Curated by Oscar Humphries, this exhibition opened on Monday, February 5 at 11 AM, and will run from February 7 to March 24, 2018.

Sean Scully - San Cristóbal is the first exhibition presented at Cuadra San Cristóbal, and marks the first time the artist's sculptures will be exhibited in Latin America.

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The 2018 International Housing Finance Summit, organized by INFONAVIT, brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss the future of cities and the lessons learned to date. Held on May 2 and 3 at the Camino Real Polanco, the event hosted prominent figures who examined urban transformation processes to evaluate models that could guide us toward an integrated urban plan.

The event featured the participation of Al Borde, a firm that has materialized its ideas across various Latin American countries, earning numerous awards and accolades. In 2016, they served on the nominating committee for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) and were part of the official selection at the Venice Biennale, which was themed 'Reporting from the Front.' Currently, they are among the winners of the "Young Architects in Latin America" competition, a collateral event of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.

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As part of a generation of photographers who in recent years have helped place Mexican architecture on the global map, Jaime Navarro is one of the key figures who has navigated the technological transition shaping a new way of seeing and practicing architecture. As one of the country's most recognized photographers, Jaime Navarro's approach aims for photography that can help document the beauty and goodness of specific historical moments, witnessing how we relate, what moves us, and what transcends disciplinary boundaries to build new futures. Below, we present an exclusive interview that showcases his career and the admiration of the ArchDaily team.

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The 2nd Placemaking Latinoamérica Summit—organized by Lugares Públicos A.C.—took place in Mexico City during the first and second weeks of November. It featured various activities, including the rehabilitation of eight public spaces led by Mexican and Latin American participatory urban planning specialists in the boroughs of Cuauhtémoc, Iztacalco, and Miguel Hidalgo.

These interventions were carried out as part of a broader effort to reflect and act on the Placemaking methodology at a Latin American scale, fostering collaboration between organizations from different countries to improve public space. This process is detailed in the "White Paper on Latin American Placemaking: Tactical Urbanism and Innovation in Public Space Program," presented this week by the Alliance for Urban Regeneration (ARU) and Lugares Públicos.

In the presence of officials from the Ministry of Culture, Dra. Lidia Camacho, general director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mtra. Irene Muñoz Trujillo, director of the Mixed Fund for Tourism Promotion of Mexico City, and Maria Laura Medina de Salinas, honorary president of the Design Week México board, the general director of Design Week México and World Design Capital CDMX 2018, Emilio Cabrero, announced the details of the activity program for World Design Capital CDMX 2018.

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Through the Center for Sustainable Development Research (CIDS), Infonavit launched an open call for architecture and engineering firms to design the "Materials, Energy, and Water Laboratories" Building. Aiming to research and experiment with new materials, industrialized components, and spatial characteristics that foster the development of social housing, the building will be part of the complex named "Infonavit Housing Practical Research and Experimentation Laboratory" in "San Miguel del Arco," Apan, Hidalgo.

The brief required the proposal to be designed as a program container. Specifically, the design for this Ideas Competition had to house three major research spaces (materials, energy, and water) tailored to the specific testing and research needs of each laboratory, which will be developed in detail during the executive project phase with the winning firm. A key requirement for these spaces was spatial flexibility and versatility in both plan and section.

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A new interactive museum is opening its doors at the Mexican Stock Exchange. The Mexican Stock Exchange Museum, “MUBO”—inaugurated in May 2018—is a space dedicated to a historical narrative focused on the country's financial market culture, utilizing interactive modules to enhance the understanding of the curatorial script. Through this new space, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores Group brings together efforts initiated just over a year ago alongside the "Escuela de la Bolsa" to disseminate financial topics and foster an understanding of the country's history and development.

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Can you imagine arriving at a bus stop in the early hours of the morning—after a party, work, or school—and knowing the exact minute your public transit will arrive? Cities like London, New York, Madrid, and Melbourne have successfully implemented night transit systems with fixed schedules, yielding various financial and safety benefits for residents while boosting tourism and encouraging sustainable mobility. What would happen if this system were applied to the second-largest avenue in the Americas, after Buenos Aires' Avenida 9 de Julio? 

