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Arco Bicentenario Ciudad de México Concurso

Written by Duarte Aznar | Oct 7, 2025 8:26:38 PM

Discover what makes it unique

For 2010, in anticipation of the two centenaries of the beginning of independence, was proposed an Arch-Monument that would materialize its presence by celebrating the forest, rather than impacting it, and that could simultaneously function as a clear and organizing reference for the Reforma axis. We imagine it as a strategy, more than an object.

Our initial approach was to generate a proposal that understood its commemorative purpose but that did not lose sight of its location in a very particular place. We fused these two factors to achieve a single temporal and spatial intention: to be emblematic while simultaneously solving everyday problems.

 

Client

Competition

Project type

Urban Development & Public Space

Location

Ciudad de México, México

Built area

4,900

Year(s)

2009

Participants

Enrique Duarte A.
Román Cordero T.
Isaac Zambra
Izbeth Mendoza F.
Cindy Parra R.
Rafael Gamboa C.