High Rise Axis

A chain of high-rises runs along the Reforma and continues around the city’s largest urban park, Chapultepec. The Torre Bicentenario will extend this line of buildings around the park, creating a new icon for the city.

The site of the Torre Bicentenario lies at the northeast corner of Chapultepec Park, adjacent to the interchange of two major highways. Located at the edge the park, major infrastructure and the city, the project has the potential to benefit all three.

Torre Bicentenario will provide much needed class AAA office space for Mexico City, together with public amenities – a sky lobby, convention center, shops and restaurants – for the surrounding communities and visitors to Chapultepec Park.

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The stacking of two pyramidal forms produces a building simultaneously familiar and unexpected, historic yet visionary.

Form and Function

The form of the Torre Bicentenario creates a dynamic relationship between the building and its surroundings. Public programs are located where the two pyramids meet.

Context

The junction of the two pyramids occurs at 100m, the datum of the buildings that surround it, creates a dramatic new gateway to the park. The building bulges toward the park and the historic city center along the axis of the Reforma.

While two sides stretch in the direction of the park, towards Los Lomas, the building is respectful and sober.