Recognized for completing 36 distinct yet cohesive public projects across Mexico in just 36 months, Colectivo C733 showcases the impact of collaborative design on public spaces and communities.
The 36 projects were part of a national effort to revitalize vulnerable urban and rural areas in Mexico, earning them the 2024 Obel Award focused on the theme of "Architectures With"
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Colectivo C733 began as five offices united under the belief that public space has the ability to transform society and help communities imagine new possibilities.
Their work is focused on creating free accessible 'cosmic' public spaces.
Eladio Dieste postulated that architecture conceived for public space should always be logical, efficient, and economical, not in a monetary way, but in a cosmic way; understanding how architecture is linked to local culture and to the people using it.
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𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. - Colectivo C733
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. - Gabriela Carrillo
𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯.
𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴.
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