Article source: ARCHETONIC

This building is located on Calle Comercio in Mexico City’s Escandón neighborhood.

This architectural project is essentially an intervention on a 1950s building that was previously used as a storage location. It has now become the raw material for a new, 18-apartment housing program supported by the pre-existing structure. The concept for the entire development was based on the use of simple, strong and low-cost materials suitable for the commission. The end result is not only a work of architecture but also a successful business.

Image Courtesy © Rafael Gamo

• Architects: ARCHETONIC (Jacobo Micha Mizrahi)
• Project: COMERCIO 117
• Location: Escandón, Mexico City, Mexico
• Photography: Rafael Gamo
• Designer: Archetonic – Jacobo Micha Mizrahi
• Collaborators: Ernesto Rossell Zanotelli, Alfredo Muñoz Jimenez, Désirée Gómez Córdoba, Aldo Moreno Gamboa, Rodolfo Rubio Avila
• Year: 2012
• Area:1,883 sqm

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