Condesa is a neighborhood in the central borough of Cuauhtemoc in Mexic City . Nowadays the zone known as Condesa consists of three colonias: Condesa, Hipódromo and Hipódromo-Condesa. It is well known for its Art deco architecture. It was developed at the turn of the 20th century (1902) in what was once the Condesa racetrack. The actual racetrack became a pair of concentric elliptical streets called Amsterdam and Avenida México. The neighborhood got its name from the grounds of the old Hacienda of the Countess of Miravalle on which it was built. The hacienda's old house still exists as the Russian embassy in Mexico. The neighborhood is also notable for its restaurants, bars and sidewalk cafés. Its very common to see every kind of artist living here: architects, painters, singers, etc. Since 15 years ago the intervention of famous architects and artists in the neighbor makes these Zone one of the most famouse chick and expensive place to live. Art deco houses, modernism, echlectic,loft style apartments and interventions to old houses with modern architecture makes a collage of very interesting mix of architecture.
These proyect was to make a collage facade with buildings of the neighbor to make a new facade with art deco doors, concrete walls and geometric screens to make representative image of the style of architecture you can see in the neighbor.