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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. Albia Building in Monterrey, Mexico by Landa + Martínez ArquitectosAugust 29th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Landa + Martínez Arquitectos Albia is a twenty-floor office building located on a property between Antonio L. Rodriguez and Blvd. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, two high-velocity avenues in the west of Monterrey. Its structure is composed of visible concrete frames that are expressed on the facade as vertical mullions. The offices are located in a reflective glass volume, with a north-south orientation, on a quadruple height base. The lower part of the building is divided into three glass volumes separated by large voids. The access passes through the voids to the lobby in the central volume. The other two volumes, also connected by bridges on the third level, house shops on the ground floor and two levels of offices.  Image Courtesy © LORENA DARQUEA
 Image Courtesy © THE RAWS The promoters of the building sought to introduce small offices to the real estate market of Monterrey, a virtually non-existent commerce. The floors of the building respond to this initiative: they are very efficient, without columns, and can be easily divided. The circulations and services are concentrated in a core in the back facade of the building.  Image Courtesy © LORENA DARQUEA  Image Courtesy © LORENA DARQUEA Due to the absence of a surrounding urban context, a large parking lot was required. The parking area is concentrated in a structure with three underground floors and seven floors above street-level. It is linked to the main building by a large steel pavilion. The skillful handling of concrete can be seen in the geometry of the concrete slabs. On the ground floor, the slabs are very narrow and shaped as rhombuses. In the cross-section of the lower part of the building, the slabs are wider at the top. On the ground floor, these skewed fifteen meter high monoliths define a gateway.  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © LORENA DARQUEA  Image Courtesy © AGUSTIN LANDA  Image Courtesy © AGUSTIN LANDA  Image Courtesy © AGUSTIN LANDA  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © THE RAWS  Image Courtesy © AGUSTIN LANDA  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Landa + Martínez Arquitectos
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