The apartment
building is situated in the centre of Mexico City, in the district of Anzures,
indicating the urban character of the plot. According to the requirements of
the client, we designed a building which features different apartment typologies
divided into three blocks, giving more square meters of facade to each side. Common
areas of the apartment community are contained in a single space looking
outside to three facades. The building stands way behind the street line,
giving space to create green zones in an urban district. Each of them surrounds
and enters into the volume to become service areas. This idea became the main
driving force behind the interior space design. A glass facade covers the
irregular wall of the building to provide a unique appearance, also giving a
character of unlimited connection between interior and exterior space. Just the horizontal framing marks the
different levels of the construction.
Meanwhile we
were developing the project; the Mexican artist Jeronimo Hagerman installed one
of his plastic art works in the Museum Sala de Siqueiros of Mexico City, using veining plants perfectly
the ones we were thinking for the green areas. In collaboration with the
artist, we kindly could insert the plants in the project, once finished the
exposition; giving them a new utility.