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“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”

- ludwig mies van der rohe

MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING AT VALENTÍN GÓMEZ FARÍAS 19

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One of the most emblematic monuments in the country is the Monument to the Revolution, located in the Colonia Tabacalera in Mexico City. This monument was designed by the mexican architect Carlos Obregón Santasilla and its construction was completed in 1938. The concept in which the Multipurpose Bulding at Valentín Gómez Farías 19 is based is in the main form of this structure.

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Profesor Fecha Alumno

Valentín Gómez Farías

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ACADEMIA DE DANZA TEATRO RECEPCIÓN

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GRABACIÓN JARDÍN ESCENARIO

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Lower level. Dancing and theater academies.

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AULA ACADEMIA DE MÚSICA BODEGA

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Level 2. Music and arts academy.

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GIMNASIO TERRAZA

CUARTO DE JUEGOS

Levels 3-11. Apartments

Level 12. Gym, gaming area, terrace.

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The shape of the monument was extracted in an abstract form in both plan and facade to create a very atractive and functional geometry. In addition, the shape is not the only concept of the building, its architectural program includes four academies: dancing, acting, music and art. The reason: the Mexico’s City Center has always been an area of great social contrast; its history is filled with all of these cultural activities. This is why its decided to continue with artistic activities, so that the residents of the Tabacalera and the nearby areas have a space where they can continue practicing the activities that have been the main identity of the area.

SAN FERNANDO HOTEL+HOSTEL

ITESM CSF

SAN FERNANDO HOTEL+HOSTEL

Historic analysis

The San Fernando Hotel+Hostel is the result of an extensive historic and urban analysis. According to the needs of the area, a solid proposal that responds to the context was realized. Located in one of the most historic neighbourhoods in Mexico City, the Colonia Guerrero, where the develpment of the city began and has been a crucial spot for its growth.

The main road, the Calzada de Tacuba is one of the first avenues in Latin America which is why its importance played a great roll in the project.

Mexico City, Mexico

1) San Hipólito Church and Hospital

2) San Diego Church and Convent

3) Alameda

4) Juan de Dios Church and Hospital

5) Casas de Cavildo

6) Arches/Aqueduct

7) Santa Isabel Church and Convent

8) San Francisco Church and Convent

9) San Andrés

10) Santa Anna Church

11) Santa Clara Church and Nun’s Convent

12) Espíritu Santo Church and Convent

13) Colisseum

14) Alcaicería

15) Arzobispado

16) Palace

17) Santa Inés

18) Ermita de la Santísima Trinidad

19) Concepción Church and Nun’s Convent

20) San Lorenzo

21) Tlatelolco

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The Calzada de Tacuba, one of the oldest avenues in Latin America, has lost its importance and become a road axis, transforming into a urban wall for pedestrians. Besides of its variaty of land use, where commerce and living prevails, the Colonia Guerrero has been segregated, where an insecure atmosphere stands besides having several historical monuments, such as the Panteón San Fernando, a place where many ex-presidents lay as well as many important Mexican characters. Street trading, centralized mainly on the public transportation stops, reduces in a significant way the space over the sidewalk, generating a complicated circulation for pedestrians. Nevertheless, its an area located in the City Center, making it a very well connected space through the principal metro, metrobus and microbus lines. Through the facade analysis, we realize that most of them keep its historical value creating a harmony between them. On October 28, the San Judas Day takes place, a tradition in which thousands of catholics from all over the country unite at the Ex Convento de San Hipólito to pay tribute to San Judas Tadeo, the “Lord of the lost causes”. Most of the people that asist to this event are from a low social-economic level and gather on the streets near the Temple, which is located a few meters from the San Fernando Hotel+Hostel project, on the southern entrance of the Colonia Guerrero. Because of this tradition, people gather every 28th day of each month in the Temple.

