Casa de Suiza Alameda Central, House of Switzerland Pavilion, Mexican Architecture Images
Casa de Suiza, Alameda Central
Contemporary Pavilion Building in Ciudad de M̩xico Рdesign by Dellekamp Arquitectos
22 Apr 2017
Casa de Suiza, Alameda Central
Location: Alameda Central, Ciudad de México
Design: Dellekamp Arquitectos
House of Switzerland Pavilion
Casa de Suiza in Alameda Central
Descripción del Proyecto
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House of Switzerland Pavilion emerges with the celebration of the seventy years of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Mexico, Dellekamp Arquitectos began to work on the project without a defined program and site, so a modular system was designed based on a triangular grid that allows adaptation to different locations and changing needs of the program, which allowed transformations during the design process.
This adaptability feature allows it to be itinerant and a location to multiple sites without damaging the environment.

For the above, we placed a fragment of the pavilion in the Alameda Central within the framework of the International Festival Mextrópoli.

The use of wood attached to the materiality of House of Switzerland as a common way of building in Switzerland. The pavilion is designed in modules conformed by laminated wood of certified pine and metallic unions, promoting the use of the wood like structural material in Mexico. These modules are derived from the triangular grid, th...