México-Tenochtitlan: la ciudad que surgió del agua y tocó el Sol

Abstract

Architecture is a substantial part of every society; it is achieved through a productive process that allows conceptual gestation: projecting, organizing, and finally, materializing, in our case, the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. From its ideological core surged the urban-architectural phenomenon that has fascinated so much, not only for the short period in which it emerged—less than two hundred years—, but also because of its precise outline, urban organization, and undeniable majesty.
But it didn't come out of anywhere, given the lack of construction space and materials, which had to be brought from other places. It was an engineering achievement to generate urban and productive space in an aqueous medium; it keeps in its remains valuable secrets of constructive audacity that are still being discovered. The study of these vestiges is a fundamental part of the cultural and historical heritage of the country and an expression of the multicultural composition of the Mexican Nation.