Taller David Dana Arquitectura

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada

CONSTITUYENTES FACHADA ILUMINADA

Taller David Dana Arquitectura

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
© Alessandro Bo
Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
© Alessandro Bo

ARCHITECTS
Taller David Dana Arquitectura

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alessandro Bo

AREA
798.0 m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Mexico City, Mexico

CATEGORY
Renovation, lighting

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Text description provided by architect.

This Project is located at Constituyentes 1072, one of the main avenues in Mexico City.

The architectural approach integrates a front entry plaza that works as a boundary or transition between the building and the street.

The office complex integrates 5 levels and has the great advantage of inserting natural daylighting in all four facades.

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada

All the floor plans are equal besides the fifth floor which has a frontal cantilever that is being supported with a metal structure of 23 meters of altitude.

The main disadvantage of this structural skeleton was that is exposed in an area of high exposure.

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Geometrica Developers contacted us to transform the metal frame in a single intervention that visually would integrate the project with its environment.

This structure plays a major role in the design of the building and emphasize its presence in the surrounding context.

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Our performance goal was to reduce the visual impact of the 5 level structure, also to address it as an art installation.

The starting point in our proposal was to relate the metal structure of the building with the entry plaza, creating a pedestrian and vehicular landmark that would become interesting at any time of the day.

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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For the façade, we prefabricated a unique piece of perforated metal, this element was placed on the structure in different directions creating an attractive and dynamic geometry.

To complement the intervention we integrated a vertical LED lighting network that was extended and installed horizontally in the pavement of the square.

Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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The strategy resulted as a unique intervention in a corporate building which accom- plished the objective of transforming the space into a dynamic installation that interacts simultaneously with the public and the private space.


Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
© Alessandro Bo
Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada
© Alessandro Bo


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Floor Plan

Taller David Dana Arquitectura
T +52 55 91779969 M +52 1 5563185000
Taller David Dana Arquitectura
Lomas de Vista Hermosa, Cuajimalpa, 05100 Mexico City, Mexico