The bridges' poetic quality would be further anchored by retail spaces. For its concept, its sensitivity to the Hispanic community, and for its drawings, we received a third place award by the City of Detroit. In the Valley of Cabuerniga development of land began as a Medieval outpost for the Monarchy of Spain. Villages followed a distinct pattern of Barrios first developed by one family and grows as the family extends with marriages and births of newcomers into the family. Clustering and aggregation of new buildings, features follow simple linear patterns of growth.
Materials are indigenous.
Stone and earth in various forms of finish are applied in building construction and definition of land boundaries. Gardens for personal use, farming for financial gain are designed in a harmonious hierarchy. This Hierarchy is motivated by none other than the need to make most efficient use of the land, the farming requirements, and the understanding that it is the land that gives this society its wealth. I visited Mexico on two separate occasions to begin looking for links. I used Luis Barragan, famed Architect and Landscape Architect as my source for finding that link.