Discover an Homage to Mexican Heritage at This TikTok Office

Mexico City has become a hot destination for remote workers, drawn by its arts, affordability, mild climate, and expat community. Embracing the trend, TikTok set up a satellite office there and hired Gensler CDMX to infuse its 130,000 square feet across four floors with a vibrancy that matches that of the metropolis.

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“We organized the journey around a central circulation path that mimics the flow of a gallery,” senior associate and design director Edgardo Cáceres-Álvarez says. It looks like a gallery, too, courtesy of a pair of large-scale abstract murals in vivid blues and oranges, one by Guadalajaran graphic artist Rocca Luis César that emphasizes inclusivity, the other by local creative RILO, aka Riley Miller, its glyph-inspired characters enjoying a Mexican celebration. A collaboration area’s curated display of traditional masks is another homage to the country’s heritage.

Materials reflect the region, as well, such as reception’s rounded desk of locally sourced volcanic stone and floor of encaustic tile. In the creator’s lounge, above Patricia Urquiola’s Oru chairs and Alfredo Häberli’s Giro sofa, the ceiling skews Aztecan, its acoustic-felt pyramidal forms made of pre-consumer recycled PET. In a similar commitment to sustainability, Cáceres-Álvarez and team’s use of natural light and research-based solutions reduced the office’s energy consumption by 20 percent.

BAHAR AFSHAR; EDGARDO CÁCERES-ÁLVAREZ; EFREN OBREGÓN; MELANIE EUGENIO; ALAN HAQUET; ANGÉLICA TOVAR; MARIANA VÁSQUEZ-COLMENARES; CARLOS MORENO; GRETCHEN BUSTILLOS; SOUNIA GMIRA.