escuela nacional de danza / centro national de las artes > competition prize
92,000 sq ft 3 piece 92,000 sq ft 3 piece school in central square of cna mexico city
"…because time was so short during development of the project, [arkitectStudio] built simple concrete boxes for each of the components while the concrete was being poured. So each building is really two structural systems attached to each other. The transparent portico of the studio and the roof of the theater area suspended from cables, while the curtainwall of the elliptical building is supported by angled steel columns on the outside. The building clearly shows the construction process"
Architectural Record, March 1996