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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. Palace Of Mexican Music in Mérida, Mexico by Muñoz ArquitectosMarch 18th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Muñoz Arquitectos Program and Circumstances. The Palace of Music is located in the first square of the historic center of the city of Merida Yucatan, behind the Church of the Third Order or Church of Jesus, which belonged from the seventeenth century to the congregation of the Jesuit brothers. The building houses; in a basement the museum of Mexican music, at street level a square that is integrated into the public space, on the upper floors a concert hall and the whole collection of Mexican music history.  Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque
 Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque Integration to the context. The Palace of Music incorporates intentions that respond to context circumstances. First, in an act of respect for the Church of the Third Order. The building separates from the rear wall of the cloister, allowing it to “breathe” to be appreciated. The building takes the lowest height of the church by aligning at this height and subordinating itself in importance to it. The Palace of Music incorporates the proportion of “Plate and Cup” present in the houses of the historic center and retakes the proportion between openings and massifs directly from the surrounding buildings. Public space. One of the main intentions of the Palace of Music is to open to the street level, which was a “permeable” building, which people could travel, cross and travel freely generating on the ground floor that is at street level, a free and democratic public space.  Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque  Image Courtesy © Onnis LuqueImage Courtesy © Onnis Luque Shape. The building is aligned to the sidewalk and the wall of the buildings of the historic center and generates a courtyard that contrasts with the orthogonal and volumetrically pure form of the facade, adopting a curved shape that “points” towards the church dome. The patio is flanked by a metal lattice allowing climate control in the circulations and softens the environment contained in response to the theme of the building that is music. Use the roof as a terrace from which you can see other churches in the historic center, valuing these heritage presences that make our city proud. The answer on the facades of 58th and 59th streets is a response to the historical buildings in front of them, while the facade of the congress alley is a more contemporary response but keeping the language in the rest of the building. The formal treatment of the Palacio de la Música aims to be respectful and traditional but committed to the contemporaneity of Yucatecan architecture.  Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque  Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque Materiality. The predominant material of the composition of the Palace of Music is stone, it was chosen as one of the fundamental materials of the architectural culture of Yucatan, from our Mayan ancestors through colonial constructions and even in modernity. The quarry used in an industrialized version gives timelessness to the materiality of the building. The steel was used as an element of expression for the elements that were going to provide protection and transparency to the circulations and that at the same time express the historical moment of the building.  Image Courtesy © Cielito Dron  Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque Image Courtesy © Onnis Luque  Image Courtesy © Fachada louvers  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Muñoz Arquitectos
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