Mexico's Traditional Architecture is Disappearing — This Project Is Seeking to Keep it Alive

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Traditional Mexican housing is being transformed by a number of factors, namely the urbanization of rural areas, the disruption of public information, the loss of the environmental consciousness, and housing policies that downplay the importance of traditional means of construction in favor of more industrial methods -- the likes of which generate false aspirations that redefine the concept of a dignified living space.

This is driving the loss of both tangible and intangible national heritage, namely the architectural values developed by the native peoples of the country over the centuries. In other words, it's not only the architectural heritage at risk of disappearing but also the centuries of knowledge built from everyday living spaces and their relationship with the territory that they inhabit.   

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Cite: Mariana Ordoñez y Onnis Luque. "Mexico's Traditional Architecture is Disappearing — This Project Is Seeking to Keep it Alive" [Tipologías: Estado actual de la vivienda tradicional en México] 29 Aug 2018. ArchDaily. (Trans. Johnson, Maggie) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/900830/mexicos-traditional-architecture-is-disappearing-this-project-is-seeking-to-keep-it-alive> ISSN 0719-8884

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