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l. Monterrey, Mexico
2021
/ Community Center
DARE
DARE is an attention center for addictions located in San Pedro 400. This project sought to resolve the coexistence with its surroundings, respecting its vegetation and existing topography, providing a sense of belonging and welcoming to the community.
This attention center offers dinamic spaces, with openings that create dialogue with its exterior. DARE seeks to embrace its context, disappearing into it and guiding the user to access the impressive views that the place offers.
This building questions what it is to define a space and its need to create a community, beyond just having one use in each space.
/ Awards
2021 1st place Proyecta Community Centers
2023 Honorific Mention Bienal CANL Cultural Centers
/ Location
Monterrey, Mexico
/ Collaborators
Individual Project
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Location of existing vegetation and alleys
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Form guided by its physical context
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Lighting openings and natural ventilation
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Floor leveling respecting its topography
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Roof with the fuction of unity,
shade and terrace
Lower Level Plan
The lower level program of this community center offers two classrooms, three private offices, public bathrooms, a cafeteria, storage room and an auditorium for meetings with the possibility of opening onto the central patio, which has impressive views and is protected by the building itself.
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/ elevations
North facade
East facade
West facade
South facade
Rooftop Plan
As the center sought for flexible and inclusive spaces all throughout the building, its roof works as a viewpoint towards the mountains and streets, increasing security for the people themselves. This terrace is accessed by a ramp on the west facade of the space, located strategically by taking advantage of its topography’s leveling.
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conceptual section 01
/ sections
conceptual section 02
initial sketches drawn with psychological space in mind.
(Reference: Compression by Steven Holl)
Structural Grid
Due to the long distances that were desired to be kept permeable in the space, a structural grid was implemented to distribute the weight of the entire roof, based on the axes of the same architectural plan.
For this, a grid was deconstructed into triangles of 1.30 x 1.30x 1.30 meters that were implemented into the whole roof, adding attractiveness, structural balance and efficiency.
As a result, it allowed us to maintain large overhangs in spaces where we wanted to frame nature, as well as play with the lighting created by the roof itself.
Exercises for decomposing the geometry to its final structural form.