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Project • By ArchiGuru • Community Centres
Bamboo Cat Shelter
Huerto Roma Verde is an outdoor community center located in the heart of Mexico City. It is home to various nonprofit and local organizations hosting weekly events and activities. One of the organizations here is a group of seniors who are in charge of rescuing stray cats. To help create a permanent place dedicated to the care of these animals a plan was created to upgrade the existing shelter to accommodate beds and food storage for about 20-30 kittens. Only materials found at the center were used for this project which included Tetra Pak panels, recycled bamboo poles, and salvaged wood pieces. The participants for the construction of this project were local volunteers and architecture students.
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Project • By ArchiGuru • Community Centres
Tepalcingo Chapel
After the earthquake damaged the biggest church in town a call was made for volunteers to help create a temporary chapel so that the community could resume their daily worship and mass service. Knowing that the repair of the original church would take a long time it was important to build a structure that could not only last for many years but also withstand another strong earthquake in the future. The new chapel took over the courtyard space of the former home of the clergy which was across the street from the damaged church. It was important for the community to have a large space for Sunday mass that could accommodate hundreds of visitors and worshippers.
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The interior of the new chapel i... More