Zona Vitro is poised to become a major shopping destination centered on quality, identifiable open spaces and nicely scaled residential shopping streets. At the symbolic entry is an iconic signature tower, derived from elemental forms in Mexican architecture, both locating its position and staking its place in the Mexico City skyline.

The Zona Vitro is poised to become a 24-hour destination. The project’s retail component and cultural uses will attract visitors from surrounding areas and become a major shopping destination centered on high-quality, identifiable open spaces and nicely scaled residential shopping streets. An iconic signature tower, derived from elemental forms in Mexican architecture, will be situated at the symbolic entry of the site to help to locate the Zona Vitro’s position in Mexico City’s skyline.

A key principle of the plan is to create a “walkable district” by giving priority to walking environments while accommodating vehicles. The design minimizes roadway widths and curb radii to encourage and facilitate pedestrian crossing, while speed controls help enforce a pedestrian-over-vehicle hierarchy. This also allows for improved physical and visual access to the ground floor retail spaces and activities. Instead of parking spaces, landscaped pedestrian spaces help reinforce vital streets.

The loop of Zona Vitro’s internal streets and pocket parks can be closed to vehicular traffic, facilitating ease of programmable day and night public activities. The opening is surrounded and framed by the Retail and Entertainment Complex. Trees and canopies provide warmth and help define a “living ceiling” above this series of outdoor “urban rooms,” and water features help create a pleasant environment in the daytime as well as at nighttime through visual interest, cooling microclimates and screening ambient noise.