PPAA Creates Rotating CLT Pavilion for Mextrópoli 2025 Architecture Fair in Mexico City
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Ellen Eberhardt
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Summary
Mexican architecture studio PPAA created a temporary pavilion for the Mextrópoli 2025 architecture and urban design fair in Mexico City's Historic Center. The installation features a 23-meter-long cross-laminated timber beam suspended above rotating wood panels, designed to showcase and celebrate the qualities of wood as a building material. The pavilion was part of a larger exhibition that included installations from other studios and architects.
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· 3 pulledlocal studio PPAA created a pavilion made of a 23-metre-long cross-laminated timber beam suspended above rotating wood panels
The temporary pavilion was installed in the Historic Center of Mexico City for the Mextrópolis 2025 fair
PPAA "celebrates the qualities of wood" with rotating CLT pavilion in Mexico City
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