In May 2023, Mexicali-based architecture studios Veintedoce (Álvaro Verduzco and Beatriz Villegas) and Localista (Giancarlo Reyes) were commissioned to conceive a pavilion at El Sitio, the site of the builder’s yard of the Mexicali Experiment, to host a three-day event of conversations, film screenings, and community gatherings. Drawing on Alexander’s book A Pattern Language (1977), the architects selected seven out of the 253 patterns in the book to encourage a series of social situations and interactions: sitting, resting, watching, feeling the breeze, being amazed, sharing, listening, dancing, daydreaming, sleeping, or eating. The outdoor wooden pavilion included a long central table that was used by speakers and audience alike; a multi-scale modular forum; and a yellow awning to shelter participants from the intensity of Mexicali’s sun. The pavilion is now part of the state university’s Faculty of Design and Architecture, UABC.
Veintedoce (Beatriz Villegas and Ángel Verduzco); Localista (Giancarlo Reyes)
Project
In collaboration with
Beatriz Villlegas & Angel Verduzco (Veintedoce)
Giancarlo Reyes (Localista)
Pavilion proposal
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