Papalote Children’s Museum
Year: 2015
Location: Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico
Area: 18,000 m2
Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas, Miguel Vargas, Ignacio Rodríguez, Adriana Rubio, Andrés Domínguez, Jorge Quiroga, Blas Treviño, Carlos Macías, Alejandra Pavón, Lucía Bosch, Marcelino Pacheco, Juan Huicochea, Claudia Cortéz
Renders: PPAA
A museum with wide-ranging ambitions, to bring the population together in a new cultural space, but also to reconcile and give a new impulse to one of Mexico City's most insecure delegations.
A museum providing new dynamics
The project for a new Papalote Children’s Museum is located in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. It is an ambitious project both in terms of its program requirements and the characteristics of the area. While the district is mostly urbanized, essential services such as clean water and public spaces are still lacking. Additionally, there are high levels of violence in the area.
In response, our proposal focuses on providing green areas and community spaces in Iztapalapa. The museum is part of a larger urbanization plan that includes a shopping centre and a transportation hub. Our proposal considers connecting the museum not only to the rest of the project but also to the only park walkway in the area. The museum has two main areas: the exterior ramp that seamlessly connects the four levels of the building and the interior space comprising a series of open areas for workshops and temporary exhibitions.
