Mexico city architecture

In the Roma district of Mexico City, four residential apartments rise up next to an ancient jacaranda tree.  Onnis Luque Steel planters run along a series of balconies that disappear between sturdy branches of purple flowers and hanging jasmine.  Onnis Luque A core system of vertical circulation divides the communal areas from the private ones. The middle of the building is connected by a stairwell. The pine wood steps are bathed in pale sunlight that streams in from a near window and transitions to a warm gold.  Onnis Luque To the south, a curtain of bamboo sweeps across the width of the back garden protecting views from outside gazes and filtering the intense light through its translucent leaves that emula... More

The building’s design is an exploration based on the traditional housing complexes and typologies of del Valle neighborhood in Mexico City; an urban layout where the street blocks feature pan coupé corners that create broad intersections. As a response to this specific situation, the scheme and building incorporate a diagonal sequence of spaces that transition from the public realm of the street towards the intimacy of the interior and private terraces and gardens. Caption Inside the scheme, the apartments are organized in such a way that there is no “back apartment”. The latter is possible through the combination of single and duplex typologies that have a relation towards the interior patios and gardens but... More

"En la mesa con Rapitae/At the Table with Rapitae", is a three day ephemeral restaurant hosting 120 people simultaneously during Mexico City's most prestigious culinary pop-up event: Millesime Mexico by Millesime World. This is a collaborative work by Mexico City architecture practice, EDAA, with Multimedia Japanese Artist, Yupica, in which visual and multimedia art, culinary, and sound art by Chimi Jo, are blended into a unique, sober, but complex experience. Rapitae seeks to generate a spacial experience in relation to time, an afterthought about the condensed distances in the observer's experience.- Yupica Just as Yupica extrapolates food (rice) to the art field, the chef transforms the most basic food into elements of experience, deal... More