As the first step of an urban acupuncture strategy, the Barrio Capital: A Public Skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City taps into some of the city’s most pressing problems. Designed by Molcajete. Urban Think Tank, the project responds to several urban problems, such as the lack of public space per inhabitant, insufficient parking space, and, above all, the scarce interaction between people from different socio-economical levels who share a defined territory within the city. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Skyscrapers are lies. They rise towards new heights, yet invite only an elite into their levitating reality. They, supposedly, stand for the materialization of a country´s development, a translation of its economical strength. However, they continually deceive us into believing all people rise with them, when, for most of us, they are mainly a visual ornament (inside of which a few pair of eyes survey our floor-level living).
