Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach, finalist in MCHAP 2014/2015
13/07/2016.
[Mexico City] Mexico
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Defined by a powerful structure of two reinforced load bearing concrete walls that support slabs made out of steel and a secondary steel structure on the façade, Tower 41 stands on Mexico City.
Outside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Outside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Onnis Luque.
Outside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
View of the garden of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
View of the garden de Torre 41 por Alberto Kalach. Fotografía © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Inside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Inside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Onnis Luque.
Rooftop view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Inside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Inside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Tomas Casademunt.
Outside view of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach. Photograph © Yoshihiro Koitani.
Model photograph of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach.
Site plan of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach.
Section of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach.
Floor plans of Tower 41 by Alberto Kalach.
Taller de Arquitectura "X" (TAX) studio, based in Mexico City and directed by Alberto Kalach, designed the tower 41, a project of 7 absolutely atmospheric levels. The project has been one of the finalists of the MCHAP 2014/2015, which reward the best built projects in North and South America.
Description of the project by Taller de Arquitectura "X"
Located in a strategic point of Mexico City, facing the majestic Chapultepec Park, Tower 41 designed by Alberto Kalach's office TAX is displayed to the immediate context as a light sculpture at nightfall. Thus, the structural configuration generates free plans, allowing flexible spaces for any office use.
Functionally, the building has 7 floors for offices, a triple-height lobby, vertical circulation to the west and a roof garden on the top floor, which opens the dialogue and relates to the outside.
The office building was designed with the intention of not integrating heating and air conditioning systems. The strategy is bio-climatic, with cross ventilation from operable windows on both sides.
The apparent materiality of the place is exposed to an excellent level of detail and without extra ornaments, achieving a warm atmosphere inside.
To mitigate the hostility of noise caused by traffic, TAX designed a garden, water fountains and an acoustic wall on the ground floor that absorb and counteract the noise pollution.
More information
Project name
Tower 41
Architects
Alberto Kalach
Collaborators team
Gabriel Mancera, Iván Ramírez, David Martínez, Patricia Lazcano
Plot area
270 m²
Built area
1.820 sqm
Construction dates
2012-2014
Client
Teofilo Kalach
Venue
Constituyentes Avenue 41, San Miguel Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Alberto KALACH
Alberto Kalach As one of the contemporary Mexican architects with greater international presence, Alberto Kalach and his team of talented young Mexican architects, Taller de Arquitectura 'X' (TAX), have revolutionized the linear concepts of a discipline emerging from conventional architectural plans to realize extraordinary volumes and dimensions. In their work, the imagined limits become a living extension of the Universe and the human environment.
Within a successful career, TAX has developed a high impact aesthetic and purely functionalist architectural works. Important institutions such as the Public Library of Mexico "José Vasconcelos," with its infinite floating panels; projects of scales ranging from housing of 60m2 built on a rooftop and with a budget of $10,000 USD to spectacular residences that revitalize natural environments of great beauty, such as Casa del Mar and Casa Romany on the beaches of California; and the striking apartment building Reforma 27 showcase his unique view of understanding the creative process as a genuine test of fantastic reality suggested in a space.
Alberto Kalach has distinguished himself by demonstrating a special interest in urban and ecology issues, leading him to create the group "Ciudad Futura" along with several other prominent Mexican architects. The group’s work includes developing the "Regreso a la Ciudad Lacustre" master plan. A project of environmental hydrological revival in the basin of Mexico, “Regreso a la Ciudad Lacustre” recalls the virtues and benefits of a city that floats and remains fully on water.
Alberto Kalach’s work has been featured in hundreds of magazines around the world, in addition to several monographs published by notable publishers such as Rockport Publishers (USA), Gustavo Gili and the University of Navarra (Spain), and Moleskine (Italy).
