Article source: Max von Werz Architect

After 30 years in a turn-of-the-century Porfirian villa, the contemporary art gallery OMR decided to move to a new location. The design strategy was to preserve the existing brutalist building as much as possible, adjusting some interior details so as to bring out the character of the building and transform it into a generous exhibition space. A vertical one story extension accommodates all back-of-house functions. The result is a sober project that amplifies the character of the original building whilst preparing it for a new cultural life without resorting to the international conventions of the sterile white cube.

Image Courtesy © Rory Gardiner

• Architects: Max von Werz Architect (Mateo Riestra, José Arnaud-Bello & Max von Werz)
• Project: OMR Art Gallery
• Location: Calle Cordoba 100, Colonia Roma Norte, 06700 Mexico City
• Photography: Rory Gardiner
• Collaborators / team: Javier Moctezuma & Oriam Morales
• Construction: Cantiliver
• Structural engineering: Ricardo Camacho / DECSA
• Service engineering: Taller 2m
• Built surface area: 455 m2
• Date: 2016 (February)

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