ABSTRACT
The “inclusive” approach to constructing place-identity explored by Plečnik, which we discussed in the last chapter, was further developed in Mexico from the 1920s onwards; when Mexican people began to come to terms with their varied cultural origins, their turbulent colonial past, and their many imagined communities. Closer links with North America and Europe were important factors here, and were linked to a programme of modernisation, economic growth and educational reform. Other developments in literature, music, art and architecture also contributed to the social, political and cultural redefinition of a pluralist Mexican society and its search for Mexicanidad. A wide range of cultural material was employed by Mexican designers, ranging through natural landscapes, the physical and spatial structures of cities, and building types from popular and vernacular sources, high art, music, dance, myths and legends.
