Puebla, México
Composed of two volumes, Torre Andeza designed by Andrés Bustamante Arrieta of Revolution Architects is a multipurpose tower in the city of Puebla, an impressive addition to the city’s skyline.
For its unique design, Torre Andeza has been awarded a 2023 Future House Award by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design.
The first volume serves as a base or podium containing the public program, while the second volume is a mixed-use tower housing the semi-private and private programs.
The characteristics of each volume are different. The podium aims to create a direct connection with the street and consumers, while the tower’s main objective is to offer the best views and provide a unique experience for future owners.
In most cases, the two volumes have a clear separation between their spaces, isolated from each other.
The podium is generally limited to the activity and flow generated by the commercial areas without truly creating a public space, so only people who visit the development to consume tend to frequent it, while the tower remains isolated from the city on the base that acts as a boundary between the public and private realms.
Analyzing these factors, the architect concluded that he needed to create a new project whose main objective is integration with the city, its inhabitants, the context, and the physical environment.
Instead of creating a development composed of two separate volumes as is usually done, we proposed a volume that fulfills its two main conditions: the commercial program with its visual and physical connection to the street, and the tower focused on and oriented towards the best possible views, in this case, the volcanoes.
The design of the tower adapts to the context and site by changing the condition of the typical multipurpose typology of a commercial podium with that of a residential tower on top.
As it emerges from the ground the tower starts turning 1.5 degrees per level creating a design that allows sunlight to the street and open views to the surrounding neighbor buildings.
The commercial levels offer views of the public plaza in front of the building and the street.
The tower includes in its first levels a commercial complex with retail and restaurants with amazing terraces to enjoy the outdoor life.
Torre Andeza will have 257 apartments, 30 commercial premises, and four basements with 900 parking spaces.
Project: Torre Andeza
Architects: Revolution Architects
Lead Architect: Andres Bustamante Arrieta
Design Team: Zaira Bernal, Darío Vallina, Jesús Navarro, and Enrique Muciño
Client: Grupo JV
Contractor: Grupo JV
Photographers: Carlos Verón from CGVeron
