Juarez Complex, Mexico City

Aerial view of the Plaza Juarez, with the Vicente Rojo fountain anchoring the fulcrum of the white base of the twin towers.

The Project

The Juarez Complex is located inside the historical center of Mexico City, in front of the Alameda Park. The 296,000 sq.ft. complex is adjacent on the north side with Avenida Juarez, on the south side with Calle Independencia, on the east side with Calle Dolores, and on the west side with Alle Luis Moya.

The taller tower of the Foreign Affairs Secretariat as viewed from the Garcia Lorca Square. The brick-coloured wall visible at the far end is the restored temple of Corpus Christi, separating this plaza from the main Juarez Plaza.

The primary objective of the project is to regenerate an important zone of the historical downtown of Mexico City that was severely damaged by the 1985 earthquake. The complex is formed by open spaces, passages and plazas. The new headquarters for the Foreign Affairs Secretariat and the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District, as well as mixed use buildings and parking lots are part of the Juarez Complex.

Because of its location, this complex is defined as a transition zone between the Paseo de la Reforma Avenue with its large-scale buildings and the historical centre of the city, with buildings of lower heights and spaces with more friendly scales for pedestrians. In addition, the complex had to integrate the restored temple of Corpus Christi, in order to make it the main focus of the complex.

Of all the outdoor spaces, the main one is the Plaza Juarez which surrounds the temple of Corpus Christi. This Plaza is the key generator for the rest of the complex, as well as being the main pedestrian access. In the center of the plaza, the architects designed, together with the plastic artist Vicente Rojo, a great fountain that integrates with the vegetation of the Alameda Park.

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