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11 '07 PLAZA_BICENTENARIO / MEXICO CITY / MX
[PUBLIC OPEN SPACE & MONUMENT / DESIGN COMPETITION 2009]

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[BICENTENARIO PLAZA]> THE DESIGN IS A REFERENCE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE MODEL OF DNA AS TWO LINKS FORMING A DOUBLE HELIX. SIMILARLY, THE DOUBLE HELIX OF HISTORY REPRESENTS THE TWO BASIC FORCES OF MEXICAN HISTORY: INDEPENDENCE [1210] AND REVOLUTION [1910]>[2010]. THE MONUMENT IS VISITABLE AND ILLUSTRATIVE. IT FUNCTIONS AS AN URBAN OBSERVATORY AND CONTAINS DIGITAL TEXTS AND IMAGES DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF MEXICO. THE MAIN LIFT -A LARGE CIRCULAR PLATFORM- ASCENDS SLOWLY TO THE TOP WHILE THREE EXPRESS SMALLER LIFTS DESCEND RAPIDLY. VISITORS WILL EXPERIENCE UNREPEATABLE MINUTES THAT MAKE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION TO BE REMEMBERED. THE PLAZA IS A LARGE SCALE OPEN SPACE CONFIGURED AS A VERY SIMPLE GREEN PLATFORM. IT IS PAVED WITH A COMBINATION OF STONE AND GRASS THAT WILL MAKE THE WHOLE PLACE LOOK GREEN. THE PLATFORM IS SLIGHTLY LEVELED IN ORDER TO ADAPT THE WHOLE SURFACE TO EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY.

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NATURADOS/MX.11_ 00
THE METEORITE/US.10_ 01
PT_400000/MX.09_ 02
RE:VISION_DALLAS/US.94_ 03
SHANGAI_PAVILION/CN.09_ 04
16SQG_TOKIO/JP.09_ 05
GREENLUXURYHOTEL/MX.08_ 06
P3332/MX.08_ 07
LAFRANJA/MX.08_ 08
HELIXTOWER/MX.08_ 09
I_CONDESA/MX.07_ 10
BICENTENNIAL_SQ/MX.07_ 11
HIGH_HAUS/MX.07_ 12
GREEN_ARK/US.06_ 13
COZ_NORTH/MX.06_ 14
JVC NODE/MX.05_ 15
NBPEJ_LIBRARY/MX.08_ 16
MISSISSIPPI/MX.05_ 17
MEXICO_LIBRARY/MX.04_ 18
CDA_ARTCENTER/MX.04_ 19
AIRPORT_TERMINAL/MX.04_ 20
AUDITORIUM/MX.01_ 21
THE_SENATE/MX.03_ 22
ALERCES/MX.03_ 23
BIENNALE_VENEZIA/IT.03_ 24
VILLA_IZAR/MX.01_ 25
IMAGEN/MX.00_ 26
DWP/MX.00_ 27
TECHPARK/MX.00_ 28
CU5M/MX.99_ 29
REXO_BAR/MX.98_ 30
MODULON/MX.98_ 31
DANCE_SCHOOL/MX.94_ 32
X'TERESA/MX.94_ 33
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