Industrial Weaving:
Networks of power and its urban manifestation
Year
Status
2024
Research
Monterrey, the industrial metropolis of Mexico, unfolds a model of urbanism driven by power relations, where familial and professional ties transform into an invisible yet omnipresent infrastructure. In the boards of its major corporations, the same names appear repeatedly, forming a closed network that extends beyond corporate space, where directors intertwine their roles in a mutual structure of presence and power.
This phenomenon—a blend of professional interdependence and strategic reciprocity—acts upon the urban landscape with the precision of an architectural intervention. This research maps the personal and professional connections of Monterrey's industrial elite, revealing how this network projects itself onto the city’s physical structure. Corporate headquarters, industrial zones, and strategic developments do more than occupy space; they transform it, articulating an urban model where growth follows the lines of these power relations. In Monterrey, urbanism and architecture are in constant dialogue with these networks: each built decision is also a gesture, an extension of the interdependence that sustains the city and redefines its environment.