Manantiales de Espejo apartment building

The building is located in a regeneration zone of Mexico City that is growing in popularity, houses 47 apartments, 55 m2 each. The building has a green rooftop that stands in contrast with the gray surroundings of the area. The structure is “u” shaped, with all the apartments having views both on the inside and outside facades. The windows on the outside where designed as a reference to barcodes used to tag commercial products. The inside windows bring light and movement together. The architecture of the building reflects the site, located next to a speedy avenue that connects the northern side of the city and surrounded by small streets with low circulation and speed, with a very dynamic expression in facades which contrasts the regular form of the plan. In the lower level there is the parking the next 6 levels are apartments and the upper level is the roof garden. The materials used are mostly concrete for the main core of the building and steel for the circulations, making the building look both strong and modern in contrast to the building and houses in the immediate surroundings that are much older.