Uxmal

This article is part of Infrastructural Urbanism , a series curated by Hidden Architecture where we explore the evolutionary potential over time of certain urban and architectural structures. The infrastructural nature of these projects allows them to accommodate and assume the uncertainty of future development as a project tool. Este articulo es parte de Urbanismo Infraestructural , serie que explora el potencial evolutivo a lo largo del tiempo de determinadas estructuras urbanas y arquitectónicas. El carácter de infraestructura de estos proyectos les permite albergar y asumir la incertidumbre de un desarrollo futuro como herramienta de proyecto. The Mayan town of Uxmal is located in the north of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, about 100 kilometres south of the city of Merida. The area of influence of this Mesoamerican civilisation extended over the current territories of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico, specifically in the states of Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan. The proximity to the Caribbean Sea, the tropical and humid climate and the enormous expanse of jungle that would cover an essentially flat territory, rich however in mineral resources such as sandstone, are elements that would have decisively defined the success of Mayan development, facilitating the creation of multiple cities interconnected by a dense and efficient network of roads. To the north of the Yucatan, however, the dense jungle gradually gave way to more arid, fertile slopes, large tracts of land where surface water was scarce while underground watercourses and reservoirs were filling up. In the Puuc region, the cradle of Uxmal, gentle hills enrich a monotonous landscape with their green hillocks, which disappears towards the sea. La población maya de Uxmal se encuentra ubicada en el norte de la península mexicana del Yucatán, unos cien kilómetros al sur de la ciudad de Mérida.