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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. Campeche 239 B in Mexico City, Mexico by Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SCAugust 9th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC Within Mexico City´s traditional neighborhood of “Condesa” lay a mixture of old and new, tall and short, luxurious and modest buildings scattered within parks with dense vegetation and calm environments, “Condesa” holds a charm that no other place in the city may encounter. This is the place where a short two-story building was erected in the early 1900´s, first as a single-family home, and later converted into a “vecindad” (small multi-family residential building). As time passed, the building was abandoned and left deteriorating, until 2014 when new ownership arrived and decided to bring this “Casona” back to its former glory.  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro
 Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro In 2017 Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados took the project and decided to maintain the original façades intact, while redesigning the badly deteriorated interior, and adding two more stories on top of the building. The brief asked for 9 apartments, equipped with all the commodities of contemporary living while maintaining the nostalgia of past times, aiming at young professionals with a taste for the new and the classical alike. This was achieved by creating 6 apartments inside the former “Casona” and building 3 new ones on top of it. To avoid disrupting the urban image of “Condesa”, a strategy of setbacks was used in the two new stories, which allowed for the original and restored facades to stand uninterrupted towards the street, while creating terraces for the new tenants on the upper floors. To reinforce the image, original materials were restored and matched with new palettes, giving the building a unique and differentiated image to both residents and visitors alike. The end result was a strong building, with a singular aesthetic and a deep respect to its context, which reimagines what old vs new stands for, while taking a stand on how architecture should face the pass of time.  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Image Courtesy © Jaime Navarro  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC  Almazán y Arquitectos Asociados SC
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