| TORRE BICENTENARIO, MEXICO, MEXICO CITY, 2007 |
| Mixed-use tower located on the northeast corner of Mexico Citys Chapultepec Park |
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Compared with the world's other economically ascendant regions such as Asia and the Middle East, Latin America has a skyscraper deficit. Poised to harness the economic and symbolic potential of the Bicentennial, Mexico City will celebrate a historic moment with the emergence of a new skyscraper, the Torre Bicentenario. In an architectural age defined by the pursuit of expression at all costs, the Torre Bicentenario is building whose unique form is responsive rather than frivolous; a building whose form facilitates rather than complicates its use: the stacking of two pyramidal forms produces a building simultaneously familiar and unexpected, historic yet visionary. more... |
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FACT SHEET
Status: Discontinued; 2007 commission; concept design completed Client: Grupo DANHOS Site: Northeast corner of Chapultepec Park, adjacent to the interchange of two major highways Program: AAA offices, ballroom, convention space, gym, lobbies, shops / restaurants, loading, storage, kitchen, mechanical space, site museum, parking. Final concept design floor areas: *BOMA gross area: 173,158.5m2; BOMA leasable area: 151,755.7m2; Mexico City leasable area: 150,528.1; BOMA usable area: 130,547.2 m2 *BOMA = Building Owners and Managers Association International COLLABORATORS Associate Architect: Engineers: Elevator Consultants: Model: Book: Photography: |
CREDITS
Partner in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Team: Shohei Shigematsu, Christin Svensson, Gabriela Bojalil, Noah Shepherd, Natalia Busch, Leonie Wenz, Jan Kroman, Leo Ferretto, Max Wittkopp, Jason Long, Margaret Arbanas, Jonah Gamblin, Amparo Casani, Jin Hong Jeon, Jane Mulvey, Michela Tonus, Matthew Seidel, Nobuki Ogasahara, Justin Huxol, David Jaubert, Mark Balzar, Charles Berman, James Davies, Jesse Seegers |
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