Reconstruction Network System

Mexico City, Mexico

2018 - 2019

Collaboration with: Diego García Rodriguez, UNAM

México it´s a country that it is located on a seismic zone, the past September 17th of 2017, a high magnitude earthquake left a halo of destruction on many places around the country. One of the most affected places was the Colonia Del Mar, onTláhuac, México City. In where a lot of houses and streets where damaged, and many families lost their homes and relatives.

The principal causes of this phenomenon is the exponential grown of the city and the inefficient use of their natural resources. Currently the subsoil water has been dawn increasing the damage when a earthquake occurs, leaving a broken city every time that an earthquake happens. So as a response, we propose an Urban, Economic and Social Reconstruction Network System.

The actions and acupunctures of the project consist on: a workshop(4) for the reuse of the demolition residue as construction material along with other activities for the community, serving as a cultural center; structural study system(1) on the most earthquake damaged area, serving also as a place for the year festivities; aquaponic farms(2), that works with endemic seafood species of the country and generate profits for the neighbors who operate them, improving their reconstruction process and diversifying the actual food offer; public spaces like gardens and squares(3) on the most affected streets, in order to improve the life quality of the people. This systematic project uses replicable principles and methodologies that made possible the use of this actions in other seismic zones around the world.

High Damaged Buildings Structural Labs

Open spaces that are able to be used as work spaces and also can be public spaces during their festivities.

Farming Space

Affected Houses

Farming and Harvesting programs to help to improve the people economy for a better re-construction.

Structural Labs Workshops

Urban Voids Workshops

Workshops where the neighbours can reuse the demolition waste and using it as construction material.

PUBLIC SQUARES

CORNER HOUSES

New Public Spaces like Gardens and Squares with Commerce spots for the re-construction.

GREENHOUSE

Demolished Houses

Acuaponics Farms

Aquaponic Farms works with endemic seafood species and generate profits for the neighbors who use them.

Flux

COMMERCE

HOUSE & STREET DAMAGE

The cracked streets and houses increase the amount of Public Space and can be used as commerce space.