Category: Institutions
Region: Mexico
Year: 1963
Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
FT2 Construction: 117,865 sq ft
FT2 Ground: 0 sq ft
Involved Areas: Architecture

Collaborators:
VILLAGRÁN Y LEGORRETA ARQUITECTOS
José Villagrán
Ricardo Legorreta
Guillermo Carmona
Carlos Hernández

Consultants:

Consulting Engineer: Leonardo Zeevaert

Photographer:

© Colección Legorreta


The simplicity in the architectural conception of its volumes, as well as the elimination of columns to grant the inner spaces maximum fluidity and enable the factory’s logistics, are the premises for the design of this industrial building where its solution grants maintenance and the utilization of natural light. This food factory is composed by two pavilions placed as a bayonet. Its cover is made up reinforced concrete vaults that rest on walls made by the same material, producing by their trace an irregular effect that avoids monotony and creates interesting light and shadow patterns.

• RICARDO LEGORRETA AND MATHÍAS GOERITZ INTERVIEWS IN "Arquitectura / México" Magazine, Num. 100, April - July 1968.
• ASEA and SF Factories in Calli Magazine #10, Nov - Dec 1963
• SF Factory and other projects in "Arquitectura México" Magazine #82, June 1963
• SF Factory in "Arquitectos de México" Magazine, #15, June 1962.