Rojkind Arquitectos' Foro Boca Breaks Ground in Mexico
Rojkind Arquitectos has shared their latest project, Foro Boca, which
broke ground yesterday in Veracruz, Mexico. Part of a masterplan that
seeks to reinvigorate the surrounding area, the project is catalyzing
the renovation of infrastructure. The building will hold an 850-seat
concert hall, rehearsal space, a music library and offices. The
architects contend that "The building appropriates the timeless
expression of the concretes cubes formed by ripraps in the breakwater,
assimilating them as its origin and re-interpreting them in a building
made of apparent concrete, forming various areas of volume that contain
the concert hall."
From the Architect. During recent years there has been a clear
enrichment of the musical and cultural life of Boca del Rio, Veracruz.
In 2014, the Boca del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra was formed, and through
its performances it has attracted diverse musical expressions, local
and foreign musicians, making it the heart of the cultural life of the
city.
The philharmonic orchestra is unique not only in Mexico, but worldwide.
Through three lines of action, consisting of a yearly season of
Orchestral Concerts, as well as monthly Chamber Music performances, and
finally, an after-school social development program for low-income
children named “Orquestando Armonia,” which focuses on choral and
orchestral education fostering values and a sense of excellence for the
children and the community. The dynamics and activities of the orchestra
have had a successful social and cultural development, and have
demonstrated the need to create a new social enclosure to serve as
headquarters for the orchestra and its programs.
The new headquarters fit within a master plan that seeks to revitalize
an urban area that is currently deteriorated. It is located in the
estuary of the river, location that not only gives name to the locality,
but also has a rich history and culinary tradition. The piece of land
is located beside the breakwater dividing the river and the sea, the end
of the Coastal Avenue Vicente Fox, and its point of convergence with
Avenue Zamora, where all the local restaurants are lined.
The Foro Boca’s location is intended to articulate the dynamics of the
central part of the city with the coastal avenue, and has the goal of
functioning as an urban detonator capable of inciting modernity in the
area. The forum itself is a tool that has permitted the reconstruction
and renovation of the infrastructure and urban image of this part of the
city. The building appropriates the timeless expression of the
concretes cubes formed by ripraps in the breakwater, assimilating them
as its origin and re-interpreting them in a building made of apparent
concrete, forming various areas of volume that contain the concert hall.
In its interior, the concert hall unfolds the technical knowledge of foreign and local specialists in acoustics, isoptics and theatrical mechanics. It possesses the equipment to become the most sophisticated concert hall in the country.
The architectural program considers a concert hall for classical,
traditional and popular music for an audience of 850, also having the
possibility of presenting shows involving dance and theater, as well as
cinema. Additionally, the forum will have a rehearsal hall that can also
serve for chamber concerts, floor theater plays, cinema and
contemporary dance presentations. The hall can hold 150 spectators.
The Back of the House area of the forum responds primarily to the needs
of the philharmonic orchestra. It will feature rehearsal halls for
percussionists, pianists and solo performers, and a recording studio. It
has general changing rooms, private changing rooms for directors, guest
performers and the philharmonic’s director.
These areas were conceived to combine the daily routines of the
orchestra with the needs of the other activities, such as a theater
performance. The building will also hold an office area and a musical
library. In all these facilities, the forum will be able to offer
workshops, courses and various festivals.
The Foro Boca generates a public space on its exterior that permits the extension of the access plaza throughout the breakwater area, creating points of entertainment, or ludic spaces that complement the public life of the hall. There will also be an audio and visual projection system to be screened on the interior façade of the building, with the intention of consolidating a social enclosure that builds on the public sphere of the area.
Foro Boca / Graphic files:
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Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos
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Location: Boca del Río, Ver., Mexico
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Architect In Charge: Michel Rojkind
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Design Team: Agustín Pereyra, Adrián Aguilar, Arturo
Ortíz, Andrea León, Gerardo Salinas, Carsten Lemme, Jorge González R.,
Cynthia Ponce, Julieta Inclán, Pablo Herrera, Rubén García, Salvador
Cortéz, Diego Díaz Lezama, Paulina Goycoolea, Alfonso Paz, Laura
Hernández, Paulina Elizalde, Fernanda Casar, Daniel Gaytán, Julio
Serralde, Félix Mendoza, Beatriz Zavala
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Media: Lorena García Cordero S.
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Structural Engineer: EMRSA
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Acoustic Consultants: Seamonk Akustics Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
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Mep Engineer: Gralte S.C.
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Specialties: Gralte S.C.
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Lighting Consultant: Artec3
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Area: 5410.0 sqm
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Project Year: 2014
- Photographs: Courtesy of Rojkind Arquitectos
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