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Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet

Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Izakhiwo Competition Category.


IsilivaIzakhiwo· 2021

Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi

by Yoram Cimet and Sholem Cimet

Client: CIMET Arquitectos

Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Winner in Izakhiwo Category

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The Design

About Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi

I-Glorieta Insurgentes iwumbhoshongo wamahhovisi otholakala endaweni ejikelezayo yomgwaqo exhuma imigwaqo emikhulu emibili edolobheni laseMexico City. Umbhoshongo unyuka ngamamitha ayi-120 phezu kwamalevel angama-26 ngaphezu komhlaba futhi unikeza indawo eyingcaba enkulu engamamitha-skwele angama-60,000. Isimo esisemumo wesigamu sesiyingi silandela ukwakheka kwendawo ejikelezayo yomgwaqo. Izinsiza zibandakanya i-lobby enobude obuphindwe kathathu, izitezi zamahhovisi eziyi-18, ihholo elinezinjongo eziningi elinobude obuphindwe kabili elingahlala abantu abangama-800 elinamabhentshi angahoshwa, kanye nezingadi zophahla ezimbili. Izindonga eziyilenti ezinamagilazi aphindwe kabili anokukhipha ukushisa okuncane, amaphaneli elanga kanye nezinhlelo ezizenzakalelayo zokukhanyisa nokusitha kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla namanzi.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Glorieta Insurgentes Umbhoshongo Wamahhovisi iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.

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