FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE

Soumaya Museum

Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo

SOUMAYA MUSEUM

FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise

YEAR
2011

CATEGORY
Museum

LOCATION
Mexico City, Mexico

INTERIOR ARCHITECT
FR-EE + MYT

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rafael Gamo , Adam Weisman, Raul Soria

MANUFACTURERS
Danpal, Kone, Soprema, USG, Agr, Alta, Aluvisa, ArqT, CYVSA, Dimeyco, Fine Floors, Hankö, Industrias Ideal, Lighteam, Panel Rey, Swecomex, Tecnomuro, Ypasa

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Engineer HVAC Colinas de Buen

AREA
17000 m²

END CONSTRUCTION
2011

DESIGN TEAM
Matthew Fineout, Ignacio Méndez, Sergio Rebelo, Omar Gerala Félix, Laura Domínguez, Herminio González, Ana Medina, Ana Paula Herrera, Mario Mora, Juan Pedro López, Guillermo Mena, Libia Castilla, Raúl García, Manuel Díaz, Alan Aurioles, Ana Gabriela Alcocer, Luis Ricardo García, Iván Ortiz, Tiago Pinto, Juan Andres López, Olga Gómez, Hugo Fernández, Kosuke Osawa, Francisco Javier de la Vega, David Hernández, Jorge Hernández, Joaquín Collado, Mariana Tafoya, Eduardo Benítez, Pedro Lechuga, Thorsten Englert, Luis Fuentes, Luis Flores, Rodolfo Rueda, Víctor Chávez, Max Betancourt, Wonne Ickxs, Dolores Robles-Martínez, Sappho Van Laer, Ophelie Chassin, Elena Haller, Abril Tobar, Diego Eumir Jasso, Albert Beele, Homero Yánez, Cynthia Meléndez, Hugo Vela, Susana Hernández, Gerardo Galicia, Alberto Duran, Camilo Mendoza, Dafne Zvi Zaldívar, Cecilia Jiménez, Ángel Ortiz, Raúl Antonio Hernández, Alma Delfina Rosas, Wendy Guillen, Raúl Flores, Daniel Alejandro Farías, Jesús Monroy, Saúl Miguel Kelly, Iván Javier Avilés, and Cesar Pérez

START CONSTRUCTION
2008

DATE DESIGN
2005

CONTRACTOR
Carso Infraestructura y Construcción

The Soumaya Museum is home to a private art collection of nearly 70,000 works from 15th to mid-20th century, including the world’s largest private collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures.

Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo
Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo

Programmed and designed by FR-EE, the museum reflects the eclectic taste of the collector, as well as his desire to create a new cultural institution for the public and the city.

Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman

The 150-foot tall structure rises at the heart of a new cultural and commercial district, Plaza Carso, also planned and designed by FR-EE.

Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman

The museum’s form, a rotated rhomboid supported by 28 curved steel columns of varying size and shapes, is clad in a skin of 16,000 hexagonal mirrored-steel elements which reference the traditional colonial ceramic-tiled building facades and gives the museum a diverse appearance depending on the weather, time of day and the viewer’s vantage point, while optimizing the preservation and durability of the entire building.

Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman

A seven-ring structural system creates cantilevers on multiple sides and stabilizes the museum’s continuous six-level promenade of exhibition, presentation and gathering space.

Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo
Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo

At the top floor, visitors enter a column-free exhibition hall filled with natural light. In addition to galleries, the Soumaya Museum includes a 350-seat auditorium, library, restaurant, gift shop and offices.


Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Adam Weisman
Soumaya Museum
© Rafael Gamo


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Floor Plan
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Ground Floor
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First Floor
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Second Floor
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Third Floor
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Fourth Floor
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Fifth Floor
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Sixth Floor


Soumaya Museum
Site Plan
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Section

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