Museo Jumex

The museum stands on a triangular site within a wider urban redevelopment and shows part of one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in Latin America.

The British design team gave it a compact, freestanding form that holds its own among taller neighbours. The building is raised on columns above a largely open ground floor, creating a sheltered public space that continues the plaza around it. Above, the galleries are stacked over several levels.

The upper galleries are lit from above through a distinctive sawtooth roof, whose profile gives the building its silhouette. Pale stone clads the outside and continues on floors and walls inside, while large windows frame views of the surrounding city.