Bicentennial Ring

Together with Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, FR-EE participated in a national competition to design a new monument and civic space to commemorate Mexico’s bicentennial anniversary of its Independence. The Ring is formed by a loop built on a Möbius strip with a diameter of one hundred meters and a cross-section of ten meters at its structural axis, which runs perpendicular to Reforma Avenue. The landmark’s lower part remains underground in such a way that three spaces are generated: the Ring itself, a below-grade area at the monument’s base with the dual role of pedestrian walkway and Historical Memory Site, and a public plaza containing two amphitheaters. The proposed construction strategy of the monumental circlet follows the logic of a Möbius strip, the defining characteristic of which is its essential unity. Unlike a simple circle, which has two opposing faces that never touch—internal and external—the Mobius strip has a single continuous two-dimensional face at every point, symbolizing the grounds of the Bicentennial Ring as a meeting place.