Proposal for the 11 th Arquine International call for ideas for the FARO, Arts and Craft Factory, Mexico
Design: Angelo Grasso
Client: Arquine
Year: 2008
Location: Mexico DF
Area: 100 sqm
Area: 100 sqm
Mexico City. On the 50th anniversary of the Satélite Towers (1958) designed by Luis Barragán and Mathias Goertiz, ARQUINE announced its 11th International Competition, proposing the design of a“FARO of Satélite” in the plaza where the towers are located. The towers depict the verticality of this huge landscape. Landmark is the contrast to the verticality of the landscape.It is a burrow which redefines the public space of the large plaza preserving the view of the Satelites Towers.
Landmark gets up for designing the Arts and Craft Factory space, an architecture conceived as a sprawl of facilities which designs ad defines itself a more intimate open public space. Landmark walls are indeed the graffity workshop, a place for the people, a changeable background for the cityscape.
The Landmark walls facing the City host a permanent graffiti workshop. The walls facing the coutyard will be the result of a process of partecipation between Designers and Cityzens.
View of the courtyard of the Center.
The idea is to develop a workshop to design the walls of the center facilities. This is a simulation.
