Nueva Vivienda

Conceived initially during a conference on Mexican housing held in Rice University, Nueva Vivienda compiles contemporary architectural projects in Mexico, and essays and conversations about the recent history of Mexican housing.

The aim of this book design is to reflect on one hand, the open conversation in which it was born. A “roman” serif font typed in loose compositions evokes a transcription text, an ongoing conversation. And on the other hand, the problem of modernity and local identity materialised in basic geometric forms with earthy colors. A small circle, a pentagon, and a big rectangle, color symbolises the three housing scales addressed in the book; single family house, infill–development and High-rise buildings.

All these architectural typologies and the discussion around them compiled in Nueva Vivienda, propose new ideas into the practice of architecture, the politics of housing and the academic territory.

The book was edited by Jesús Vassallo and Sebastián López Cardozo and published by Park Books and Architecture at Rice.