Dates-January 27th to February 9th,
2018
World
Architecture Travel (WAT), an international network for architectural tours now
brings to you a unique travel experience to Mexico from October 28th
to November 10th, 2017. The
tour is designed, and planned integrating architecture, design, art, and
culture metamorphosing into a memorable 360 degrees experience. The tours are
interspersed with a blend of explorations, interactions, lectures, a peek into
the lesser known, escapades and much more that stimulates, enlightens and exhilarates. The
team of professionals and travelers are bound by the common thread of our
intense love and passion for traveling, places and people. The tour features
some of the architectural marvels in the region namely Chichen Itza,
Cuernavaca, Merida, Puebla, Tulum Ruins among others.
Ancient
Mexico, the land of the Mayan civilization, was a highly evolved society,
evident from archeological finds as early as 2500 B.C or earlier. Teotihuacan,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a city believed to have been established around
100B.C and lasted until the 8th century A.D, is architecturally and
anthropologically significant, being one of the largest cities of that period,
in its complex multi-residential, multi-floor residential compounds, pyramids
and shrines built to accommodate a population of 125,000 or more of
multi-ethnic groups. Itza and Toltec invaders occupied and influenced the art
and architecture of the Mayans.
Schele
and Freidel in ‘A Forest of Kings: The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya’ write,
“To the Maya, the world was alive and imbued with a
sacredness that was especially concentrated at special points, like caves and
mountains. The principal pattern of power points had been established by the
Gods when the cosmos was created. Within this matrix of sacred landscape, human
beings built communities that both merged with the God-generated patterns and
created a second human-made matrix of power points. The two systems were
perceived to be complementary…. Thus, as Kings built and rebuilt temples on the
same spot over centuries, the sanctums within became even more sacred…. There
were rituals which contained the accumulated power of objects, people and
places when they were no longer in active use. And conversely, when the
community became convinced that the power was gone from their city and ruling
dynasties, they just walked away.”
Mexico
City, just about 40 km from the ruins of Teotihuacan, today is a chaotic
metropolis with over 21 million inhabitants living in high density within a
volcanic valley. Citing, Daniel Rauchwerger, ‘The Mexican Moment: The rise of
Architecture’s latest Design Capital’, Architecture, and a unique cuisine, is
what draws visitors to this city today. Challenges for architects and planners
are abundant here but a strong sense of appetite for updated architecture is
felt almost everywhere here, and a rare and exciting energy to act, change,
move and create as it nourishes architectural education and innovation within
and attracts international firms at the same time.
‘Me-Mo’,
short for Mexican Moment, is a term invented by local architects. Local
Architectural firms like Jose Castillo’s Arquitectura911sc, Productora, young
architects like Frida Escobedo along with a host of brilliant designers like
Tatiana Bilbao, Fernando Romero, Alberto Kalach, Enrique Norten, Issac Broid
are creating a wonderfully new Mexico that the Modernist movement architect and
designers like Luis Barragan, Felix Candela, Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, Mario Pani
and others paved in the recent past. Mexico City is proving to the world how
the present and the past can lead to a promising future through all the chaos
and problems of a developing country but with a respect and sensitivity toward
its culture and history.
About World Architecture Travel (WAT):
World Architecture Travel (WAT) a
unique travel portal that explores architecture & culture is supported
by The World Architecture Festival (WAF) the annual festival and awards
ceremony for the architecture industry dedicated to celebrating and sharing
architectural excellence from across the globe. WAT supported
by WAF has inked a strategic brand alliance to offer a host of benefits to
architectural travelers. WAT reaches out to individuals with
a passion for architecture, urban design and culture, travels to places of
modern architecture, unexplored places, a well planned places experience of
contemporary architecture. Through city walks, culture trails and academic
discussion are organized with a team of experienced architects, historians and
academicians. Our passionate teams of planners bind in local
architecture, building culture, current architecture developments, and urban
design as part of your travel experience.
Cost of Tour: Rs. 2, 50,000
(Inclusive of Travel, Stay in premium hotels, Food & Beverages and Expert
Guidance)
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