Co-created community spaces can empower locals, shows a centre in rural Mexico
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Location
46780 El Salitre, Jalisco, MexicoDesign, Architecture
Omar Vergara Taller, Community of El Salitre
Client
El Salitre
Technical Equipment
Arriaga Castillo Engineers
Building
Omar Vergara Taller
Floor Area
300 sq-m
El Salitre Community Center in Zapotlanejo, Mexico, highlights construction as a participatory experimental process.
Key features
The co-created 300-
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