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Universidad de Monterrey's Rectory
Universidad de Monterrey's Rectory
Monterrey, Mexico
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Other Projects by Arq. Bernardo Hinojosa / Arquiplan
Universidad de Monterrey's Rectory
Monterrey, Mexico
Type
YEAR
2005
"2007 International Architecture Award" granted by The Chicago Anthenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. That year the jury was the Union of Architects of Russia in Moscow (more than 400 buildings from all over the world competed).
"2005 Best in its Class Award", granted by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) of Chicago as the best educational building in North America using precast concrete elements. Only seven buildings received this award this in U.S.A., Mexico and Canada.
Is an icon with a strong symbolic content and represents the academic excellence of an Institution.
This building signifies the culmination of a construction effort of more than 15 years to create a harmonic and humanist Campus. It is located at the beginning of a great natural garden with spectacular views to the mountains.
One of the premises in the design was to give a particular importance to each façade and create a building with multiple and interesting views, each one with its own personality, yet forming a coherent unit. Considering the surrounding environment, it was decided that the facades should be made of stone materials.
The project, with a strict geometry, is formed by an incomplete circle limited by a square and it is all traced based in a radial geometry with an origin that practically corresponds to the geographic center of the Campus. This is where the Principal square Plaza is located, with the University’s main ideals engraved in the surrounding walls.
The 91,500 square feet building has the lobby, general information, cafeteria, and deans offices in the ground level or first floor. In the second floor, the continuous education programs and seminar rooms are located. In the third and fourth, the building has administrative areas and the fifth hosts the President’s and main staff areas.
To avoid a too solemn design and integrate a sense of the student informality, different touches of strong colors were used. In the west façade, a group of columns go beyond their structural purpose and form a sculptural unit of vivid colors in venetian tile.
The interior face of the great beam in the west façade, which protects from sunlight, has a monumental mural designed in joyful colors that can be appreciated from diverse locations of the building.
In the cost analysis of the investment, it was determined that to conserve and obtain the highest quality of the spectacular facades of the building, architectural precast concrete panels should be specified.
The panels were fabricated with white concrete with a combination of different textures that led to beautiful effects of light and shadow. To soften the contrast between the structural plain concrete and the white of the panels, the exterior columns were cast with a gray cement, white marble concrete and with a hammered finish. This solution represents the great aesthetic possibilities of architectural concrete.
"2005 Best in its Class Award", granted by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) of Chicago as the best educational building in North America using precast concrete elements. Only seven buildings received this award this in U.S.A., Mexico and Canada.
Is an icon with a strong symbolic content and represents the academic excellence of an Institution.
This building signifies the culmination of a construction effort of more than 15 years to create a harmonic and humanist Campus. It is located at the beginning of a great natural garden with spectacular views to the mountains.
One of the premises in the design was to give a particular importance to each façade and create a building with multiple and interesting views, each one with its own personality, yet forming a coherent unit. Considering the surrounding environment, it was decided that the facades should be made of stone materials.
The project, with a strict geometry, is formed by an incomplete circle limited by a square and it is all traced based in a radial geometry with an origin that practically corresponds to the geographic center of the Campus. This is where the Principal square Plaza is located, with the University’s main ideals engraved in the surrounding walls.
The 91,500 square feet building has the lobby, general information, cafeteria, and deans offices in the ground level or first floor. In the second floor, the continuous education programs and seminar rooms are located. In the third and fourth, the building has administrative areas and the fifth hosts the President’s and main staff areas.
To avoid a too solemn design and integrate a sense of the student informality, different touches of strong colors were used. In the west façade, a group of columns go beyond their structural purpose and form a sculptural unit of vivid colors in venetian tile.
The interior face of the great beam in the west façade, which protects from sunlight, has a monumental mural designed in joyful colors that can be appreciated from diverse locations of the building.
In the cost analysis of the investment, it was determined that to conserve and obtain the highest quality of the spectacular facades of the building, architectural precast concrete panels should be specified.
The panels were fabricated with white concrete with a combination of different textures that led to beautiful effects of light and shadow. To soften the contrast between the structural plain concrete and the white of the panels, the exterior columns were cast with a gray cement, white marble concrete and with a hammered finish. This solution represents the great aesthetic possibilities of architectural concrete.
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