Cidade do México | Torre Bicentenario | OMA

[Ivo Sales Costa]

Artigo Original publicado em AspirinaLight.com

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Chega via Dezeen a proposta do gabinete OMA para a torre Bicentenario na cidade do México, aquela que será a mais alta construção em toda a América Latina e cuja construção se prevê concluída lá para 2010 aquando das comemorações dos 200 anos da independência do México.
É mais um exercicio de pura expeculação no dominio de tantas outras exprimentadas pela equipa de Rem Koolhaas, sendo que neste caso se propicia mais uma vez o desenho do objecto em função do protagonismo que o mesmo virá a assumir, um projecto bem catalogado com pretensões de se vir a afirmar como um referêncial no lugar mas onde a beleza do traço permite a leitura da sua presença mais como um evento do que como um acto insólito de puro devaneio artistico (apesar de no fim ser mesmo um acto insólito de puro devaneio artistico).

Ficam sempre as duvidas sobre se a intervenção depende do raciocinio meramente arquitectónico ou se a coisa nasce logo com a intenção de ser polémica, a questão é pertinente…

Ficam algumas imagens e o texto que acompanhou a divulgação do projecto por parte do OMA:


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TORRE BICENTENÁRIO

“OMA designs Torre Bicentenario for Mexico City, tallest tower of Latin America
(Mexico City, July 24th, 2007): Groupo Danhos has commissioned the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) to design Torre Bicentenario in the centre of Mexico City. The tower will become the tallest of Latin America and will be completed in 2010, the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence.
The building is to accommodate 160,000 m2 of office space, a convention centre, site museum and gym as well as retail and restaurants. In addition a 170,000 m2 public parking garage is part of the project.
The 300 meter tall building will be located at the intersection of Reforma and Anillo Periférico, on the northeast corner of Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, home to the Presidential residence.
The tower is envisaged as a symbol of the Bicentenario, 2010, the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.
The high-rise is conceived by the stacking of two pyramidal forms. This produces a form that is at once familiar yet unique. At the junction of the two pyramids, a sky lobby acts as the transfer point between shuttles and local elevators. This space will offer extensive views over the park and the city beyond.
Two voids penetrate the building at its widest point providing ventilation and natural light. Whilst traditional high-rises tend to internalize this feature with an atrium, the Torre Bicentenario, projects it onto the facade cutting into the building. A pattern of reflective glass panels covering 50% of the interior surface maximizes light penetration. The void twists at its midpoint, opening at the bottom toward the park and at the top toward the city, connecting the building to its surroundings.
The two districts adjacent to the Torre Bicentenario, Las Lomas and Polanco, are separated by a major highway. To provide a link between them, a new pedestrian bridge is proposed establishing a shortcut reconnecting formerly disengaged sections of the park and the city.
Groupo DANHOS is one of the largest real estate development companies in Mexico. During the last three decades it has developed residential, corporate and shopping center projects. Grupo DANHOS is currently concluding a mixed-use development desinged by Teodoro González de
León which is to be the largest and most visible project in Mexico City.
At OMA, the Bicentenario project is lead by partner Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu who is the director of OMA New York. Their previous collaborations include the design of the Whitney Museum Extension in NYC, the China Central Television Headquarters Building in Beijing, the Shenzen Stock Exchange, the Millstein Hall for Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and a hotel and residential highrise at 111 First Street in Jersey City, NJ. “ [>>]

[JVS]

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O Conceito

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Esquemas

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Maqueta

FACT SHEET

• Status:
  2007 – Commission; Concept Design Completed
• Client:
  Grupo DANHOS
• Site:
  Northeast corner of Chapultepec Park, adjacent to the interchange of two major highways
• Program:
  Total 393,8850 m2: AAA Offices 165,600 m2; Ballroom 4,380 m2; Convention 3,700 m2; Gym 300 m2; Lobbies 1,600 m2; Shops / restuarants 3,430 m2; Loading, Storage, Kitchen 6,860 m2; Mechanical 11,980 m2 = 197,850 m2; Site Museum 200m2 & Parking 195 800m2 = 196,000 m2
  300m Tall; 40m wide at base and top; 60m & 73m.

COLLABORATORS

• Local Architect:
  Laboratory of Architecture - Fernando Romero, Dolores Robles-Martinez
• Engineers:
  Arup - David Scott, Chris Carroll, Ricardo Pittella, Michael Willford, Bruce McKinlay, Julian Sutherland, Alistair Guthrie, Huseyin Darama, Yuvaraj Saravanan, Betsy Price, Keith Frankllin, Matt Clarke, Renee Mackay-Lyons
• Elevator Consultants:
  Van Deusen & Associates - Ahmet Tanyeri
• Model:
  Vincent de Rijk
• Book:
  Irma Boom Design - Irma Boom, Sonja Haller

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A Relacao com a Envolvente

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O Interior

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A Estrutura

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Maqueta com o embasamento.

[JVS]

Textos:

1 . http://urbanity.blogsome.com/2007/07/24/torre-bicentenario-mexico-df-rem-koolhaas-oma/

2 . http://www.fayerwayer.com/2007/08/torre-bicentenario-en-mexico-sera-mas-alta-de-america-latina/

3 . http://aspirinalight.com/2007/07/31/torre-bicentenario-oma.php

4 . http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2007/07/29/torre-bicentenario-ciudad-de-mexico-oma-la-mas-alta-de-latinoamerica/

5 . http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Bicentenario