Walk through San Miguel Chapultepec
Guide: Taller Tornel with Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes
July 13, 2017
“I thought in a thousand options. Historical context, architecture, botanics, hiding places, fun moments, galleries, urban crossroads, loss of identity, cafes, gyms, modernity, diners, workshops. Tough decision, especially knowing that this neighborhood contains these things, and many more.
I made the decision of taking a messy route, where we will stop at some geographical spots that refer us to these topics. Along the way we can look for randomness of fate and recognize the things that happen in the “San Miguel” (they call it that now). The modern apartment complex at Juan Cano street, the Hare Krishna temple at Tiburcio Montiel, the house with the minuscule facade at Ceballos, the closed street at Protasio Tagle, Tornel 20. Without a doubt, my dilemma is not resolved, knowing and inhabiting the neighbourhood since 2010, I have witnessed a lot of changes, moments, places and situations, political successions, however, becoming a guide in this heterogeneous tour will allow me to show a little of the identity that reveals the San Miguel neighbourhood in its own everyday experience.”
Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes
ABOUT THE RAMBLE INTERLUDES. The Ramble Interludes cycle proposes a series of walks; each one will depart from a space that have a special connection with art and the city and will focus on a specific urban context, a certain neighborhood. Representatives of ten different spaces will guide subjective visits to the urban surroundings the building belongs to; they will point out spontaneous situations that have sparked their interest or anonymous architectural landmarks. This series of encounters thus sets out to investigate the relation between the architecture of the city and its users through case studies where different communities and collectives are connected with their districts thanks to cultural programmes.
