Category: Institutions
Region: Mexico
Year: 2001
Location: MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO
FT2 Construction: 344,445 sq ft
FT2 Ground: 430,556 sq ft
Involved Areas: Architecture, Interior Design, Remodeling
Collaborators:
LEGORRETA®
Ricardo Legorreta
Víctor Legorreta
Noé Castro
Miguel Almaraz
Adriana Ciklik
Carlos Vargas C.
Víctor Figueroa
Associate Architects:
ARQUITECTO ASOCIADO: Juan Carlos Pérez
Consultants:
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: Harari Landscape Architecture
STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Óptimos Constructivos ITESM, Departamento de Ingeniería
ELECTRICAL DESIGN: Ove Arup Partners / ITESM Tecnos Ing. S.A.
PLUMBING DESIGN: Tecnos Ing. S.A.
MECHANICAL DESIGN: Ove Arup Partners / ITESM Termocontrol del Norte, Barrenechea
CONTRACTOR: ITESM
Photographer:
Lourdes Legorreta
Located in a 4 acres parcel, off-site the ITESM Campus, the Egade School pretends to be the leading Graduate Business School of the Americas. In order to attract the best students of Latin America as well as executives of leading International corporations, the schools objective was to build an icon structure with an innovative program. In order for students and executives to interact, one of the primary goals was to create human and inviting spaces that make both of them feel at home. One of the challenges is to combine good design with functional requirements in an environment that will foster unique ideas. The design keeps a perfect balance between the needs of the students and the needs of the executives: this is another challenge. We needed to be careful not to create a place that will intimidate students nor a building with a corporate atmosphere. On one hand we needed to be aware that the primary users were the students; therefore, it should preserve the essence of a school. On the other hand, it had to have a certain quality, a quality that reflects the lifestyle of the executives while going back to school. LEGORRETA has encouraged the owner to support the design of a green building. At the start of the project, LEGORRETA, along with the engineers (Ove Arup Partners / SOC), the owner, and the maintenance department, established the criteria for maximum energy consumption, minimum air quality standards and an annual maintenance budget. The goals established at the early design stages, set the foundation for an integrated, comfortable and energy efficient project. Serious considerations were given to local materials, climate, and soils. The materials used in the envelope will reduce solar gain in the summer and heat loss in the winter. The unique spiral shape responds to its predominant location within the site, as well as the schools need to create a symbol. The access to the building is at the center of the spiral and through a 30 high atrium. Covered by a glass roof, the atrium will allow natural light into the different spaces. The ground floor houses 13 classrooms, an auditorium for 300 people, a multipurpose room, a coffee shop for 80 people, meeting rooms and fellow areas. The second floor includes 40 offices, open office space, meeting rooms, a library, 2 laboratories and a teacher lounge. The third and last floor is dedicated to administrative functions. In addition, the school provides a two-level underground parking structure for approximately 530 cars.
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