Senado de la República Ciudad de México Concurso

Senado de la República Ciudad de México Concurso
Discover an innovative architectural project in Mexico City that blends tradition with modernity in a sustainable, garden terrace design.

Discover what makes it unique

In the best corner of the country, an urban park, a domesticated nature, plays host to an action with special significance for Mexico's political life: a lattice, a glass sculpture of transparencies, reflections, and opacities resting on a lava platform and an iron prism.

The proposal arises from the conciliation of the geometries of Reforma and Insurgentes Avenues, on a site invaded by neighboring foliage that transforms it into a garden terrace. It is efficient, with functional proportions; stable, thanks to its structure; economical, thanks to passive and active lighting and ventilation systems; aesthetic, by reconciling tradition and avant-garde; and expressive, by communicating plurality, balance, and harmony with nature.

 

Client

Competition

Project type

Commerce & Offices

Location

Ciudad de México, México

Built area

92,500

Year(s)

2002-2003

Participants

Enrique Duarte A.
Víctor Cruz D.
Luis Estrada A.
Román Cordero T.
Alejandra Abreu S.
Mauricio Gallegos E.