On a plot of 7x14 in the Barrio del Niño Jesús and just a few steps from Graciela Iturbide's house, a small tower of only three levels extruded in a literal way, extrudes its measurements in plan to become a solid piece of clay that de-constructs before its own materiality in very thin and almost imperceptible tensions of steel.

© Rafael Gamo

Architects: Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo

Location: 1a Cda. Heliotropo 2, Barrio del Niño Jesús, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Design: Mauricio Rocha, Gabriela Carrillo

Collaborators: Rafael Carrillo, Gerson Huerta, Pavel Escobedo, Esterlina Campuzano, Elizabeth Waites, Enrique Ibarra.

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Rafael Gamo
Models: Francisco Ortiz

Construction: Rafael Carrillo ? Taller 499

Structural Engineering: Grupo SAI Gerson Huerta ? Ingeniería Estructural Sismoresistente

Mep: Tomás Rodríguez

Client: Graciela Iturbide

© Rafael Gamo

Text description provided by the architects. On a plot of 7x14 in the Barrio del Niño Jesús and just a few steps from Graciela Iturbide's house, a small tower of only three levels extruded in a literal way, extrudes its measurements in plan to become a solid piece of clay that de-constructs before its own materiality in very thin and almost imperceptible tensions of steel.

© Rafael Gamo

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