Photographs: Fernando Cordero
建筑师：Hierve-Diseñeria
地点：墨西哥 墨西哥城
合作者: Alfredo Acle, Armando Nino de Rivera, Sugey Ramirez, and Cecilia Ramirez Corzo
合伙人：亚历杭德罗•比利亚雷亚尔
客户：Zimbra公司
面积：2511平方米
摄影：费尔南多•科尔德罗

这个建筑矗立在墨西哥城的一个居民区的一条小街上。虽然它位于一个住宅区内，但是街道非常接近一个繁忙的商业大道。这就使这个建筑沉浸在它的街道的和平和宁静的气氛之中的同时，又面临着弥漫在商业区中的城市疏离感。

这个项目的目的是形成一个功能区域，能够在它的环境中轻松的将自己融入进来，又能够消除或冲淡在城市的建设中所得到的抨击性的信息。

这个建筑的西部是由一个单一的家庭住宅分界的，东部和南部是由一个便利店分界的。这个建筑方案包括一个能容纳24辆小汽车的地下停车场，可以容纳的13间公寓的两个大楼，一个位于地块的前方（朝向为北），另一个位于后方（朝向为南）。这两个大楼连接着每一个不同级别的区域，包括大厅，楼梯间和电梯群。

后方的大楼有五层，前方的大楼有四层，有一个情况就是，它的屋顶可以作为一个露台，允许有特殊事件的时候使用。公寓的内部尽可能的留下一些自由的和未完成的空间，允许每个居住者根据他们的需要和喜好来创造内部空间。

人们把材料的选择限制在三种成分之内，一种是中性的，这为城市环境提供了一种所需要的联系（暴露的混凝土和灰色的灰泥），一种是温暖的，这给居住者提供了一种和自然的联系（machiche木），一种是多彩的，使这个项目充满了特色和快乐（吹制的玻璃和绿色的环氧树脂地坪）。

建筑的外观是由7723个吹制的玻璃球组合而成的，它们是由工匠们在哈利斯科州瓜达拉哈拉举行的研讨会上制造的。每一个球体都是由三元乙丙橡胶的磁盘支撑着的（一种在汽车工业中使用的橡胶，具有良好的耐候性），然后又是通过常规螺母将它紧固到不锈钢电缆上。每根电缆最大程度可以承载27个球，它们被紧固在建筑的混凝土结构的顶部和建筑的钢结构的底部

这种大量球体的设计实现了为居住者创造一定的反思空间的目的，而在同时，它也软化了来自城市建设的视觉体验。此外，它已表现出良好的耐候性；然而，它所呈现出来的主要问题就是它的清洗，它是通过手工清洗来完成，其耗时是传统外墙的两倍。

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Architects: Hierve-Diseneria
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Collaborators: Alfredo Acle, Armando Nino de Rivera, Sugey Ramírez, and Cecilia Ramirez Corzo
Partner: Alejandro Villarreal
Client: Zimbra
Area: 2,511 sqm
The building stands on a small street in a residential neighborhood in Mexico City. Although it is located in a residential area, the street is very close to a busy commercial thoroughfare. This allows the building to be immersed in the peace and quiet of its street, and at the same time confront the urban alienation that pervades the commercial zone.
The aim of the project was to form a functional block capable of inserting itself gently in its context and dissolving or diluting the onslaught of information received from its urban setting.
The building is bounded by a single family home to the west and a convenience store to the east and south. The architectural program includes underground parking for 24 cars, and accommodates 13 apartments in two blocks, one located at the front of the lot (facing north) and the other at the rear (facing south). The two blocks are connected at each level by an area comprising a lobby, stairwells, and the elevator cluster. The rear block has five levels and the front block has four, a condition that allows its rooftop to be used as a terrace for special events. The interior spaces of the apartments were left as free as possible and left unfinished, to allow each occupant to create interiors that suit their needs and likings.

The selection of materials was limited to three ingredients: one neutral, which provides the needed connection with the urban environment (exposed concrete and gray stucco); one warm, which gives the inhabitant a connection with nature (machiche wood); and one colorful, imbuing the project with flavor and cheerfulness (blown glass and green epoxy flooring).

The façade is made up of 7,723 blown glass spheres made by craftsmen at a workshop in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Each sphere is supported by a disk of EPDM (a kind of rubber used in the automobile industry, with excellent resistance to weathering), which in turn is fastened to a stainless steel cable by means of a conventional nut. Each cable carries a maximum of 27 spheres, which are fastened at the top to the concrete structure of the building and at the bottom to structural steel elements.

This mass of spheres fulfills the purpose of creating certain introspection for the inhabitants while at the same time softens the visual experience coming from the urban setting. Also, it has shown excellent resistance to weathering; however, the main problem it has presented is its cleaning, which is done by hand and is twice as time consuming as a conventional façade.