Mexico City already has a night transit service: the Nochebús. With 11 routes operating between midnight and 5:00 a.m., it serves late-shift workers, night-lifers, and others needing late-night transportation. However, the service faces several challenges, many of which stem from uncertainty around arrival times—largely due to a much lower frequency than daytime public transit. 

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Kiosko, the Alumnos47 initiative that explores publications outside of publishing, now has a winning design for its pavilion. Following the launch of the open call last year, forty-nine proposals were received from different states across Mexico, as well as one from abroad. After a lengthy and rigorous deliberation, the jury—composed of Chus Martínez, Daniel Garza Usabiaga, Tiago Pinto de Calvalho, and Fermín Espinosa—awarded an honorable mention and selected five finalists, from which a winner was chosen.

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Museo Jumex presents 'Proposals for a Plaza,' a collaborative project by artists Fritz Haeg (United States, 1969) and Nils Norman (United Kingdom, 1966). This temporary installation, commissioned as part of the series 'Agora: A Blueprint for Utopia,' will invite the public to imagine and participate in an alternative vision of the museum's plaza.

Inspired by the outdoor spaces of Mexico City, the project draws elements from public parks and the wildlife areas surrounding the city, while also integrating informal uses of open space. It features seating and sleeping areas, a kiosk, a fire pit, bleachers, and outdoor spaces designed for contemplation, gathering, resting, and play.

Last month, the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) announced the four finalists for the MCHAP.emerging award: the Maria Montessori Mazatlan School by EPArquitectos and Estudio Macías Peredo, the Children Village by Rosenbaum and Aleph Zero, the Embodied Computation LAB by David Benjamin, and Common Unity by Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura.

What do dance and architecture have in common? It is difficult to explain how our experience of dance is stored in our bodily memory, yet our core recollection of a performance is often inseparable from the architectural space in which it unfolded. While the dance itself may be the focus, the venue remains integral to the experience. Ultimately, as we explore how cities and urban spaces are conceived and created, both dance and architecture serve as fundamental coordinates.

Unsurprisingly, many choreographers are exploring the intersection of these two disciplines. These works explore how our bodies navigate the built environment. This is far from a purely theoretical pursuit; instead, it engages specific communities and cultural groups through embodied movement. In the words of philosopher Marina Garcés: “The body no longer confines us to a single place, but instead integrates into and becomes part of the environment of every place. It is the zero point from which we can experience all space, enriching ourselves both materially and spiritually.”

The World Design Capital CDMX 2018 program will kick off with the International Design Forum, taking place on March 5 and 6 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, under the theme "The Future of Our Cities: A Social Approach to the Challenges of the First Urban Century."

Liberatum is a multidisciplinary cultural organization that promotes artistic and creative innovation, connecting the world's greatest minds through festivals, summits, documentaries, films, and stimulating, inspiring content.

Proyecta is an exhibition centered on the very essence of professional architectural practice: the act of designing, giving way to creation, conceiving forms, and thereby conveying the ideas, thoughts, and ideals inherent to the authors of the designs. Each project tells a story from its inception, reconciling formal ideals with the specific requirements of each work. Often, the best projects may remain on the drawing board, be archived, or be realized only after undergoing transformations as part of the materialization process, always susceptible to modification due to the impact of the circumstances of their historical moment. In this way, the exhibition creates a space for new creative explorations toward the design of a new city.

ESPACIO CDMX will launch its activities with the exhibition "10 Exponents of the 21st Century: City, Architecture, and Design," which will showcase works by renowned figures in design, architecture, and urbanism:

Colectivo Tomate is a civil organization based in Puebla, composed of citizens from across the country, that seeks to inspire people to take action for transformation, facilitate the discovery of their power to participate actively, and unite and strengthen their community. We aim to mobilize transformative energy.

La Bienal de Venecia 23 is an occurrence born of chance. It serves as a pretext to present the ideas of young architects in Mexico within an exhibition space located on Venecia Street, in the Juárez neighborhood.

Eager to establish a relationship of sincerity and frankness between the viewer and the exhibited material, the first edition of La Bienal de Venecia 23 presents

La planta arquitectónica (The Architectural Plan/Plant). Intervened photosynthetic beings that serve as a vehicle for architectural proposals. Living plants, green plants, architectural plants—plants that invite us to reflect on the discipline through the noble pre-existence offered by nature.