Dreams of Daylighting
6 June 2011
The Mexico City rivers in question are covered over by highways and choked by sewage and trash. The architects’ plan is to remove the highways, clean the water, and build parks, meadows, and trails—so desperately needed in that smothering city of 25 million. ““It’s urban surgery. It’s not acupuncture,” said the project’s lead architect, ElÍas Cattan.