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BitLoft Building

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

BITLOFT BUILDING

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ARCHITECTS
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LEAD ARCHITECT
Francisco Javier Esqueda Martínez, Iván Esqueda Martínez

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Cemex, Eurovent, Herralum, Imperquimia, Mabe, Napresa, Porcelanite, Urrea, Yale

AREA
5308 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Guadalajara, Mexico

CATEGORY
Mixed Use Architecture, Apartments

Text description provided by architect.

Bit Loft is located on the corner of Colon Avenue and Montenegro Street, in the Historic Center of Guadalajara, in the Mexicaltzingo neighborhood, a very traditional area of the city.

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

It is an apartment building designed for people who prioritize a central location in the city and to have public amenities on the premises for work and recreation.

The project is located in the plot of the former Hercules Mosaic factory, where the building, with heritage value, located on Montenegro Street is preserved and restored.

The proposal integrates the existing historical building with an extension that has a contemporary language that seeks, through contrast, to establish a dialogue with the traditional architecture of the city.

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

The openings in the façade of the building on Colón Avenue, where the main access is located, seek, through its verticality, to have a relationship with traditional windows but with a different rhythm to that existing in the historical buildings.

On top of the historical part of the building, a "raw" volume is built with “ribs” made of cement bricks that emphasize the mentioned verticality.

The ground floor, on both street fronts, is intended for commercial use with 4 shops.

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

39 apartments are distributed between the volumes that give shape to the facade and those generated in the interior space.There is a parking level in a semi-basement, and the building has four floors of apartments, seeking to preserve a relationship with the height of the surrounding buildings.

When entering the building you reach a large patio where the vertical and horizontal circulations are located.

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

All the apartments in the interior volume are duplexes; half of the apartments have access from the "patio" on the ground floor, and the other half have access on the fourth level, which creates a triple-height space without circulations, giving privacy and allowing the flow of air and light.

The rooftop of the building on Montenegro Street is adapted as terraces of the apartments, a gesture that is repeated on the rooftops of the interior volumes.

BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini

The amenities of the building are on the rooftop above the volume on Colon Avenue: coworking space, gym, and a playground.


BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini
BitLoft Building
© Lorena Darquea Schettini


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San Juan de Los Lagos 153, Vallarta Poniente, 44110 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico