This project represents a proposal for regaining value in this particular area of the city through an Arts and Crafts School and a Site Museum. The access runs throughout the archeological site, enhancing a line that crosses to the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. The school is conceived as a three story building with workshops and studios in the ground level, where these spaces converge into a multiple purpose plaza in the back side of the building. The Site Museum stands over the plaza with a figure that opens slowly towards the outside.
The facade works a second skin, made of a metallic multi perforated surface that allows light in, while it adds texture to the forms and helps the building to merge with its environment. This double facade system allows natural lightning and ventilation to the school as well as the museum, without a major impact to the forms.
ITESM 1999-2004 School Works ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL – SITE MUSEUM TLATELOLCO Tlatelolco – Mexico City Architectural Workshop VI Mariana Paz - Roberto Ortega
