Roberto Garza Sada Center, Monterrey

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Located in the second largest industrial city in Mexico, the University of Monterrey is a private institution with more than 12,000 students. Its large campus was rounded off with this building, the RGS Center, designed for newly-established schools of art, architecture, and design. The project site is in a characteristic location in the northern part of the campus near the university entrance, and functions as a sort of gateway that welcomes students while commanding spectacular views of the Cumbres de Monterrey National Park through the huge gate-shaped void that gives access to the rest of the complex. The form of the building is a rectangular block of 99x27x32.4 meters, with the void defined by a pair of hyper shells obtained by rotating diagonal lines along the longer axis, generating a dynamic and expressive silhouette. The interior spaces are organized by taking advantage of complex sectional shapes, and they are connected through a series of public areas that cut cross the building. Some of these spaces are open to the exterior, introducing natural light and wind into the building... [+]

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• Arquitectura Viva