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Dumas + Horacio, Polanco, Mexico City by Central de Arquitectura

Project name:
Dumas + Horacio
Architecture firm:
Central de Arquitectura
Location:
Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography:
Luis Gordoa
Principal architect:
Moises Ison, José Antonio Sanchez
Design team:
Crimson Pasquinel
Built area:
2700 m²
Site area:
1000 m²
Design year:
2002
Completion year:
2004
Interior design:
Central de Arquitectura
Collaborators:
Daniel Vizuet
Civil engineer:
Colinas de Buen
Structural engineer:
Colinas de Buen
Environmental & MEP:
Landscape:
Lighting:
Construction:
Central de Arquitectura
Supervision:
Visualization:
Tools used:
Material:
Concrete Structure And Glass Blocks
Budget:
4.5 m USD
Client:
Urban Flats
Status:
built
Typology:
Residential › Apartments

Central de Arquitectura: The project is located in front of a roundabout on Horacio St. in Polanco. It is formed by 13 apartments divided in two towers of four levels and another parking level. Both towers are connected by a lobby and a stair that goes from the parking level up to the second level. The pedestrian access is through Alejandro Dumas St. and the vehicular access is through Horacio St.

The building is characterized by a single material on the façade: glass block. Taking advantage of the material´s physical characteristics, different environments were generated by using transparencies and opacities. The spatial arrangement is different, it responds to the user´s needs. There are eleven types of apartments, from those with patios on -1 level, to those with double heights and terraces on the last level.


By Alfredo Gonzalez

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