ENTRE CAMINOS

CRITIC: PETER MACAPIA

LOCATION: TIJUANA-SAN DIEGO

PRATT INSTITUTE

SPRING 2021

This project takes on issues regarding immigration, specifically between San Diego and Tijuana. San Diego and Tijuana is a region that shares so much culture and tradition, but is separated by a border wall. With a growing number of people wanting to come cross the border for numerous reasons, there continues to be no justice for these individuals. Immigration cases are at an all time high, the backlog makes it so that individuals may wait over a year to receive a court date. Individuals may be forced to wait in Mexico or in the custody of ICE. These individuals need better treatment and an intervention to this system must be done. This project aims to introduce a new way of thinking about the border wall while simultaneously offering a proposition that would allow a more seamless migration across the San Diego/Tijuana Region.

In this project, the border wall is gone, and a network of paths, that is representative of the path people take to reach the border, is connected with buildings the serve the migration to and from the border.

GENDER NEUTRAL REST AREA

CHANGING ROOMS RESTROOMS

RESTROOMS

CHANGING ROOMS

FAMILY REST AREA

LOCAL ARTISTS SHOWCASING WORK THAT SHOWCASE STRUGGLES OF BORDER CROSSING