The commission was limited to renewing the façade of the building. What concerned me most when undertaking the renovation was its disproportionate size. Anything that helped to fragment the large expanse of the façades would result in a better relationship between the Mercury building and its surroundings. Based on this premise, I found it very suggestive to reference—and therefore pay homage to—the neighbouring building at Vía Augusta 61, the excellent residential building designed by Germán Rodríguez Arias in 1931, one of the brightest examples of GATCPAC architecture. Rodríguez Arias' building originally had a ground floor and five stories; later, two more floors were added, but this extension was carried out with extraordinary talent, leaving a subtle portico and a clearly set-back enclosure on the façade. This operation became my source of inspiration. The Mercury building had nine floors, two more than Rodríguez Arias’ building. The first six floors were aligned with the original façade of Arias' work, and the remaining three were treated with a character similar to that of the excellent neighbouring addition. The lower part is completely flat and smooth, with the carpentry in the same plane as the glass (slightly pinkish to reference the color of the stucco it extends from). The upper part highlights the independence of the bay windows with a clear structure, in glass that reflects the sky and lightens this apparent extension.