Pavilion TLALI
Pavilion TLALI, developed by Abierto Studio for the architecture Festival Mextropoli 2017, is a direct reaction to the confrontation between citizen and city, where communal interaction is constantly decreasing, partly due to a lack of collective spaces.
We see the pavilion as a void contained by a construction, as an opportunity to knit a delicate relation with the city. Dialogues are generated, conserving the candid frictions that are produced.
Theoretically, Tlali - "Earth" in Náhuatl - makes a reflection about the history of Mexico, specifically Aztec culture, where the world was conceived of within a universal order: a horizontal plane would contain the cardinal directions and along a vertical axis, heaven, earth and the underworld were separated.
Formally, the objective is the generation of a metaphorical connection between the earthly and the celestial, or in other words: a continuous conversation between the existing city and the ideal city.
The pavilion is the result of a system of structural assembly, constructed from pieces of recycled wood, and a traditional netting of ropes. In a surprising way, repetition emphasizes its peculiarities.
