The Mexico-US border is not one place. It is a long discontinuous condition that shifts in climate, culture, and built density every few hundred kilometers. A cultural pavilion at or near that border — built for a binational institution, a foundation that operates in both countri
Choosing an architect for a small cultural pavilion is a specific problem. The building is not large, but the program is demanding: it must serve a cultural purpose, represent an institution, respond to a site, and do all of this with a budget that is usually tight relative to th
A cultural pavilion demands more from architecture than almost any other building type: it must house a program while functioning as a statement about that program. In MÉTODO, we treat every pavilion commission as a design research problem — the section as relato, the structure a
The construction cost of a cultural pavilion in Mexico City or Denver is not a number you can get from a search. It is a calculation that depends on the design — the structural system, the envelope, the mechanical and electrical requirements, the materials, the site conditions, a
A pavilion built to house a rare books collection is one of the most technically demanding programs in cultural architecture. The building must maintain an environment hostile to the biological and chemical processes that degrade paper and binding, while remaining a dignified and
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MÉTODO diseña residencias de autor, pabellones culturales e interiores en piedra, madera y concreto, entre Ciudad de México y Denver. Cuatro proyectos al año, por elección.