PRECEDENT

How important is architecture in the city and in human relations? — The National Museum of Architecture is intended to transport the visitor to each period of the history of architecture in Mexico, as well as to acknowledge how important it is this art, science and technology in our society. 

The placement is in the historical centre of Mexico City, next to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and a few blocks the Latin-American Tower. This project was conceived for the 2019 Felix Candela Award.

CONCEPT

The human being is in a continuous conquest of spaces. When they are habited, they acquire a different reality and meaning. Architecture and cities are in constant transformation, creating meaningful links between the inhabitants. This project is a witness that emerges to gather the architectural achievements of Mexican culture. 

It does not seek to compete with the magnificence that surrounds it, but rather to be the space to understand and appreciate the evolution of the environment. Certainly, it is located in an area where it is found eminent heritage built in the last four centuries. It is an open, transparent building, becoming an observer of everyday life.

PROGRAMME

It has an open-air exhibition hall, temporary pavilions and a projection room in the patio; an auditorium and archive library in the basement. The history of prominent Mexican architects and architecture exhibition is divided in different halls and floors, and finally a terrace on the highest floor from where the historical centre can be seen. The facade is permeable, designed to see from each point of the building to the outside.