After receiving 33,000 visitor in 2018, this weekend the festival Open House CDMX returns to the Mexican capital to allow all people to go behind the doors of more than 80 buildings so they can discover a thousand reasons to love the architectural wonders of this cosmopolitan city.

Villa San Jacinto

A factory; a ballroom; a flea market: an office building: some stables: a yoga room: a parking lot transformed into a concert stage, a house that is also a museum; an urban park: and dozens of many other closed and open spaces in Mexico City are part of this festival which invites all visitors to see with their own eyes what happens behind the facades and structures of all those places that are usually taken for granted or that get lost as part of the rutines and worries that come along with daily life in Mexico City.

Parque Quetzalcoatl

Parque Quetzalcoatl

The theme of this year's festival is The use of Space  because any building can have a thousand lives, from the first sketches drawn by the architects to the unique uses that each visitor can give or find inside its doors or along its open spaces. Some of the places that are part of this festival are Villa San Jacinto, Quetzalcoatl Park, an Organic house built underground, and many more fascinating places located along the city.

Archivo General de la Nación

Archivo General de la Nación

"Open House CDMX is an architectural festival for non-architects in which we seek to inspire the inhabitants of this metropoli to fall in love with their own city. During one weekend on September 28th and 29th, we will open the doors of some 80 buildings for people to visit them," says the festival's website.

Casa Organica

Casa Organica

Open House CDMX is part of the international organization Open House Worldwide, which showcases outstanding architecture and invites everyone to explore and debate the value of a well-designed built environment, completely for free. This concept has been established in several locations around the world including London, New York, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City.

Top image: Villa San Jacinto

All images courtesy of Festival Open House CDMX

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