National Laboratory of Genomics by TEN Arquitectos

Located in the Bajio, Mexico barns, this project is an extension of the Institute of Agriculture studies. The location and geology of the site an empty field with a deep fissure led to the metaphor that defines the shape of the building: A line divides the program in half With the laboratories on one side and administrative spaces and auditoriums on the other, while public areas demarcated. This crack built civic space as an intimate connecting the different programs.

The project is located in a built artificial topography, A new field that expresses the nature of work within the institution. Laboratories sink into the ground, becoming clear by a series of terraces that modulate the transition between interior and exterior, laboratories and field.

Cut in the landscape spaces created protected courtyards that provide light inside. The laboratories provide private and secluded areas for research and controlled and protected environments for testing and testing. In contrast, administrative areas and auditoriums reaffirm the presence of technical and social.

The transparency and accuracy of the facade leads into the landscape, and the contrast between the structure and surrounding area is an uncompromising reminder role of engineering and high technology in the study of genomics. The camouflage effect of the project includes the building to the ground, while generating intrigue of what happens inside.