This building is located on Calle Comercio in Mexico City’s Escandón neighborhood.
这座建筑位于墨西哥城Escandón社区的Calle Comercio。

This architectural project is essentially an intervention on a 1950s building that was previously used as a storage location. It has now become the raw material for a new, 18-apartment housing program supported by the pre-existing structure. The concept for the entire development was based on the use of simple, strong and low-cost materials suitable for the commission. The end result is not only a work of architecture but also a successful business.
这个体系结构项目本质上是对上世纪50年代的一座建筑的干预，这座建筑以前曾被用作存储地点。现在，它已经成为一个新的，18套公寓住房计划的原材料，由原有的结构支持。整个开发的概念是基于使用简单，坚固和低成本的材料适合的佣金。最终的结果不仅是一项建筑工作，也是一项成功的事业。

The building’s façade combines a range of styles. The main challenge was to create a uniform and standardized appearance of the elements of this sole frontage onto the street, in order to ensure a smooth interior-exterior connection. A beautiful and majestic jacaranda tree was a tremendous advantage of the site. Nature is therefore a core aspect of this project, informing the straightforward façade design in order to make the most of the beautiful green and purple colors of the tree. The organic and surprising silhouettes of the trees are also projected onto, and animate, the façade itself. Nature plays the leading role in this story.
这座建筑的外墙结合了多种风格。主要的挑战是创造一个统一和标准化的外观元素的唯一正面的街道上，以确保顺利的内部-外部连接。一棵美丽而壮丽的夹克兰达树是该遗址的巨大优势。因此，大自然是这个项目的一个核心方面，它为直接的立面设计提供了信息，以充分利用树木美丽的绿色和紫色。这些树木的有机和令人惊讶的轮廓也投射在外观上，并使之生动活泼。大自然在这个故事中起主导作用。

The building has a sober, simple and elegant look thanks to the use of Irving welded wire mesh, a material that also offers the benefit of creating a standard color, allowing sunlight to enter, opening up interior-exterior views, and resolving security issues. It was a useful and logical decision to use such a strong material for the façade since a mesh is practical and addresses a number of concerns, principally the need for robust security.
由于使用了欧文焊丝网，这座建筑具有冷静、简单和优雅的外观，这种材料还提供了创造标准颜色、允许阳光进入、打开内部外部景观和解决安全问题的好处。为外墙使用如此坚固的材料是一项有益和合乎逻辑的决定，因为网格是实用的，并解决了一些关切问题，主要是对稳健安全的需要。

Equipped with this new architectural proposal and program, Comercio now boasts a new interface for users and the city as a whole. The project is the result of all of the intentions included in the design process, based on the fundamental premise of the users’ relationship to nature and the resulting experience from inside the apartments. 

有了这个新的建筑方案和程序，Comercio现在为用户和整个城市提供了一个新的界面。该项目是设计过程中所包含的所有意图的结果，基于用户与自然的关系的基本前提以及公寓内部由此产生的体验。

                            

Location: Escandón, Mexico City Year: 2012 Area: 20,268 sq ft Status: Built
地点：墨西哥城Escandón年：2012年面积：20 268平方英尺