Because of the width of the street sections, a relocation of the Metrobus Lane is proposed, because in its actual state (being located on the center of the avenue) contributes in an important way to the urban wall. Also, the sidewalks are enlarged, a bike lane is created and the amount of car lanes is reduced. In this way, the historical meaning is returned to the Avenida Hidalgo and Puente de Alvarado, equalizing the functionality of the Calle Tacuba. The goal of this proposal is to create a space mainly for pedestrians and cyclists, unlike how it is nowadays. If the number of car lanes is reduced, not only the importance of the pedestrian rises, but a bigger use of public transportation is fomented, as well as the use of bicycle as a transportation method.

TABACALERA REVOLUCION

By understanding the needs of the area and how it works, the San Ferando Hotel+Hostel answers to an evident problem in the Colonia Guerrero. The two buildings in the southern part of the project are cataloged by the INAH (National Institute of History and Antropology) which is why its facades must remain untouched. Its construction took place in the year 1908 and were designed by the Mexican Architect Genaro Alcorta. The buildings hosted an Insurance company during the Porfiriato and kept itheir neo-classical elements. Years later, they were bought and used as a commercial area on the lower level and appartments were held in the upper levels. Today, these buildings are abandoned.

Starting from this point, a restoration project was proposed in both buildings by keeping their facades and internal concrete structure untouched. Because of the problems generated by the street trading, a relocation of the food stalls will take place in the lower level of the existing buildings, with a plaza that will atract a great amount of people due to its location near the public transportation stops, resulting in a significant income.

On the two upper levels, there will be a Hostel mainly for toursts and the Catholics that gather near the San Hipólito Temple. It will have rooms that can host up to eight people with shared kitchens and bathrooms. Today, the rest of the area has a low used parking lot, which is why a mid-class Hotel is proposed as a compliment of the Hostel. Through this design, long halls between the buildings are created, having access to the plazas and creating a nice and comfortable atmosphere.

In this way, the San Fernando Hotel+Hostel contributes to the solution of an abandoned space, which is part of the entrance to one of the most historical neighbourhoods in the city, but that has been segregated through the years. This project attracts tourists and local people in a friendship way by taking advantage of its location within the city, and along with the urban propsal, it returns the life and importance of one of the first avenues in Latin America.

SEGAL METHOD

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO II, POLITÉCNICO DI MILANO, ITALIA IN COLLABORATION WITH ARCHITECT KILIAN SCHWARTZE

Located in the middle of the Politecnico di Milano, at the Leonardo Campus, this housing project was designed to host university students for a short or long term period. The structural method was developed by Walter Segal in the beginning of the 1970s and was meant to make it affordable even for people with a lower income to build their own houses. It is a do-it-yourself system that saves the high costs for construction workers on one hand and leads to a strong relationship between the house and its future inhabitants; it consists of simple wooden frames attached to concrete foundations.

Even though the total living space is smaller than 50 square meters, the pavilion fulfills any desire of young people that need to have a constructive working and living atmosphere. The goal was achieved by thinking on a flexible solution. Instead of having ordinary walls and rooms, it was decided to take curtains as space dividing elements. The result is a big light living and working space.

BORLETTI FACTORY

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO II, POLITÉCNICO DI MILANO, ITALIA IN COLLABORATION WITH ARCHITECT KILIAN SCHWARTZE AND ARCHITECT ROSSELLA SCALISE

The Borletti Factory is an outstanding and unique building in the western area of Milan. It reflects the importance of the city’s history. The project is based on the intervention of the abandoned factory with the purpose of revitalizing the area. One of the main goals is to keep the urban context and the architecture design of the factory, which is why the facades remain untouched. According to the surrounding needs, the lower level was adapted in both buildings for a public and semi-public use, giving priority to culture and education. It was decided to eliminate the walls on the factory’s perimeter and to build stairs around it, incorporating the project to its surroundings, resulting on a more fluid transit. A playground was created in the center of the main building to have more light and ventilation for the residential and office area.