WORKS
SCENIC GARDENMX99 APT
C293 APT
DL1310 APT
PAVILION ( )
Z53 SOCIAL HOUSING
ODP APT
TL 2816
LEÓN SOCIAL HOUSING
CHAPULTEPEC 500
M193 APT
AL APT
HIYA
TORRE FLORENCIA
OKU
WELLNESS CENTER
DZ ATP
OKU PEDREGAL
P1 APT
CASA 11
OSTRERÍA 109
S20
G120
C47
FERRY TERMINAL
DL 5155 APT
HC APT
LUMA CAFÉ
JD LANDSCAPE
SPORTS CENTER
AVT APT
LP NO. 12
ARCHIVO PAVILION
SCHOOL IN TULUM
HANGING OBJECTS
ROBATA WINEBAR
LINEAR PARK
QUASI THING
IKZA
PAU SCHOOL OF ARCH.
SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR
JV APT
RESTAURANT IN TULUM
HOTEL IN SRI LANKA
IV APOTHECARY
IV APOTHECARY TJ
MAYORGA ROOFTOP
SANTA MARÍA APT
2875 APT
CONGRESO APT
PLI
ANAMUR SOCIAL CENTER
BOLICHE MARSELLA
TRIPAS SONORAS
SHOA MEMORIAL
BLUE RUIN
ÇANAKKALE ANTENNA
SPORTS COMPLEX
CH430 APT
TL2888 APT
EXPLORATIONS
VANISHING CONCRETEBRICK ORNAMENTS
STUCCO HATCHES
TERRAZZO
TRAVERTINE EXTRUSIONS
BOOLEAN TOTEM
WICKER GLITCH LAMPABOUT
PEOPLE
CORE SERVICES
NEWS
CONTACT
MX99 APT
MX99 is the adaptive reuse of a 1970s building facing the Parque Mexico, a large urban park located in Colonia Hipódromo in the Condesa area of Mexico City. It is recognized by its Art Deco architecture and decor as well as being one of the larger green areas in the city. The project consists of 65 studio apartments and the lobby and two restaurants on the ground floor. With a contemporary design, the original structure is preserved and restructured while the overall design completely reconfigures the interior and apartment layouts to accommodate current needs.
Each floor has an internal corridor with units overlooking the park and units on back having views of an internal courtyard. Inside each unit, bathrooms are in the back, opening the rest of the space to the view to the park with a flexible open space for sleeping, living room, dining with and cooking.
On the exterior, Michan Architecture’s designs add a continuous balconies that offset and follow the building’s curve facing the park. It also reduces the dimension of the preexisting concrete beam facing the façade by stepping the slab, creating an inverted stair result. The balcony is also intersected with the new reinforcement of the columns located at the same axis, producing an effect of a solid mass excavated in the internal living spaces.
Location: Av México 99, Condesa, Mexico City
Type: Adaptive Re-Use, 65 Studio Apartments (7 stories), no parking
Structure: Fair-faced reinforced concrete
Status: Built 2024, Started 2021; Groundbreaking 2022
Size: 4,586 sqm/ 49,363.29 sqft
Team: Fernando Gomez, Pilar Colado, Rodrigo Malo, Benjamin Caballero, Alexandra Bové, Isaac Michan Daniel
Photos: Arturo Arrieta