The project Laredo 8 made for the design of a very special piece on a 180 m2 property. Its short frontage and the zoning regulations favored a vertical, svelte proportion.
This façade has a metal skin made from light aluminum girders in front of the glass which confines the interior spaces, interrupted in the center by three solid metal plaques on different floors. These are the fronts of the balconies and contrast with the transparency of the weaving, giving the sensation of floating above the horizontal skin, in a vertical composition of lines at the front of the entire building.
The metallic skin thins the sveltness of the body, occupying only one part of the façade and on the right side, leaving the block of communication services in between the floors. The kitchens are on the left side, covered with a xx panel with high ventilation, that impede the tactical image of the interior. The same skin generates a thickness on the extreme left that doubling toward the façade forms a transparent wall at different planes. This exercise, confers thickness to the translucent element superimposed on the façade while it lightens the solid components.
The building is formed by two almost identical square blocks, connected in its interior by a glass bridge which unites the living areas and the service blocks in the front with the bedrooms at the back.
Laredo 8号项目的目的是在180平方米的房产上设计一个非常特殊的项目。其较短的正面和分区规则有利于垂直的、纤细的比例。这个外墙有一个金属皮，由玻璃前面的轻铝梁制成，它限制了内部空间，中间被不同楼层的三块实心金属板打断。这些都是阳台的正面，与编织的透明度形成对比，使人感觉到漂浮在横向表皮之上的感觉，在整个建筑的正面形成了垂直的线条组合。金属的皮肤使身体变薄，只占据正面和右侧的一部分，在楼层之间留下了通讯服务块。厨房在左侧，覆盖着一个xx面板，通风程度很高，阻碍了室内的战术形象。同样的皮肤在极左处产生一层厚度，向外翻一倍形成不同平面上的透明墙。这种做法，赋予厚度的半透明元素叠加在外观，而它减轻了固体成分。这座建筑由两个几乎相同的方块组成，内部由一座玻璃桥连接，将起居区和前面的服务区与后面的卧室连接起来。

Location: Condesa, Mexico City Year: 2004 Area: 8,557 sq ft Status: Built
地点：墨西哥城Condesa年：2004年面积：8，557平方英尺