Mexico: An urban community garden and educational centre in Mexico City
The project, set on a very fertile hill perfect for planting an urban garden in which to grow flowers, herbs and vegetables, was developed to allow young people in the local community to stay connected with one another and with the earth while learning about the environment, the cycles involved in food production, and sustainable living.
By Christiane Bürklein
Floornature Architecture and Surfaces
Dec 12, 2021
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This is clear to architects of Mexican studio Vertebral, founded in 2016 in Mexico City, site of their latest project, El Terreno. As the architects say, “being based in a city as busy and complex as Mexico City has influenced the practice, which is drawn to natural environments and open outdoor spaces. That attraction has led the firm to design gardens and to build around them, essentially bringing the forest into the city.”
To further this purpose of educating people about sustainability, it made sense to build the multifunctional pavilion constructed along with the vegetable plot from recycled materials, and so the architects provided leftover materials from their previous construction projects. It was important for the studio to successfully construct a 100% recyclable building based entirely on a sustainable approach developed specifically for the site, because every project must be approached through a process that begins with the final users, who must identify with the project in order to accept and love it.
