intelligence and responsibility. Anchors architecture and urbanism in something deeper than fashion, giving continuity to cities, identity to communities and meaning to the places we inhabit.

The built environment risks becoming detached from culture, memory and the people it means to serve.

Progress and tradition are not opposites. Progress builds upon inherited wisdom rather than discarding it. Every generation has the responsibility to preserve what is valuable, improve and contribute something worthy to those who will come after. The measure of our work is not whether it is novel, but if it enriches the long story of civilization.

Our goal is to create places that belong to their people, respect their history and remain meaningful for generations. To honor those who came before us, serve those who live today and leave a legacy that future generations will be proud to inherit.

Place. Culture. Continuity.

Selected Recognition

Something New is Coming

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

November 5–8, 2026

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Urban Design

Frascati, Italy

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Otlichno Forum "100 best graduates"

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Speaker and Juror

Moscow, Russia

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Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Urban Design

Notre Dame, USA

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AEON STUDIUM

NADIA SAMIR RINCON

Lessons of the past can shape better places for the future.

INSPIRING DESIGNS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITIES

Philoshophy

Selected Recognition

Something New is Coming

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Otlichno Forum "100 best graduates"

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Begin A Conversation...Explore all Our Projects

For collaborations, research and academic inquiries

Mexico · United States · Egypt

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AEON STUDIUM

NADIA SAMIR RINCON

Lessons of the past can shape better places for the future.

INSPIRING DESIGNS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITIES

Philoshophy

Selected Recognition

Something New is Coming

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Vivarium Novum "hereditas urbium" the inheritable city

Otlichno Forum "100 best graduates"

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Dean's Award University of Notre Dame

Begin A Conversation...Explore all Our Projects

For collaborations, research and academic inquiries

Mexico · United States · Egypt

Drop us a line!

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