The winning proposal of the inaugural competition launched by Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura for a temporary public pavilion to be built next to the institution’s main building in México materializes in a heap of terracotta vases with variable configurations, evoking domestic Mexican references and Luis Barragán’s passion for gardens.
“Clay has existed for centuries and it is here to stay, we could even call it an emergent material something that every civilization discovered on their own, and therefor has been the story teller, witness, and evidence of many lives and households. It has been part of design, since before design existed, and it has always been part of Mexican life.” Pedro&Juana
All images credited to Adam Wiseman and Moritz-Bernoully