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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Amsterdam Tower in Mexico City by JSª

February 17th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: JSª

We started by joining six adjacent plots that had development potential, and designed an urban complex of mixed uses: public parking, shops, offices and housing. Our idea was adding new buildings to the existing ones and build housing projects facing the residential area of the Colonia Condesa, and commercial projects facing Insurgentes Avenue, one of Mexico City’s main avenues. This way, access to the apartments is always through the residential neighborhood while access to the other programs is through Insurgentes Avenue. We took into account the adjacent establishments, such as Centro Qi (a gym/spa) –which we also designed– and the bakery El Molino, and we projected a commercial space with parking that could operate integrally with these amenities.

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Architects: JSª
Project: Amsterdam Tower
Location: Av. Insurgentes 301-303, Mexico City
Date of the project: In progress
Real Estate Development: Javier Sánchez, Santiago Sánchez, Alvaro Becker, Fernando Valdivia
Architectural Design: Javier Sánchez, Aisha Ballesteros, Juan Carral, Karen Cheirif, Diana Elizalde, Domingo Granados, Francisco Martínez, Tristán Ossola, Gustavo Rojas, Angélica Soberanes, Juan Manuel Soler, Irvine Torres, Juan Pablo Victal, Sofía Villareal, Alejandro Zarate

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Interior Design: Javier Sánchez, Larissa Kadner, Brenda Ochoa, Francisco Ortiz, Andrea Reyna, Leticia Serrano, Cecilia Solis
Structure: Fernando Valdivia, Hector Margain
Instalations: Fernando Frías, Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Construction: Fernando Valdivia, Sergio Mendoza
Renders: Yair Ugarte
Model: Edith Razo, Anayetzi Ruiz, Isabel Medina
Levels: 19
Total Area 132,504 sq ft
Number of Units 38
Activities performed Real estate development, architectural project, interiors design, engineering, construction, architectural supervision, sales
Photographer Romeilia Hernandez

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Amsterdam tower forms part of the mixed-use complex formed by two buildings toward Amsterdam Street and two buildings toward Insurgentes Avenue, with a common plaza in the middle. This fusion allowed us, by transferring potential, to be allowed to build 19 levels, making it the highest tower in this area on Insurgentes Avenue. In this tower we will have public parking on the first six levels and apartments starting on the seventh. The apartments were designed taking maximum advantage of the orientation, with beautiful views to the south and to the Colonia Condesa.

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Tags: Mexico, Mexico City

Categories: Mixed use, Tower

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