located in mexico city’s historical colonia condesa district, ‘sonora 113’ is a new office building designed by mexican architect iñaki echeverria. within the neighborhood, buildings are recognized by its art deco or international style architecture, most contemporary interventions of the area have been converted primarily for residential use.
sonara 113 is located in the colonia condesa district
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facilitating eight offices for creative industries, sonora 113 provides space for projects that require work spaces including an advertising agency and an interior design / architecture offices. the original façade has been preserved and highlighting the adaptive reuse and coexisting of contemporary and historical architecture. iñaki echeverria‘s scheme comprises of an area of just 8 meters wide and with 409 square meters in surface, an efficient, vertical solution of 2,700 square meters of construction. the response saw a high degree of technical challenges due to its plot and scale. rising at six levels, the building includes a square-a public access area of activity at the entrance of the building with a shop on the ground floor, plus an underground parking level.
the building measures at 8 meters wide and with 409 square meters in surface
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old and new is juxtaposed
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the building includes a square-a public access area of activity at the entrance
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underground parking is available
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an efficient, vertical solution of 2,700 square meters of construction
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circulation route
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image © jaime navarro
project info:
name: sonora 113
location: mexico city, mexico
completed: 2016
design director: iñaki echeverría
team: iván parra, josué lee, carolina ayala, guillermo lópez, israel meneses, janisse cruz, jimena castañeda, jesús santillán, jorge durán, mario espinoza, osvaldo estrada, roberto fuerte, rogelio rodriguez, xochitl zuñiga
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