Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  51400
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Cemex, Guardian Glass, Versitalia
  • Architects In Charge: Agustín Landa Ruiloba, Rolando Martínez
  • Collaborators: Agustin Landa Ruiloba Rolando Martínez Rubén Martínez Daniel Martin Alejo González Cesar Rosales
  • Constructor: Anahuac Organización Constructora
  • Calculations: BCB Estructuras
  • Lighting: Grupo LITE
  • Air Conditioning : Proyectaire
  • Elevadores: Mitsubishi
  • Facade Engineering: Aluvisa
  • City: Monterrey
  • Country: Mexico
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Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Cityscape

Text description provided by the architects. Albia is a twenty-floor office building located on a property between Antonio L. Rodriguez and Blvd. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, two high-velocity avenues in the west of Monterrey. Its structure is composed of visible concrete frames that are expressed on the facade as vertical mullions. The offices are located in a reflective glass volume, with a north-south orientation, on a quadruple height base.

Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Exterior Photography

The lower part of the building is divided into three glass volumes separated by large voids. The access passes through the voids to the lobby in the central volume. The other two volumes, also connected by bridges on the third level, house shops on the ground floor and two levels of offices.

Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Floor Plan Level 5
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© Agustín Landa Ruiloba

The promoters of the building sought to introduce small offices to the real estate market of Monterrey, a virtually non-existent commerce. The floors of the building respond to this initiative: they are very efficient, without columns, and can be easily divided. The circulations and services are concentrated in a core in the back facade of the building.

Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade
© The Raws

Due to the absence of a surrounding urban context, a large parking lot was required. The parking area is concentrated in a structure with three underground floors and seven floors above street-level. It is linked to the main building by a large steel pavilion.

Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Agustín Landa Ruiloba
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Longitudinal Section
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© Agustín Landa Ruiloba

The skilful handling of concrete can be seen in the geometry of the concrete slabs. On the ground floor, the slabs are very narrow and shaped as rhombuses. In the cross-section of the lower part of the building, the slabs are wider at the top. On the ground floor, these skewed fifteen meter high monoliths define a gateway.

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Address:Monterrey, N.L., Mexico

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Cite: "Albia Building / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos" [Edificio Albia / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos] 16 Aug 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/923111/albia-building-landa-plus-martinez-arquitectos> ISSN 0719-8884

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