The voracious power of the construction industry and development models can be compared with the one that contains the formation and erosion of a mountain, architects hold a unique opportunity on rethinking this destructive dynamic through better construction methods and natural resource management, learning from the ruins, and vernacular techniques and materials.

RAW MATERIAL project looks into the impact of material extractivism and architecture making on the natural landscape and the territory, It calls for accountability of both practices on spatial and environmental justice.

This project is an atlas of the materials used in the Mexican construction industry, including its geographic localization, and the environmental transformations caused by their extraction and building procedures. Aiming to better understand the impact of architecture on earth and to explore methodologies that can help set the needed boundaries on three dimensions: spatial, cultural and political.