The main goal of this project was to create a multifunctional space whose style and materials transcend through the years and different users may inhabit it. Since it is for rent the client requested a high-level commercial proposal.

Being the last floor of the building, it is the apartment with the best views and mayor height, besides a generous free floorplan with a central services core. It has two elevators that arrive directly to heart of the apartment where the main axis that divides the public and private zones starts.


This space gives us a first approach to the apartment´s style. It is covered with stone and metallic shelves randomly embedded, turning it into a sculptural element that welcomes into atmosphere with warm indirect light and a PVC black membrane plafond that reflects the surroundings, generating a threshold where the warmth of the timber stands out. The axis ends with a view of the grand terrace framing Chapultepec park and Campo Marte, and directing to the public zone of the apartment.

Living and dining is a completely open space defined by the granite floor and wooden plafond, two materials in perfect balance and contrast. The space is framed by two blocks covered in walnut wood that receive the services (kitchen, guest´s toilet and studio) the same that may be open joining the ample space through two metallic doors that hide in the timber giving versatility or privacy according to the activities.

At the other end there is a multifunctional space that may be used as studio, living or TV room that incorporates to the main living room through a modular bookcase that unites both spaces and whose intention is to be a decorative element that allows to lower the scale of the walnut wood wall beside it, in addition of being a transition element between this and the plafond.


The private area is completely independent. The access is through the main hall corridor that has two sliding doors hidden in the walnut wood walls that allow to close the space to give the residents more privacy. Divided by two walnut wood blocks the entrance to the 3 bedrooms are located. A small hall gives access to the master and secondary bedrooms and in the other end is the entrance to the guest´s room.

The master bedroom has a grand plafond of engineering wood that serves as preamble to the most intimate zone of the apartment. It has a living and working areas and in the opposite side, hidden inside the walnut wood wall, two sliding doors that give access to the bathroom and dressing room. It has a 3.60 m height outlined by LED strips and light points with accents in the walls covered with natural floor to ceiling mirror to create a continuity effect of the grand façade, generating a panoramic view of the exterior.


The secondary bedroom has a corridor covered with timber and the engineering wood plafond, it has a 2.85 m height utilized to install the air conditioning and extraction systems for the bathrooms. The purpose of the hall is to feel the privacy of the space, the scale and also to be used as entrance for the bathroom and dressing room. The guest´s room changes its distribution a little because of its dimensions, but it was sought to maintain the same criteria of the secondary bedroom. The entrance is through the corridor that leads to the dressing room hidden in the walnut wood wall.

A very sober materials palette was used with only three finishes: natural stones, wood and steel, whose connection enable to bring the balance and elegance wanted in this project with a style that is always current.





  • Architect: Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos

Posted by Juan Pablo Serrano

Serrano+ celebrates 30 years of developing architectural spaces in which Quality is achieved by the proper use of materials and light as a creative element. Space is their raw material and with the support of multidisciplinary groups architect Juan Pablo Serrano Orozco, director of the firm, backed by a great team of associates and collaborators, demonstrate capacity and performance in all fields of architecture in Mexico and abroad. Juan Pablo Serrano began his studies in architecture and urbanism at the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1987, with exchanges at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at Los Angeles. He received an Honorable Mention from the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1991. Fourth generation of architects in his family. Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1993 to date and Academician of the National Academy of Architecture. The structure and professionalism that Serrano+ has today has been enriched by the collaboration in partnership with important national and international firms and architects; they have been invited to competitions in Mexico and other parts of the world and actively participate in the formation and dissemination of architectural work. Architecture is their means to collaborate in the development of a better urban context, since they are sure that the correct design of spaces is the way to have better cities. Their expertise has been strengthened by the constant search for the perfect combination of form and structure. For Serrano+, citizens are the backbone of cities and the buildings, in which they spend their day to day, are the elements that help them contribute with spaces designed to improve their quality of life. They have had the opportunity to design, direct and execute residential projects, restaurants, hotels, corporate, airports, industrial warehouses, cultural centers and housing developments. The sensitivity that the Serrano+ team imprints on their projects is the decantation of everything they learn every day. Light, materials and technology combine in a perfect balance to create the space that lives around the inhabitant. Awareness of ecological balance and nature has been present in their projects since their inception and they consider that sustainability is the only way to make architecture. They are members of the Green Building Council Mexico chapter, to strengthen their contribution to the architectural landscape with the design of buildings that have a high energy performance. With their work they have participated in different exhibitions in important countries such as: Mexico, the United States, France, Singapore, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, China, Australia, Greece and Spain, as well as in interviews and in various national and international publications. His projects have received a large number of distinctions and recognitions both in Mexico and abroad. Today they are laying the foundations for the next 30 years.

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