Mexican developers Abilia revealed in a statement earlier this month that construction is due to commence on a skyscraper by Foster + Partners in Mexico City, set to match the height of the city's tallest tower, called Reforma 432.
Mexico Daily News reported that the tower will include 57 storeys – three more than a design description released by Foster + Partners in 2014. The announcement – made by the company's billionaire owner María Asunción Aramburuzabala – comes after a seven-year-long period of interruptions on the development, formerly called Sky Tower and overseen by real-estate developer Grupo Elipse.
With the extra levels, the tower will match Mexico City's tallest skyscraper, Torre Reforma, completed by local firm LBR&A Arquitectos in 2015. Both towers are named after their location along Paseo de la Reforma, a wide avenue that runs diagonally through the city.
To make the most of this setting, the ground level of the tower will form an open public space connecting to the street, with shops, cafes and restaurants housed in the four storeys above. Early renderings show these as terraces, elevated above ground and protruding out from the central core of the tower. Offices will occupy the rest of the tower, rising above in two volumes that appear to be separated by an outdoor space. Windows will be placed in a vertical arrangement to give a striated pattern to the exterior. The structural core will be placed off-centre to allow for flexible floor plans and open up to views and natural daylight.
Laurence Grigorov is highly influenced by modern design trends and endeavours to instil these inspirations in the company’s architectural style.
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