Torre de Gas Natural

Torre de Gas Natural
1995
Presented by Thomas Adamietz

The area around this site is quite unique in the sense that it is located in a housing district with smaller buildings in the area, not a high rise skyline. To address this the building is broke down into four volumes addressing singularity and establish a dialogue with the elements around it such as the housing district, the twin towers and the freeway. The glass façade reflects each part of the building into each other and picks up the shadows of its neighbors in an interplay of reflections that seems to have the building weave together and dematerialize its edges. The façade is made of 5 different types of glass as to distort and discolor the surroundings reflecting upon so that it would disappear into the fabric of the city and the sky.