委员会要求在墨西哥城Condesa社区的Iztaccíhuatl街上建造一栋有六套公寓的建筑。最近这个综合城区的重新密集化，在老建筑和现代建筑之间产生了不同的建筑高度。从这一事实出发，该项目提出了一个网格，形成了两个相邻建筑的高度之间的过渡。
The commission requested a building with six apartments on Iztaccíhuatl street in the Condesa Neighborhood of Mexico City. Recent re-densification of this consolidated urban area generates disparate building heights among older and contemporary structures. Parting from this fact the project proposed a grid that forms a transition between the heights of two neighboring buildings.
建筑的结构是一系列的混凝土柱、墙和板，形成了正面的框架形状。从纵向上看，这些类型被分为三个部分：正面靠街的公共区域，中间有采光井和通风井的服务区，最后是场地后面的私人区域，可以看到后方的阳台和花园。每个公寓的独特类型都分布在裸露的混凝土框架的内部。板块内部楼层的轻微变化将公共区域和私人区域分开。板块的这种变化也允许天花板高度的变化，在室内和室外的房间里创造出独特的空间氛围。
The building´s structure is a series of concrete columns, walls, and slabs that result in the framed shape of front façade. Longitudinally the typologies are divided in three sections; the public areas toward the front against the street, services at the center with light and ventilation wells, and finally the private areas at the back of the site with a view of rear balconies and a garden. Each apartment´s distinct typology is distributed within the interior of the exposed concrete frame. A slight change of interior floor levels in the slabs separates the public and private quarters. This shift in the slab also permits a variation of ceiling heights that create distinct spatial atmospheres within both interior and exterior rooms.
混凝土框架通过外部空间开发了过滤器，提供了隐私和门槛，将内部与外部的运动和噪音隔离。每个公寓都与采光井和阳台相连，成为花园空间。这些都提供了自然通风和遮阳，有助于在不使用任何加热或冷却系统的情况下保持建筑内的热舒适度。阳台上的园艺箱被整合在一起，目的是为大部分的内部空间创造植被的视野。这些盒子被植入到与楼板相平的周边梁中，以接受雨水径流，这样一来，每个元素都与周围的元素相协调。
该项目通过暴露结构元素和材料来公开表达构造系统。每个内部空间的材料性直接取决于每个居民的需求。在使用普通材料的综合解决方案的前提下，内部和外部空间之间形成了微妙而精致的过渡。例如，木栅栏系统被嵌入到混凝土板中，并同时限定了室内和室外木地板的接缝。每个细节都是根据功能和简单性来构思的，但其最终的复杂性导致了构成建筑整体的每个元素的清晰性。这使得务实的解决方案与强大的建筑综合体相结合。
The concrete frame develops filters through exterior spaces that provide privacy and a threshold that isolates the interior from movement and noise outside. Each apartment is connected to light wells and balconies that become garden spaces. These provide natural ventilation and shading that help maintain thermal comfort within the building without the use of any heating of cooling systems. The balconies contain gardening boxes were integrated with the intention of creating views of vegetation for the majority of the interior spaces. These boxes are implanted into the perimeter beams level with the slabs in order to receive the rain runoff, in such a way that each element works in unison with the elements surrounding it.
The project openly expresses the constructive system by exposing the structural elements and materials. The materiality of each interior space depended directly on the needs of each inhabitant. Subtle and delicate transitions between interior and exterior spaces were developed on the premise of using integrated solutions with ordinary materials. For example, the mullion system is imbedded into the concrete slab and simultaneously delimits the interior and exterior wooden floors joints. Each detail was conceived by function and simplicity, but whose ultimate complexity results in the clarity of each element of that comprises the building’s totality. This allows for pragmatic solutions with a forceful architectonic synthesis.
该建筑试图通过简单的形式语言与植被相结合来模仿它的环境，在视觉上暴露材料，试图展示元素、技术和工艺的统一，讲述它所在地区的文化和历史演变。
The building seeks to mimic its environment through a simple formal language integrated with vegetation, visually exposing materials in an attempt to demonstrate the unison of elements, techniques, and processes that speak to the cultural and historical evolution of the site where it is found.
Architects: Ambrosi I Etchegaray
Area : 2000 m²
Year : 2016
Photographs :Rory Gardiner
Manufacturers : Subzero/Wolf, Cocinas Quetzal, Du Chateau, Hunter Douglas, Porcelanosa Grupo
Design Team : Ivo Martins, Javier Caro, Mariana Ávila
Structure : Grupo SAI
Architects : Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray
City : Ciudad de México
Country : Mexico
