architect: JSª
location: Mexico City
year: 2007
The Amsterdam complex did not really begin as one: the projects began to be linked one to the other in the course of time, and during the progressive construction of the buildings. Being able to work in adjoining lots adds potential to opportunities isolated projects lack, such as views from one property to the other, recesses in the façades that provide diagonal views through the neighboring property. As regards the city, it’s important to transgress the boundaries between public and private, and bet that the urban fabric comes out winning in such operations, with the creation of semi-public spaces that link the inner section of a block and create a pedestrian bridge between the two avenues, especially in this case, where the higher real estate value of Amsterdam Avenue can raise the depressed value of Insurgentes Avenue, and in this way transmits, as if by contagion, the Condesa neighborhood urban regeneration process to its perimeter.
Headed by Javier Sanchez, Alvaro Becker and Santiago Sanchez, JSª was created in 2007, (previously Higuera + Sanchez, created in 1996). With 14 years of experience and more than 40 national and international awards, JSª focuses on architecture, interior design and construction as well as design, sales and marketing of innovative real estate projects.
