Border Wall Rhapsody
Mexican Settlements Along the U.S.- Mexico Border
Competition Project • Winter 2018 • Individual Work
Site: The Border Between the United States and Mexico
Script: In 2050, American politicians forced the Mexican government to build a giant U.S.-Mexico border wall. It took a decade to build, and huge wall-building machines were designed to move over the various landforms of the boundary. Faced with such a huge structural project, resourceful Mexicans spontaneously built new habitats with the help of the machines that were supposed to isolate them. With this huge spontaneous construction activity, the natural resources of various landforms are maximized, and new architectural typologies are also emerging. …
