The proposal consists of a minimal prototype that occupies the same amount of space than a parking spot for a car: 2.5 x 5.0 meters. It is designed to be built by community members in almost any residual space of a low cost housing project that in Mexico always lack collective services and cultural facilities. 

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Architects: Fernanda Canales

Location: Mexico

Design Team: Alejandra Téllez, Aarón Jassiel

Area: 50.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Jaime Navarro

Structural Engineering: Grupo SAI - Gersón Huerta

Modules: Campeche (Campeche), Tepic (Nayarit), Oaxaca (Oaxaca), Cuautlancingo (Puebla), Cancún (Quintana Roo), Culiacán (Sinaloa), Mérida (Yucatán), Zacatecas (Zacatecas)
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From the architect. The proposal consists of a minimal prototype that occupies the same amount of space than a parking spot for a car: 2.5 x 5.0 meters. It is designed to be built by community members in almost any residual space of a low cost housing project that in Mexico always lack collective services and cultural facilities. 

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Isometric

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This basic independent module is a cube made of concrete, and can house a reading area and a place of gathering. This prototype can gr...