José Vasconcelos Public Library
The project integrates the public library with a botanical garden. A 250 meter steel, concrete and glass structure surrounded by greenery and water. The design is based in four fundamental considerations: – Mexico City is one of the largest, most pollu …
Terminal 2
In response to the increasing number of passengers in Terminal 1 of the Mexico City international Airport, the federal government set up a Metropolitan System of airports with the objective of making the fullest possible use of the airport infrastructu …
House of the Alley
Finishing off a alley of a popular colony in the skirts of the Ajusco, the house of three plants tries to integrate itself to the context with a material of deep indirect labor cost, block of concrete. The scheme was thought to take advantage of the ma …
Nestlé Chocolate Museum
While Nestlé’s chocolate Factory in Mexico City (located in Paseo Tollocan near Toluca) was in need of an inner pathway for visitors to witness the production of their favorite chocolates, a group of experts put together by rojkind arquitectos and Traq …
Ozuluama House
“La Condesa” a Trendy Mexico City neighborhood of engaging contrasts, has exploded remarkably in the last few years. Home not only to new restaurants, bars, galleries and cafes but also to new edifications that blend with the ones form the 40´s, genera …
Estudio Explanada
This artist’s studio is located in a residential area in the west corner of Mexico City, over a 20m x 40m site. The project has an underground parking space and its formed by a building with 3 levels (a triple-height space, offices on the third level a …
University Museum for Contemporary Art – MUAC
The Museum is located to one side of a new plaza which serves as an entrance to the Cultural Center of the University. Slanted at an angle of 45º, the façade forms a portico leading to the Concert Hall and theaters of the Cultural Center. The double-he …
Soumaya Museum
Emerging from the ground; the Soumaya Museum will be a central attraction in a new development within metropolitan Mexico City. The 17,000 sqm building will have an exhibit area of approximately 6,000 sqm spread over 5 levels. There will be an auditori …
El Pedregal de San Angel
Luis Barragan, House at Avenida de las Fuentes 12, Jardines del Pedregal, Mexico City, 1949-50. Photo Armando Salas Portugal © Barragan Foundation, Switzerland / ProLitteris / SIAE A sea of black lava that shapes extraordinary figures, a lush vegetatio …
Narrare con l‘architettura. Le case di Diego Rivera e Frida Kahlo
Telling a story with architecture. The houses of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Commenting on his work, Juan O‘Gorman, author of the house-atelier of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in San Angel in Mexico City, said that “the house caused quite a stir beca …