Torre 41:h

It was 2015, when Yupica first asked me to work with him on a video. The video is called Torre 41:h and it is the firs from a series of architectural videos.

Torre 41 is a famous building in one of the most iconic streets of Mexico City, Reforma Avenue. The building was designed by Arturo Kalach, and it fuses nature with urban.

"The interior spaces were designed as a consequence of the structure of the volume, two structural concrete walls supporting steel mezzanines, reinforced by a secondary steel structure on the facade.

Thus, the structural configuration generates free plans, allowing flexible spaces for any office use.

Functionally, the building has 7 floors for offices, a triple-height lobby, vertical circulation to the west and a roof garden on the top floor, which opens the dialogue and relates to the outside.

The office building was designed with the intention of not integrating heating and air conditioning systems. The strategy is bio-climatic, with cross ventilation from operable windows on both sides."

Writes Daniela Cruz, for theArchDaily México Project Editor.

You can read the whole article by clicking here.

You can also watch a stunning view of the building, featured on this website, and recorded by a drone. I must apologize in advance for the music, which of course had nothing to do with your musical friend here.

The video was finished during the beginning of 2015, and it features a special mix of Chimi Jo´s piece, Blungrusak. This piece was made with samples of percussive objects. With no more further ado, the video, and the music:

Yours,

Chimi Jo.