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What does it mean to live in community? This question lies at the heart of LIGA 41: Unidad Vecinal, an exhibition in Mexico City that reimagines domestic space as a collective, adaptable environment. Presented at the curatorial platform LIGA, in the lively Doctores neighborhood, the show is conceived by Departamento del Distrito—a design studio founded by Francisco Quiñones and Nathan Friedman—whose work moves fluidly between architecture, curating, and academia.
Open to the public free of charge until October 30, 2025, LIGA 41: Unidad Vecinal transforms the LIGA gallery into a mutable stage that proposes an alternative to conventional domestic prototypes—a device shaped through collective transformation. Alongside the installation, an extensive public program unfolds, featuring lectures, film screenings, and discussions that probe and blur the boundaries between private and shared spaces, between the performative and the habitable.
Founded in 2011 by Carlos Bedoya, Ruth Estévez, Wonne Ickx, Víctor Jaime, and Abel Perles, LIGA is a space dedicated to hosting monographic exhibitions by emerging Latin American architects. It is a space for critical reflection, a platform that brings the work of architects from across the region to Mexico, connects diverse design practices, and builds an evolving archive that maps the distinctive character of Latin American architecture.
Within its walls, architects, researchers, writers, curators, and academics present their investigations in exhibition form. Here, disciplines intersect, and conversations weave together multiple perspectives—on design, social issues, and politics—exploring the role of architecture as both an experimental practice and a social science.
Images © Arturo Arrieta, courtesy of LIGA
