Overview

ARCHITECT: José Picciotto

BUILDER: Picciotto Arquitectos

LOCATION: Mexico City

BUILDING TYPE(S): Mixed commercial (hotel and office building)

SIZE: 2,702 square meters

PROJECT TYPE: New development

COMPLETION DATE: 2003

Certification or other recognition:
Premio PROFEPA - Edificio de bajo impacto ambiental
(PROFEPA Low Environmental Impact Building Award)

Located on avenida Insurgentes Sur—one of the busiest and noisiest streets in Mexico City—Corporativo Insurgentes 533 is composed of two sections: eight floors for the Hotel Fiesta Inn and seven floors for offices. As such, it represents a singular and innovative concept for the business community in Mexico City.

Based on a comprehensive approach in terms of function, comfort and technology, this building resolves the issues of natural lighting, thermal control and energy saving, through the study and analysis of 1) its orientation, 2) the behavior of its building facade materials, and 3) its building management systems.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.picciotto.com
Photo: José Picciotto

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

The building’s facades use a combination of laminated glass and tempered crystal with a special three-tone design that enables clear views outside while producing shadow patterns inside. The overall concept embodied in the drawing represents continuity with a succession of points, like an endless tower, reaching towards the sky.

With different design criteria for each facade, the placing of horizontal parasols and the use of “intelligent” glass, the heat entering into the building is reduced, as is, moreover, the excessive noise characteristic of this area of the city.