Published: Monday, November 13, 2006
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Juarez Complex, Mexico City
With the specific task of regenerating the historical centre of Mexico City, the architects boldly conceived of this mixed-use complex as a series of open spaces, passages and plazas, crowned by two brightly coloured towers to house government offices.
View of the Vicente Roja fountain from the Plaza Juarez, extending upto the back of the restored temple of Corpus Christi.
The design of the fountain consists of a water mirror of 114 x 98 feet with more than one thousand red concrete pyramids that in addition to the movement of water generated by a series of air injectors between each pyramid turns into a great fountain full of movement. The fountain leads to various other works commissioned from a number of artists to bring back the tradition of public art that was once popular in the city.
The Vicente Roja fountain at night
Credits
- Text: Courtesy, the Architect
- Photographs: Paul Czitrom, Luis Gordoa, Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Manterola, Lourdes Legorreta & Arturo Garcia Campos.
- Compiled by Suprio Bhattacharjee
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