Hesiodo by Hierve-Diseñería

Posted by Dave on July 8th, 2011

Hierve-Diseñería designed a building in Mexico City, featuring a façade made up of 7,723 blown glass spheres.

Visit the Hierve-Diseñería website – here.

18 Responses to “Hesiodo by Hierve-Diseñería”

jogjaman on 08 Jul 2011 at 6:33 am #

7,723 blown glass spheres? wow, what about safety? a strong earthquake would make them fall like rain…

jogjaman on 08 Jul 2011 at 6:38 am #

sorry, after thinking about earthquake again, I think it’s just as safe as windows.

Great on 08 Jul 2011 at 7:43 am #

NOT a clever idea. I think it’s a hazard zone and a total waste of money.

Justin on 08 Jul 2011 at 8:43 am #

Seems fragile

Michael McTigue on 08 Jul 2011 at 11:02 am #

Swoon!

Tom on 08 Jul 2011 at 12:50 pm #

i think it could be really annoying if you would want to watch on the window and your head colides with that balls

jeric on 08 Jul 2011 at 2:05 pm #

I think it’s beautiful. You have to think of it as couture. Nobody buys those clothes, but the style spawns copies that are scaled down and affordable.

ariana roberts on 08 Jul 2011 at 2:41 pm #

cool but impractical; it’s unsafe!

RonH. Architect on 08 Jul 2011 at 5:28 pm #

And when one breaks we what….have to remove the entire string of spheres to replace the one?

When the spheres get dirty we do what…..wait 6 months for the rains to come?

When I want to look out of my apartment window and just see the trees and sky I do what….look between the spheres?

To cover up bad or mediocre Architecture a good trick is to plant a lot of trees…………in this case I guess the Architect chose spheres instead.

Smoke and mirrors………..RIDICULOUS!!!

loft on 08 Jul 2011 at 6:38 pm #

it’s Art

Interesting

hovaard on 08 Jul 2011 at 9:04 pm #

every once in awhile, something over the top that doesn’t worry about all those already asked questions gets designed and done anyway.
if there were more of this in and amongst us, we would all be a lot lighter and maybe even smile more.

Vikramjit on 09 Jul 2011 at 1:18 am #

hei, how does the owner clean all these spheres??????

Rudy on 09 Jul 2011 at 11:44 am #

I do like this from the point of view of a passer by. The light at different times of the day provides for a changing spectacle. But what if you live inside? The green glass obviously washes the interiors with a green shade. It’s like living next to an acid factory.

Danny on 10 Jul 2011 at 12:55 pm #

Tremendo, espectacular. Saludos desde un colega en Miami, donde las restricciones legales tristemente no permiten ese nivel de ingenio y de expresion de amor por el diseño. Felicitaciones HD!

Swampgas on 11 Jul 2011 at 2:10 pm #

Unsafe? I doubt it is any more unsafe than a curtain wall of glass. The only unsafe aspect is the heaved sidewalk in front of the building that someone may trip over while marveling at the spheres. Impractical? Architecture does not need to be practical.
View blocking? Did you see the view? roof tops and bill boards, though I do like the juxtaposition of the tufted thighs on one of the bill boards with the spheres. What about all those “cool” buildings with slatted window screens that are so ubiquitous?

Relax and enjoy it and let the owners decide if it is unsafe or impractical.

Ocra on 11 Jul 2011 at 6:49 pm #

This is really beautiful! A very creative solution to evolve into all parts of the house. I don’t see any problem for it being the lighting fitting interior-wise, but I could imagine that is a disaster if one ball accidentally breaks and replacement is impossible.

One987 on 13 Jul 2011 at 1:15 am #

really is very nice,just think how it feels to be the sun out and in the building, a game of rays.but in my opinion hail is a natural enemy for the 7,723 glass spheres.

anyway I like this idea!

Brian Manning on 18 Jul 2011 at 6:00 am #

I cant get the movie “The rock” out of my head when i see this image. it looks identical the the deadly nerve gas strings that Nicholas Cage defuses at the end of the movie. Interesting aesthetic but It raises many concerns about practicality