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Kolumba, Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne Project Portfolio

By Beth Broome
January 19, 2008
Project Specs

Museo del Acero Horno³
Monterrey, Mexico
Grimshaw Architects
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the People

Architect
Grimshaw
100 Reade Street
New York, NY 10013
T 212 291 2501
F 212 791 2173

Partner in Charge:
Vincent Chang

Partner:
Andrew Whalley

Associate Principal:
William Horgan

Project Architect :
Christian Hoenigschmid-Grossich

Team:
Michael Blancato, Shane Burger, Paulo de Faria, Kenny Grossman, Nieves Monasterio, Robert Stuart-Smith, Chung Yeon Won, Richard Yoo, Casimir Zdanius

Associate architect(s)
Oficina de Arquitectura, S.A. de C.V.

Exhibition designer:
Aldrich Pears Associates

Specialist Structural Engineer:
Werner Sobek New York

Environmental Design:
Atelier Ten

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Harari arquitectos + Surface Design Inc.

Lighting:
OVI - Office for Visual Interaction

Acoustical:
Arup Acoustics

Other:
Sistemas Optimos Constructivos (SOCSA)- Structural Engineer of Record

Asesoria y Diseño (Monterrey) – M&E Engineer of Record

Servicios Especiales para la Construccion (SEPCO) - Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineer of Record

General contractor:
Aconsa (also Construction Manager)

Photographer(s)
Paul
Miguel A. Fuentes
Georgia Wright
Christian Hönigschmid-Grossich
Rodrigo Maisterrena Llaguno

Renderer(s)
Grimshaw

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
CAD: Microstation, Generative Components

 

the Products

Structural system
Metal curtainwall:
Sarco (Monterrey) – Contractor

Glass curtainwall:
Toriz/Alcris del Norte (Monterrey)

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Termacero (Monterrey)- Contractor

Metal:
Termacero (Monterrey)- Contractor

Steel Gallery Roof:
Paileria San Luis Potosi – Fabricator/Installer

Helical Stair:
Sarco – Fabricator/Installer

KEYWORDS: Mexico

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Former Architectural Record managing editor Beth Broome is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York.

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