This installation discusses more coherent ways of exhibiting within a host space, in this case by deriving its surface development from an intrinsic evolution of the original space’s geometry. Thus the ‘pink flux’ enhances the threshold condition of the colonial arcade in a twofold manner:

- First by undermining its perimeter with a continuous zigzagging surface that re-establishes a physical relationship to the contiguous plaza.

- Secondly by closing up at first instance the visual connectivity and then opening up specific pinholes in the base of the cones that describe the precise axis between windows in the north side of the gallery and the larger openings in the south wall.

The work is simply projected into the niches formed by the surface. It is subdued to the existing light conditions and alternated with the views over the plaza and passers by.

In this way the installation turns into a device of experiential intensification in terms of light, visuals and movement with a high degree of variations in accordance to the time of the day.
Making this a potential blueprint for more inclusive and responsive types of enclosure that could replace the existing railings.

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with collaboration of:

Silvia Escobedo Ortiz
Luis Fernando Mora Serrano
Zirahuen Joel Ayala Mora

the students of the Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Michoacana:

Isaac Bocanegra Garcia
Getzemani Alcantar
Victor Manuel Arroyo Villalobos
Arquimedes Zarza Lopez
Pedro Alberto Ramirez Vargas

and many others

The structural principle of repetitive vaults and arches is closely linked to the rhytmical porosity between inside and outside. The project developed as a modulated series of cones that highlight and frame specific views.