Mexico City-based architects, Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) have designed the Community Development Centre (CDA) as part of the Urban Improvement program in Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, Mexico. The project was conceived as a sculpture created from eight giant concrete panels perforated with arches, forming spaces for workshops, a multi-purpose room, a library, and an auditorium. Void spaces within the arches provide interior gardens, while a central communal garden offers views from the interior spaces.
The orange-coloured concrete references the colour of the local quarry in the historic centre of Jalpa de Méndez. The design of the community centre, with its semi-circular arches, reinterprets traditional Mexican architecture. Furthermore, the construction involved local workers and merged local artisanal techniques with modern design technologies. Photo Jaime Navarro. Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica
