架构师提供的文本描述。其目的是设计一个充满活力和现代化的外观，为墨西哥最大的奢侈品零售商提供一个新的形象。

Text description provided by the architects. The aim was to design a dynamic and modern façade that would provide a new image for the largest luxury retailer in Mexico.

 © Luis Gordoa

路易斯·戈多阿

该项目面临的挑战是找到一个简单有效的建筑系统，以加快立面的生产、组装和安装，同时提供一个复杂和有趣的建议。

The project’s challenge was to find a simple and effective construction system that would accelerate the production, assembly, and installation of the façade and, at the same time, provide a complex and interesting proposal.

 © Jaime Navarro

c.Jaime Navarro

考虑到塔巴斯科的热带气候及其强烈的太阳辐射和湿度水平，混凝土被选为该项目的设计材料；这是一种既耐高温又具有非凡老化特性的材料。随着创新建筑技术的发展，该项目将为利物浦寻求一个新的形象。

Given Tabasco’s tropical climate and its severe solar incidence and humidity levels, concrete was selected as the project’s design material; a material both resistant and with extraordinary aging qualities. With the development of innovative construction technologies, the project would seek a new image for Liverpool.

 © Jaime Navarro

c.Jaime Navarro

该解决方案产生于一个研究和开发过程，其中探讨了混凝土的潜力和能力，以形成复杂的几何形状。另一方面，对不同的浇筑方法和模板材料，如玻璃纤维、混凝土和砂子，进行了广泛的试验和误差处理。其结果是一个立面，它是由5种不同类型的预制块组合而成，形状类似于螺旋桨。每个螺旋桨在其轴上旋转180°；高度根据其位置变化在16至20米之间。

The solution emerged from a research and development process, where the concrete’s potential and ability to form complex geometries was explored. On the other hand, extensive trial and error processes were applied involving different pouring methods and formwork materials, such as, fiberglass, concrete and sand. The result was a façade that’s built by combining 5 different types of precast pieces shaped like a propeller. Each propeller rotates 180° on its axis; heights vary between 16 to 20 meters, depending on their position.

 © Luis Gordoa

路易斯·戈多阿

这些简单和可控的变化为每一块创造了无数的结果，作为一个整体，给人一种运动的感觉；这种效果更好地理解在一定的距离和当汽车高速通过槽。从近距离看，混凝土看起来像一种细木料；酸性层作为最后的涂层，产生了混凝土的颗粒，作为回报，使材料呈现出这种奇怪的外观。此外，白天发生的光线变化和夜间的人工照明为外观提供了有趣的颜色、反射和阴影的混合，从而实现了外观的不断变化和永不静态的形象。

These simple and controlled variations create numerous results for each piece, which as a whole, give a sense of movement; this effect is better appreciated at a distance and when passing trough by car at high speed. From up close, the concrete looks like a fine wood; the acid layer applied as a final coating, brings out the concrete’s grain, which in return, gives the material this odd appearance. Additionally, the light changes that occur during the day, and the artificial lighting at night, provide an interesting mixture of colors, reflections and shadows, achieving an always changing and never static image for the façade.