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19.98_EL MODULON / MEXICO CITY / MX
[800SQM >MULTIPURPOSE SPACE + COMMUNITY ROOMS]

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[MODULON]> THE BUILDING IS AN ARCHITECTURAL PROTOTYPE TO BE REPEATED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF MEXICO CITY. THE PROGRAM COMBINED A COVERED MULTI-USE SPACE WITH NINE ROOMS FOR SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, ELDERLY CARE AND TUTORING. THIS PIECE OFFERS HIGH-END MODERN AESTHETIC VALUES WITHIN A LOW BUDGET FRAMEWORK. THE STRUCTURE IS FORMED BY STEEL FRAMES AND CONCRETE, AND MASONRY WALLS. THE WALLS ARE UNIFORM PLANES OF CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS LAID SIDEWAYS WITH THE CAVITY FACING OUT. IN CONTRAST WITH THE RIGID GEOMETRY OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS THE ROOF IS AN EXPRESSIVE STRUCTURE OF CURVED STEEL BEAMS THAT RESPOND TO THE PROGRAM LAY OUT. "EL MODULON" HAS BECOME AN ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE POINT OF REFERENCE.

 

DESIGN TEAM>
LUISVICENTE_FLORES
ARIEL RODAS

ENGINEERING>
OSEZNE

CONSTRUCTION>
ARKITEKTSTUDIO

AWARDS>
FIRST PRIZE BIENAL DE BUENOS AIRES/2000

THE METEORITE/US.10_01
PT_400000/MX.09_02
RE:VISION_DALLAS/US.94_03
SHANGAI_PAVILION/CN.09_04
16SQG_TOKIO/JP.09_05
GREENLUXURYHOTEL/MX.08_06
P3332/MX.08_07
LAFRANJA/MX.08_08
HELIXTOWER/MX.08_09
I_CONDESA/MX.07_10
BICENTENNIAL_SQUARE/MX.07_11
HIGH_HAUS/MX.07_12
GREEN_ARK/US.06_13
COZ_NORTH/MX.06_11
JVC NODE/MX.05_15
NBPEJ_LIBRARY/MX.08_16



...UPDATE JUNE 2010 ©LUISVICENTFLORES/MEXICO CITY/2008