Water Pavillion and ecoduct

About the project

The Water Pavilion—intended as the recovery
of the Piedad River, which is now piped and
forms part of the Miguel Alemán Viaduct —is a
space won by the citizens, which demonstrated
that Mexico City’s piped rivers can be reintegrated
into the urban water cycle.
With this in mind, the project set out to use
water as a constructive and conceptual material,
generating an educational space with the
intention of articulating conversations, workshops
and cultural exhibitions.
ZA playful space gave meaning to the overall
project and, at the same time, served to
acknowledge the condition of the Piedad
River. Thus, this pavilion employs water as a
transforming element; it highlights the natural
reaction of oxidation with steel which,
added to the time factor, recast the pavilion
as a collective experience in observing how it
transforms in colors and textures depending
on the season.
Part of the architectural program was grounded
in a central block that houses a classroom for
workshops, as well as the restroom and storage
area. It virtually defined the spaces within, as
well as the contour-void relationship and the
interior and exterior borders. The volume was
formed from the boundary of the property that
emerges from a point to generate accessibility
through the exhibition area.
Water Pavillion is a proposal that was defined by
a river’s natural course. As a recovered space,
it was transformed into a public sphere to be
inhabited by the citizens, where it promotes responsible
consumption through education and
generates a culture of water, seeking equity and
justice through access.

Apaloosa estudio de arquitectura y diseño

Over time, quality buildings have been built in Chiapas, with
healthy development of construction currents and techniques;
however, there is a problem with a lack of visibility. Historically,
as a province far from the country’s large production centers,
its frontier location means that its processes are unknown and
undocumented; instead, ideas built on prejudices emerge. Added
to this, its architectural production has not been accompanied by
discourse or documentary support that does it justice.
This has begun to change with the advent of a new generation
of architects and new communication tools. Apaloosa, the office
founded by Luis Armando Gómez Solorzano, belongs to that generation.
Better than anyone else, he understood the opportunities
offered by innovative technologies, to overthrow preconceived
ideas such as the need to build monumental architecture or the
need to migrate to large metropolitan centers to achieve a certain
degree of visibility.
Tadeo House is a