The search of an act of balance between pre-hispanic and classical formal elements was the starting point of the project. Mexico City is characterized by the many encounters between times, histories and orders. Formal logics endemic to its place, and foreign tropes imposed, imported or appropriated, often clash and collide- distances are revealed yet times and cultures continuously begin to speak with one voice. We were interested in this oscillation of lineages to anchor a new housing development the city.

Pre-hispanic temples, particularly those of Mayan origin, have a characteristic reduction of mass as the building grows taller. The base is heavy, it offers protection. As one ascends, one witnesses an architecture that purifies the roughness by which it meets the earth, agitation recedes, and surfaces become flatter and thinner. Not indifferent than logics found in Italian Palazzos. Often a heavy rusticated base at ground gives way to a much more neutral treatment, crowned by an intricate cornice as the final accent. It is through these synthesis formal heritages and tradition, ancient tropes that meet each other, structurally sounds and logical, that we have attempted to create building that proposes a nuanced balance in a city where diverse world orders come together.