Fayuca: The Digital Media Contraband in Mexican Architecture

Abstract

Ever since the introduction of digital media into architecture in the nineties, they have been assigned qualities such as virtuality and immateriality. Up until now, this has provoked a certain rejection from architects in places with strong material and artisanal traditions, such as Mexico. The work of Michan Architecture, however, incorporates these two seemingly opposed perspectives into contemporary Mexican architecture, demonstrating that these media could serve as intensifiers of said traditions.