Mexican architect Gerardo Broissin, on the occasion of Design Week Mexico 2019, designed the very elegant Egaligilo pavilion, located near the Tamayo Museum, an important contemporary art institution in Mexico City.

The word “egaligilo” means “equalizer” and was designed to express the potential of this space not only beautiful but also functional. The pavilion’s puzzle-shaped walls are arranged on a steel frame decorated with attractively shaped concrete bulbs, but the main feature of the pavilion is the circular opening on the wall, which reveals a well-kept garden.

The design acts as an equalizer of forces between rational and parametric architecture while preserving a natural environment inside.

In fact, Egaligilo creates its own microclimate preserving a series of atmospheric conditions that aim to reproduce a small forest inside the pavilion. The strategic openings of the levels on which the structure was designed and the effects of the artificial lighting, create different scenarios during the day, inviting the viewer to enter the pavilion redefining the boundary between inside and outside.

The artist, through the realization of Egaligilo, tries to sensitize public opinion on the recycling of ephemeral structures, stating that the real goal of architecture is only the good of humanity.