Corporate Office Building Regeneration
The importance of discretion
In one of the main entrances to Mexico City we found a dilapidated building that needed a new life. Located in
an area of traffic chaos and visual saturation, the
intervention had to be simple, honest and discreet to
stand out in that environment.
We cleaned the building by removing all unnecessary items accumulated over the years and used a variety of materials as layers, as 'veils' to protect and create
appropriate scenarios for each space and function.
Savings all around
The Aluzinc coating of passive solar control on the facade helped us inside with the ideal indirect natural lighting for work and to get the right temperature. This lowered
the artificial lighting use and avoided climate control
providing significant energy savings.
The gray and white tones used on the outside,
managed to lose the volume in the gray sky of the city generating a break in the saturated street.
The structure
You enter the building through a white corridor that acts as a filter. This corridor ends in a five-story central atrium that serves as the patio where the offices are lit by zenital daylight. Here we find a second, translucent veil of fifteen-
meters high curtains and a recycled materials floor. This allows the passage of natural light to the office, but at the same time functions as visual and acoustic barrier between public and private areas. The view from this hall is framed by ending either up to the sky or to a second
outdoor patio, contained by a third green curtain
This design strategy enabled us to reduce labor costs and time as well as to generate significant, daily energy
savings for the building, while optimal spaces were
provided for working where greater interaction and
creativity were possible
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