La Luz 1126 公寓楼丨墨西哥蒙特雷丨Edith Architecture,León Staines

Architects:Edith Architecture,León Staines

Area:184m²

Year:2022

Photographs:Paulina Ojeda, Francisco Álvarez

Manufacturers:Cemex,Ladrillera Mecanizada

Lead Architect:Edith Cervantes Hernández

Design Architect:León Staines Díaz

Structural Engineer:José Vicente Sánchez Hernández

City:Monterrey

Country:Mexico

Text description provided by the architects. Experimental housing project in downtown Monterrey, with five apartments and a commercial ground floor, respecting the historical part. La Luz 1126 is a project that understands its role in the geographical context where it is located. The active ground floor aims to become a meeting point in the neighborhood. The internal program is distributed through concrete platforms containing apartments that rise in half levels, culminating in two terraces that allow for panoramic views of downtown Monterrey and its mountains.

It is an architectural essay that seeks to respond to the challenges of housing in consolidated and historical areas of the city, focusing on a balance between commercial and the capacities that a traditional neighborhood should have. The setback of the building reaffirms respect for the scale and historical context of the constructions from the first half of the 20th century that surround it. It was decided to expose the noble materials, starting with its structure composed of columns and concrete slabs, a first level that reaffirms the project's base through the combination of exposed concrete with the original sills of the building; the brick configures the internal spaces creating a contrast with the structural elements and, on the terrace, it is placed laterally to create a lattice that allows for continued views of the city.

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Address:Centro, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico