Windows punctuate board-marked concrete facade of DL1310 in Mexico City
In Mexico City's Tetelpan neighborhood, DL1310 stands as an imposing block of grey board-marked concrete, punctuated by flowing windows. The five-story apartment block was designed by Young & Ayata, half of which is Kutan Aayata, Vice Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
"New York architecture studio Young & Ayata and Mexico City office Michan Architecture collaborated on DL1310, an apartment block with an exposed concrete facade.
Board-marked concrete curves around the windows Located in Mexico City's Tetelpan neighbourhood, DL1310 has a distinctive facade of recessed windows framed by twisting board-marked concrete.
"The concrete striation patterns on the exterior concrete casts are both a design intention as well as a way of working with traditional formwork techniques towards alternative aesthetics," Young & Ayata co-founder Kutan Ayata told Dezeen."— India Block, Feb. 9 2021
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