Basketball aficionados everywhere have their eyes on the World Cup in Manila, which inspired us this consideration: of all sports, basketball is definitely the one that is closest to architecture. In no other sports players are required to design space and take into account any little variable thereof, construct ingenious spatial solutions and schematics that may be architectural design in their own right. It is no coincidence that time-outs have been invented for basketball, because the action must be free-flowing, rational and creative at once, and must be continu- ously thought over, redesigned, corrected.
The Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is a project that requires familiarization with the concept of ‘revision’. It all starts with a spartan basketball court.

The optic is to give factual con- tribution to the modern decolonization projects in Mexico. The court is a dimension that transcends its original function, specifically a place for sports and fun, to ascend to a place for meeting and sharing, especially in small, private indigenous communities. A focal point in the construction of political, social, cultural processes. It might have been a coincidence – who knows – but we like to think that the choice of a basketball court instead of a soccer football field is the logical consequence of a social vision built on versatility, openness, and inclusiveness.
We just love to imagine how the significance of the Mexican participation in the Architecture Biennale used – of all sports – the one that is constitutionally the most apt for a noble goal as the social needs of native populations. Also – you can now play ball at the Biennale, how cool is that?