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Building: El Nido de Quetzalcóatl

Location: Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico

Address: Retorno Villa Los Naranjos 15, Paseos del Bosque, 53297 Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico

Design Year/Completion: 2001/2007

Architecture Firm/ Architect: Javier Senosiain

Civil / Structural Engineer: Alfonso Olvera Montés and José Eduardo Gutiérrez

Collaborators: Luis Raúl Enríquez

Structuring consulting: Porfirio Ballesteros, Andrés García

Construction Firm: José Juan Romo, Fernando Acre

Landscape Architecture: Kees Van Rooij

AE Interest: Interesting topography being more rugged than gentle slopes. Sustainable due to the reuse of water from the building and from the earth (rain). Ferrocement construction, allows the curves to work with distributing loads. Tension/Compression steel and concrete working together. Architectural , Structural, and Environmental Engineering work together.

Sources: https://www.archdaily.com/1146298/quetzalcoatls-nest-javier-senosiain , https://en.elnidodequetzalcoatl.com/public?utm_source