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'Flor Urbana' Installation by dérive LAB + Germen Estudio Reflects on the Climate Impact of Public Buildings

ArchDaily Team — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:31:00 +0000

The 'Flor Urbana' (Urban Flower) installation—located on the esplanade of the Periférico Sur Light Rail Station in Guadalajara, Mexico, which sees a daily flow of around 20,000 people—stems from the need to address key concerns of the 'Public Infrastructure Prototypes for a City of the Future' (PIP Ciudad Futuro) project. Developed by dérive LAB, the initiative aims to reimagine public buildings as spaces for climate mitigation in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area through the installation and adaptation of technologies that monitor noise, air quality, transit, and energy efficiency, among other metrics.

Gridded and Furnished Blocks: Shared Streets, Gathering Streets

Mónica Arellano — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:19:00 +0000

dérive LAB, a multidisciplinary laboratory founded in Mexico, presents "Shared Streets" ("Calles Compartidas")—a project that seeks to spatially transform streets from spaces regulated by traffic control devices to those governed by human relationships. It reminds us that streets are not merely corridors for transit and transport, but places that host a myriad of other social, economic, and cultural activities.

Download the urban design manuals "Shared Streets," "Parklets," and "Exemplary Street" by dérive LAB

Mónica Arellano — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:19:00 +0000

Dérive LAB is a multidisciplinary laboratory based in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, that seeks to explore, understand, and inspire other (new) ways of living and thinking about city life. Through research, design, and action, they have focused on developing projects in art, architecture, urban design, and other disciplines that impact three specific scales: public life, the built environment, and everyday objects.

DERIVAS: A magazine about explorations and travel fragments through different cities around the world

Rene Submissions — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:14:00 +0000

DERIVAS is an invitation to walk; not in the way we do when commuting to study or work, but rather andare a zonzo—traversing the city without a specific purpose, wandering, enjoying the void, allowing ourselves to deviate, suddenly changing course, and finding pleasure in the collective zigzag.