Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet

Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Kev Ua Tsev thiab Hauj Lwm Vaj Tse Competition Category.

NyiajVaj Tse· 2021

Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab

by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet

Client: CIMET Arquitectos

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Vaj Tse Category

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The Design

About Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab

Glorieta Insurgentes yog ib lub chaw ua haujlwm loj siab uas nyob rau ntawm ib lub voj voog kev uas txuas ob txoj kev loj hauv lub nroog Mexico City. Lub tsev loj siab no siab mus txog 120 meters raws 26 theem saum av thiab muaj cheeb tsam tag nrho 60,000 square meters. Cov qauv puab ib nrab voj voog raws li cov qauv ntawm lub voj voog kev. Cov chaw pab cuam muaj xws li ib lub chaw sib tos siab peb npaug, 18 theem ua haujlwm, ib lub tsev loj siab ob npaug uas siv tau ntau yam rau 800 tus neeg nrog rooj zaum rho tawm tau, thiab ob lub vaj saum ru tsev. Cov phab ntsa iav khoom ob txheej uas tso pa tsawg, cov phaj hnub ci thiab cov tshuab teeb thiab cov tshuab thaiv duab hnub ci uas ua haujlwm cia li txo tau kev siv fais fab thiab dej.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Glorieta Insurgentes Primary Function: Chaw Ua Haujlwm Loj Siab yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project is comprised of an office tower with 26 levels above ground, located in a roundabout that connects two important avenues of the city. The tower consists of 3 below grade parking, a triple height grand lobby, 7 above grade parking, 18 office floors with a PH, toping with a heliport as well as a double height multipurpose auditorium and 2 roof gardens. This tower was built under the standards of the LEED Platinum Certification, making it one of the most sustainable building in Mexico.
Dimensions & Packaging: The Tower has a total area of 60,000 sqm totaling 120 meters in height. The floor plan has a 91% area efficiency with 360 degree views and natural light articulated by a service core. Include an 800 people double height multi purpose hall with retractile bleachers in the 8th floor and roof gardens. The structural solution is seemingly simple with mega columns comprising 27,500 m3 of concrete, 6,700 tones of structural steel and 2,300 tones of rebar complemented with the semicircular shape.
Tags: building, high-rise, sustainable, technology, smart building, tower, LEED, Offices, efficiency, develop
Production Technology: The facades of the tower are a double glazed triple layer low E curtain wall getting a greater natural light gain and reducing the thermal gain having 20% of its area in vegetated rooftop gardens. The tower is an intelligent building with 57.9% energy and water savings, with a lighting and shading system with occupancy detection, use of daylight, dimming and programming throughout the building taking into account indoor, outdoor and orientation conditions and the use of roof solar panels.
Design Challenge: Glorieta Insurgentes Tower project was designed based on insertion as an urban acupuncture needle in one of the nerve points of the city, becoming a spearhead in the rescue of the area named Glorieta Insurgentes roundabout. Our development helped to transform and improve this area changed by the intervention and construction of our project. We achieved an international high standard of building bringing together architecture and technology with local talent up to international standards.
Research: The spatial experience through careful architectural design and sustainability are the key concerns throughout the creative process. We work hand in hand with local and foreign experts to achieve solutions for urban development, that include every part of the building lifecycle from construction to operation. The project had to be conceived to use passives and active systems, that reduce energy together with automated systems to reduce the towers footprint and have a positive impact on the city.
Inspiration: The design concept for the development spurred from the phrase NO LIMITS written in a graffiti in the abandoned building that used to stand for 25 years since the earthquake in the site, which precisely describes our feeling as architects when approaching the project with the vision to foresee an urban rescue, through a project that revitalized the whole space.
Like an acupuncture needle our intervention changed the place bringing energy and fortunately provoking the government to develop an urban plan to reform the roundabout and the plaza breathing new life to a neglected but very important part of the city.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2014 and finished in Abril 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Operation Flow: Population of 3,000 employees and 500 visitors daily
Patents: Copyrights belong to CIMET Arquitectos, 2018
Team Members: Lead Architect: Yoram Cimet Pasol
Lead Architect: Sholem Cimet Ralsky
Structural Engineer: Carlos Tapia
Image Credits: Main Image #1: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.
Optional Image #1: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.
Optional Image #2: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.
Optional Image #3: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.
Optional Image #4: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.
Optional Image #5: Luis Gallardo, Glorieta Insurgentes Tower, 2018.