2024-05-01T11:56:17-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/132048886/work-life-balance-how-one-architect-collaborates-with-his-teenage-son Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-07-17T08:12:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/89je9nex3twv1nh2.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sometimes, the inspiration for a single design element can be hard to pin down. Other times, it&rsquo;s coming straight out of your hammy fourteen year-old kid. This is something of a regular occurrence for Hector M. Perez, a San Diego-based architect who often collaborates with his son Adrian on projects for his own firm, De-Arc.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/jt/jt2hvoblyjlbe4pu.jpg"></p><p>For a small mix-use project in downtown San Diego, <em>La Esquina </em>(pictured above),&nbsp;Perez had planned identical entryways for seven lofts, until his son intervened. Worrying that tenants might come home discombobulated from a night on the town and try to enter the wrong doorway, Adrian suggested marking each entryway with its own distinct color. Hector happily accepted the critique, and adapted it into the design. A short film made by Breadtruck Films captures Adrian's sage delivery to his father, "You're not doing it right!":</p><p></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/125510307" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hector M. Perez // Designer</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/breadtruckfilms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BREADTRUCK FILMS</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p><p>Hector himself comments in the film on the very conscious involvement of his son in ...</p>