Daily Thoughts JZ - UTSOA Studio Mexico CDMX 2020

Daily Thoughts

Studio Mexico 2020 Jorge Zapata March 7-13 UTSOA

Itinerary Day 1 Sa 3/7

- Arrival in Mexico City - Check in at Hotel Gillow 11:30 to 12:00 - Cathedral, Palacio Nacional - Alameda, Museo Mural Diego Rivera - Walk calle Madero to Monumento a la Revolución - Dinner at Casa Azulejos

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Day 2 Su 3/8

- Paseo Reforma, Torre Reforma 27, by Alberto Kalach - Chapultepec Park - Museo Antropología, Museo Rufino Tamayo - Hotel Camino Real, by Ricardo Legorreta - Polyforum by David Alfaro Siqueiros - Dinner at the home of architect Jorge Alessio in San Angel

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Day 3 M 3/9

- Visit to Jorge Yazpik’s home and studio - Espacio Escultórico - Ciudad Universitaria - San Angel Inn, Casa Rivera-Khalo - Centro Cultural Elena Garro, by Fernanda Canales - Dinner at Los Danzantes in Coyoacan

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Day 4 T 3/10

- Field work: visit Azcapotzalco area - Parque Bicentenario - Presentation by Mario Schjetnan’s in his office - Dinner at Condesa

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Day 5 W 3/11

- Tlateloloco, Plaza de las Tres Culturas - Biblioteca Vasconcelos by Alberto Kalach - Meet architect Fernanda Canales - Museums Soumaya by Fernando Romero - Museum Jumex by David Chipperfield - Presentation and tour of her office by Tatiana Bilbao.

- Dinner at the home of architect Uriel Muller in Las Lomas

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Day 6 Th 3/12

- Visit Torre Bancomer by Legorreta and Rogers at 11:00 - 2:00 Lunch and discussion in Santa Fe with developers Jose Luis and Miguel Angel Moratinos.

- Santa Fe, Parque La Mexicana by Mario Schjetnan.

- Tour of Alberto Kalach’s office

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Day 7 F 3/13

- Casa Barragan at 10:00 - Tour and lecture at Torre Reforma by architect Benjamín Romano - Dinner Café Tacuba -End of Program

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Day 1 Sa 3/7

1) Hotel Gillow 2) Plaza de la Constitucion 3) Cathedral - Templo Mayor 4) Palacio Nacional 5) Torre Latinoamericana 6) Alameda 7) Museo Mural Diego Rivera 8) Monumento a la Revoluciรณn 9) Casa de los Azulejos

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Plaza and Avenida de la Republica

The Monument of Revolution recalls the overthrow of the dictatorship of 1910 and reuses the space and structure of what was to be an ostentatious building to make way for a plaza and a viewpoint dome that makes use of not only the ground floor but also different levels giving continuity to Madero street axis.

Calle Ponciano de Arriaga, view of Pico el Fraile at the Valley

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Torre Reforma 27 - Alberto Kalach (2010)

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Day 2 Su 3/8

1) Torre Reforma 27, by Kalach 2) Chapultepec Park 3) Museo AntropologĂ­a 4) Museo Rufino Tamayo 5) Hotel Camino Real, by Ricardo Legorreta 6) Polyforum by David A. Siqueiros

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We spent the day at Bosques de Chapultepec. As an urbanism student these types of parks give me hope and motivation. One would think that the scale is giant and most of it will be unused. The real case is totally different, people here really take ownership of public spaces, one can see everything from soccer to ancient rituals going on.

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Museo Nacional de Antropologia de Mexico - Inner Courtyard

Urban Strategy: Public Amenities + Green Space + Water + Active culture + Leisure

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The edge of Chapultepec Park from Torre BBVA Bancomer

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Day 3 M 3/9

1) Visit to Jorge Yazpik’s home and studio 2) Espacio Escultórico 3) Ciudad Universitaria 4) San Angel Inn, Casa Rivera-Khalo 5) Centro Cultural Elena Garro,

by Fernanda Canales 6) Coyoacan

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It was really interesting to witness the working space of Jorge Yazpik surrounded by his sculptures and spatial experiments with different materials. The layout of the house with the art pieces expresses a search of morphologies that can be use in several scales. It reminded me the beuty of uncertainty embeded in the design profession.

Jorge Yazpik’s work exploring substractive techniques and materiality

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Espacio Escultorico Ciudad Universitaria UNAM

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Day 4 T 3/10

1) Field work: visit Azcapotzalco area 2) Parque Bicentenario 3) Presentation by Mario Schjetnan’s in his office 4) Dinner at Condesa

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While I was walking through the different ecosystems of this park I realized how much the actions taken here could inform our studio project in the refinery. There’s an immediate need to define more connectivity with the neighborhoods around and provide a framework to integrate the strategy with the urban life that characterizes Mexico City.

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View of Pemex tanks and vertical development from the park

System of chinampas at one of the waterways of the park

Urban Strategy: Topography + Ecosystems + Use of water + Recreational programs

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Lake Parque Bicentenario - Potential for recreation

Parque Bicentenario’s surroundings - Accesibility constraints

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Biblioteca Vasconcelos by Alberto Kalach (2003)

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Day 5

W 3/11

1) Tlateloloco, Plaza de las Tres Culturas 2) Biblioteca Vasconcelos by Alberto Kalach 3) Museums Soumaya by F.R. 4) Museum Jumex by David Chipperfield 5) Tatiana Bilbao Studio

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The development near Polanco (Amp. Granada) represents to me a warning on how the creation of new districts can operate in only a performatic way and encapsulate exclusivity. We can see a variety of towers that are designed as gated communities and contrasting to the other places that we visited the ground floor is neglected.

Despite being designed and planned this distric doesn’t offer a pleasant place to stay and feels too artificial.

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Plaza de las Tres Culturas - Tlatelolco

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Day 6

1) Visit Torre Bancomer by Legorreta and Rogers 2) Santa Fe district visit 3) Parque La Mexicana by Mario Schjetnan.

4)Tour of Alberto Kalach’s office

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Parque La Mexicana - Green space surrounded by towers in Santa Fe

Despite the horizontal perception that Mexico City can give at a glace from the terraces in Torre BBVA Bancomer it is possible to observe how different vertical clusters emerged in several sectors of the valley, following development pressures of avenues such as Paseo de la Reforma.

There’s potential to re-think the concept of verticality.

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Urban furnishing at Parque la Mexicana - Buffer of plants as remediation

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Torre Reforma from Torre BBVA Baancomer- LBR + A Arquitectos (2016)

Urban Strategy: Vertical development + Green space (relief density) + Commercial

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Avenida Paseo de la Reforma from Torre BBVA Bancomer

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Day 7 F 3/13

1) Casa Barragan at 10:00 2) Tour and lecture at Torre Reforma by architect Benjamín Romano 3) Dinner Café Tacuba

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View from Torre Reforma - LBR + A Arquitectos

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Casa Luis Barragan - Mexico City

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UTSOA Studio Mexico 2020

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