Venice Biennale 2021

The Mexico Pavilion reflects on the relationship between architecture and the concept of displacement. These displacements that characterize our territory take place at different spatial and temporal scales, transcend borders and limits, and in their passage through different geographies and territories, trace pauses, thresholds and changes of course. Architecture has focused more on final products than on processes in dialogue with subjects, objects and systems in movement. Generating awareness of displacement and its implications, whether promoted, desired, forced or avoided, strengthens the relationship of architecture with its contexts. Reflecting on displacement through architecture can enable new possibilities to detonate community, empathy, restitution and recognition of populations.

The Mexico Pavilion, as a result of a conceptual, spatial and experiential research, explores ways to design and build spaces of belonging, reconciliation, narration, exchange, recovery, assimilation and resistance derived from displacement. 

Category: Exhibition
Location: Venice, Italy
Año: 2020-2021
Client: INBAL
In collaboration with: Co-curated by Elena Tudela together with Isadora Hastings and Mauricio Rocha, Curator Gabriela Gil, Art direction and graphic design: Estudio Herrera and the participation of 12 Mexican architecture firms selected in open competition.