In collaboration with Kurt Huckleberry
A proposal for the reuse of the Torre Latinoamericana – an iconic Modernist building and the first skyscraper in an active seismic zone – as a stack of vertical neighborhoods with public services and social housing, operating within the framework of Mexico City’s UTOPIA community centers. The addition of a supplemental tower – a torrecilla – improves vertical circulation and acts as an oversized water tower, irrigating open-air gardens for both consumption and relaxation. Conceived of as an archaeological artifact, the torrecilla looks to the past of Mexico City, while the transformed Torre embodies its future.