Mexity

With 23 million inhabitants, Mexico City ranks among the five biggest metropolises in the world. Located at the bottom of a volcano at an altitude of 2,000 metres above sea level, the city faces major problems: increasing heat, water shortages, serious air pollution, earthquakes and the social consequences of decades of neoliberal policy. It is in this political and cultural melting pot that the two filmmakers search for promising architecture projects. They discover all sorts of innovative developments, collective self-build schemes, social housing, public buildings and earthquake-proof structures – a wealth of architecture that is intimately connected with Mexican culture and displays an unbridled optimism. A must-see for every architecture aficionado.