Enramada, image courtesy of REC Arquitectura

Enramada, image courtesy of REC Arquitectura

Mexico-based firm REC Arquitectura has designed the sustainable office building – Enramada in Morelos, Mexico.

+ Project description courtesy of REC Arquitectura

Besides having a glass facade, we are on each level leaving free all the bounded side and central cube, to provide natural illumination to all the plants and in that way required less use of artificial illumination, this natural illumination will go down to the parking lot on the first floor, saving the energy consume by artificial illumination.

Enramada, image courtesy of REC Arquitectura

The interior divisional walls on the side of the hall of the illumination cube must have a glass line from the level of the door (2.10 mts) up to the ceiling in order to allow the entrance of natural light inside each office.
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All the roof will received the pluvial water and it is directed to individual deposits for the bathrooms and to drip water the vegetation on the side wall.

Enramada, image courtesy of REC Arquitectura

Cross ventilation
Ventilation must always have an access and an exit to create a natural draft, in the building it will be created by having all the side free and the central cube empty.

Freeing warm air
With the knowledge that warm air always goes up, the facade, the sides of the building and the central cube have continuity so the warm air goes up and can be free through one of the breathings turn towards the outside.

Gathering fresh air from the street
The building's facade is thought to direct the fresh air from the street to the inside of our project (not only at a vehicular level from the first floor), because these flat folds of the façade glass are thought as a big winger that gathers and redirects the air towards the interior.

Vegetation Identity
Cuernavaca has among several characteristic elements to have an ideal climate for vegetation and green walls with climbing plants, which we consider a suitable strategy for a contemporary building.

Architectural
It is proved that the best job performance is when the environment is more natural and with vegetation, the side wall with climbing plants will allow to see a natural vegetation across all the floors.

Bioclimatic
Vegetation is a great natural support to refresh air because the plants evaporated water, and this water in the environment raises the comfort level.

+ Project credits / data

Project: Enramada
Location: Av. Díaz Ordaz #12 , Col. Cantarranas, Cuernavaca, Morelos
GFA: 650 m2
Architect: REC Arquitectura
Design: Rec Arquitectura, Maria Guadalupe Morales Garcia, Aika Yamakita, Julia Miranda Flores, Octavio Traveceras Arce, Domingo Granados, Maria Jose Jimenez Muñoz, Gerardo Recoder
Structural design: Ivan Recoder
Client: Familia Chevez
Construction Supervision: Fritzia Chevez

+ All images and drawing courtesy of REC Arquitectura

Mesa Side Table & Planter by Phase Design

Mesa Side Table & Planter designed by the founder of Phase Design - Reza Feiz, is the hand-sanded fiberglass shell with an automotive polyurethane gloss finish, it is also suitable for outdoor use.

The challenge of design is to create something that is unique and funct ional, but above all has a nuanced and memorable personality. I like my work to be simple yet ingenious; to be understated yet be able to stand out and get not iced.
Reza Feiz

The inspiration for the mesa side tables come from the word that they are named after mesa – land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and flat top. From there, the added element of tension and surprise was created by twisting the surface as it comes up. This torque creates a different visual experience at every angle. These hand scultped fiberglass shells are painted with high gloss automotive enamel with a clear coat finish and will be available in cement gray, true blue, and brilliant black. The mesa was designed with two purposes and intended uses in mind- once turned over, the mesa will become a sculptural planter, suitable for indoor or outdoor use. This adds to our roster of unique architectural and sculptural planters. Please specify if mesa is to be used as side table or planter upon ordering.

+ Technical data

Specifications:
Hand-sanded fiberglass shell with an automotive polyurethane gloss finish with clear coat. Suitable for indoor or outdoor use.

Available Colors:
Snowball white, oil slick black, true blue, cement grey.

Total dimensions:
Mesa Side Table: H 15" W 16" L 22" top: W 10-1/2" L 14-3/4"
Mesa Planter: H 15" W 16" L 22"

+ About Phase Design – Reza Feiz

Phase Design was founded in Los Angeles in 2000 by award winning self-taught designer Reza Feiz. Working within his philosophy of "strength in simplicity," he uses solid woods, metal and fiberglass in luxurious finishes to realize his simple, yet dynamic furniture, lighting and tabletop designs. With all of Reza’s creations, he seeks to balance delicate physicality and practical functionality.

He has shown his work worldwide gaining international attention, and has been acquired by some of the most discriminating clients ranging from Kiehl’s Since 1851 to Tom Ford. Reza has been featured in a long list of publications, starting with Surface Magazine where Reza was named a "tag team" member – one of a group of select young designers who represent the leading edge of discovery in design. Los Angeles Magazine named Feiz as one of the city’s hottest designers in its July 2006 issue, Flaunt magazine dubbed Reza a 'Style Pioneer' and more recently Fabrik magazine named Reza as 'LA designer who influences world design'.

Reza continually strives to capture the modernist tenets of proportion and clarity in his work and draws upon both California and the greater global community of design for inspiration. He is influenced by the work of modernist architects like Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra and John Lautner, yet he imbues his work with a 21st century edge, making it relevant to the constantly evolving contemporary environment.