The program is divided up into a series of volumes separated by a few meters, a layout that enabled the inclusion of green areas, at the same time as encouraging mobility and chance encounters between people in the gardens and in the main patio. The roof over the complex is a slab that connects the volumes and offers shade; the plant is therefore naturally ventilated and is protected from direct sunlight, while daylight filters through an opening in the roof.
The architects reserved one of the patios for the artist Jerónimo Hagerman to install one of his works. For the patio walls, he chose the yellow color of the mosquito netting inside the plant. Hagerman normally uses plants when creating his art, and in this case he opted for the Cissus antarctica vine to create a labyrinth of natural benches and curtains, in allusion to Next’s hydroponic system.
Next Hydroponic Plant, León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico
Program: office building
Architects: CC Arquitectos (Manuel Cervantes, Lizett Matsumoto)
Structure: Mauricio Pantoja - Fernando Calleja
Installations: iesh, Samuel Nischli
Area: 1,250 sqm
Completion: 2014