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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. MUSEO AMPARO in Puebla, Mexico by TEN ArquitectosApril 12th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: TEN Arquitectos In the historical center of Puebla, the Amparo Museum is housed in a complex of colonial buildings. The Amparo Foundation wanted to improve the visitor’s experience and increase the museum’s exhibition capacity without destroying the original historic construction. With a limited site, TEN Arquitectos modernized Amparo’s spaces and updated its circulation through the insertions of glass vestibules of varying scales.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos
 Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos Bringing natural light into the building, the vestibules provide access to the galleries and unify the different collections, which range from pre-Columbian works to pieces by modern artists, while simultaneously offering new space for temporary exhibitions, offices, and an auditorium. Clarified circulation and updated facilities bring new orientation to the building, turning the Amparo Museum into a public venue, rather than merely a repository for art.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos In addition to transforming this building into a place for gathering, learning and exchange, the renovation brought new life to this important institution by reconnecting it to the city as a renewed and relevant cultural resource. On the museum’s roof, the vestibules shape gardens and terraces—which are clad in local marble and talavera, a type of maiolica pottery hand-made by local artisans—to give views over the city, connecting the museum to the surrounding urban city.
 Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos Founded in Mexico City by Enrique Norten in 1986, TEN (Taller Enrique Norten) Arquitectos is dedicated to the creation and research of architecture and design. Under Norten’s leadership and vision, the firm reached international stature when it opened a New York office in 2001. Since then, TEN Arquitectos has grown to over 85 members, and designed more than 400 projects internationally, one-quarter of which have been built or are currently under construction. Regardless of whether they have been designed in Mexico or New York, each project informs the next.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos TEN Arquitectos seamlessly engages a multitude of scales and typologies, including cultural and institutional buildings, residential structures and single-family homes, landscape and master -planning projects and furniture design.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos Current commissions include MUNET (National Museum of Energy and Technology) in Mexico City, a 500,000 square foot energy institute and educational Museum; the design of a new collaborative hub for NASA at the Glenn Research Campus in Cleveland, Ohio; a new one million square foot residential development along the waterfront in East Harlem that will act to revitalize the streetscape and community around an existing retail development, New York; West End Square 30 and Square 57, two mixed-use developments in Washington, DC that incorporate a public library, fire station, and international squash center; Two Thousand Ocean, a luxury mixed-use residential development in Hallandale, FL.; Betel, a synagogue in Mexico City; and various train station hubs in Mexico on a 57.7km long rail line connecting Mexico City and the Toluca Valley, which will be the first intercity passenger train line with a modern electrical transportation system of its kind in Latin America.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos Construction is nearly complete for Acapulco’s City Hall in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico; and Blum, a residential building in the Santa Fé neighborhood of Mexico City; and the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District in Brooklyn, NY which includes a new residential tower, public plaza and cultural center. Recently completed projects include CENTRO University in Mexico City; Universidad Panamericana also in Mexico City; Rutgers University Business School in Piscataway, New Jersey; Mercedes House in New York; the New York Public Library, 53rd Street branch; and Phase 1 of the renovation and expansion for the Amparo Museum in Puebla, Mexico.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos TEN Arquitectos has participated in several international exhibitions such as “inTENtions: Process and Variations” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey, Mexico; “Old City – New Architecture” at the XI St. Petersburg World Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia; “La Rue Est A Nous Tous” at the Val de Seine National School of Architecture in Paris, France; “The Guggenheim Architecture” in Bonn, Germany, 2006; the Venice Biennial in 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2006; and the “The Limits of Form” at the Amparo Museum in 2012.  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © TEN Arquitectos
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