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Holy light for Mexico City
In 2012 I was invited by Universitat de Barcelona and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico to develop a new lighting concept for Pedregal de Santo Domingo in Mexico City, the greatest informal settlement of the Americas.
Work and faith
Golondrinas (swallows) are streets lights to be hanged on the informal power cable wirings of working class districts of Mexico City. They will be community lights assembled by the people. Car’s fog lights with holy figures form ready-made floating altars that celebrate the community work and the immanence of faith, which are the forces that drove people to auto construct their neighbour following the rural exodus of the 60s.

Prototype
The prototype is under development with the support of Philips Lighting Mexico and a manufacturing workshop is going to be established with local women associations into the Casa de las Mujeres de Santo Domingo.
Credits
concept and design by Matteo Ferroni, coordination by Socorro Perez Rincon, project run by Fondazione eLand, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, in partnership with women groups of Santo Domingo with the
support of Philips Lighting Mexico
Acknowledgements
Lahas laboratorio de investigación urbanismo y genero, Simon Lighting Mexico, Delegación de Coyoacan, Casa de la Mujer de Santo Domingo
Copyright © 2016 Matteo Ferroni Architecture. All Rights Reserved.
Selected Works
Foroba Yelen
Luca Ronconi
Rokia Traoré performing arts center
Public gradens pavilion
Holy light for Mexico City
Ludovico Einaudi
Lectures
Matteo Ferroni lectures worldwide. Please write us for lectures and workshops enquiries
Awards
City to City Barcelona FAD Award: honourable mention
Lamp Awards: first prize for urban and landscape lighting design
Press Coverage
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