For the celebration of the 200 anniversary of the mexican independence, the federal government organized a competition where 35 architects were to design a sculpture that depicted the meaning of independence for Mexico. The sculpture would be located in one of Mexico city's most important avenues, Paseo de la Reforma, between Lieja and Circuito Bicentenario. The project consisted in a ribbon-like sculpture that would relate to some of Mexico´s most important mexican symbols: Quetzalcóatl the feathered snake god, the fallen Aztec culture, and the ancient prehispanic city of Tenochtitlan. The sculpture would be made of steel plates supported by a steel frame structure; the twisted form of the sculpture would relate directly to the ribbon concept. The "commemorative ribbon" will also activate the public space by generating several urban activities that are related to the sculpture's urban context: bike lanes, an open air theatre, public plaza, etc. The winning sculpture was to be fully built for september 2010, 200 years after the mexican independence.