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Mexican Studio Riparia Anchors a Revived Park with a Mass-Timber Pavilion Named For a Famed Amphibian

Toluca, Mexico

Matt Hickman

September 22, 2023

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Completed as part of a larger park rewilding project, the Ajolotario is a wetlands nature center complete with underwater portholes and a circular observation deck.

NOW ON DEMAND

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU; 1 IDCEC CEU/HSW

Science teaches us that matter moves from order to disorder. Amazingly, the same thing can happen to buildings! What once was sparkling and new can eventually slide into disrepair.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Join managing editor Leopoldo Villardi for a follow-up conversation to September’s panel with three more of this year’s winners: Takk, Garnett.DePasquale, and Architensions.