Rojkind arquitectos: cineteca nacional del siglo xxi

‘cineteca nacional del siglo XXI’ by rojkind arquitectos in mexico city, mexico all images courtesy rojkind arquitectos image © rojkind arquitectos, render by axel friedman mexican practice

rojkind arquitectos has been awarded the design of ‘cineteca nacional del siglo XXI’ by the national council for culture and the arts of mexico. with a focus on generating new cinematic

experiences, the renovation project will increase the complex’s built area from 20,000 m2 to almost 29,000 m2, of which 7,000 will be dedicated to the public. interior view image © rojkind

arquitectos, render by axel friedman recognizing the medium’s technological advancements which has allowed viewers to access ‘moving pictures’ beyond the standard screen setting, the design

aims to remove film from its classic exhibition site and heighten the experience of the common space – parks, cafe, square – as a place of communication. the pre-existing parking which

occupies a large sector of the plot will be transferred to a six-level (above grade) parking, freeing up space for an outdoor amphitheatre, a public park, and a central plaza. covered by a

porous, canopy-like roof form, the central plaza will integrate trees into its layout to draw the elements of the park to its center. in addition, the project will add four new screening

rooms (increasing seats from 2050 to 3050) and expand the archive vaults to house 50,000 more reels of films. image © rojkind arquitectos, render by axel friedman image © rojkind

arquitectos, render by axel friedman image © rojkind arquitectos, render by axel friedman floor plan / level 0 green areas comparison diagram (left) current state – 3,388 m2 (right) proposal

– 7,110 m2 trees comparison diagram (left) current state – 257 trees (right) proposal – 314 trees parking comparison diagram (left) current state – 422 parking spaces (right) proposal – 528

parking spaces seating comparison diagram (left) current state – 2,050 seats (right) proposal – 3,050 seats archive vaults comparison diagram (left) current state – 125,000 volumes (right)

proposal – 50,000 additional volumes screening rooms 1000 seats (4@ 250) roof structure 6,900 m2 existing theatres renovation 2849 m2 parking 528 spaces green areas 7,110 m2 amphitheatre 700

spectators archive vaults 50,000 additional volumes existing office renovation 1,900 m2 digital restoration lab and new offices 920 m2 PROJECT INFO: CLIENT: conaculta – cineteca nacional

CONSTRUCTION AREA: 20,188 m2 ARCHITECTS: mcihael rojkind (founding partner), gerardo salinas (partner) TEAM: alonso de la fuente obregon, favael cedillo sanchez, phillip schlauch, birgit

hammer, djurdja milutinovic, alfredo hernandez soto, rodrigo medina, juan manuel ortuno, david stalin vergara, dolores robles – martinez gomez, isaac smeke, andrea leon LANDSCAPE: ambiente

arquitectos – fritz sigg calderon, juan manuel guerra villasana CINEMA CONSULTANTS: auerbach pollock friedlander – tom neville, vene garcia, kenneth fause CONTENT EDITOR: alejandro hernandez

galvez ROOF STRUCTURE: studio NYL – chris o’hara, julian lineham STRUCTURE: CTC ingenieros – carlos tapia INTERIOR: esrawe diseno, hector esrawe, alberto villarreal GRAPHIC DESIGN: eresto

moncada MODEL: roberto gil