Colectivo C733

In 2019, Gabriela Carrillo, Carlos Facio, and Jose Amozurrutia, together with Erik Valdez and Israel Espin, assembled into an architectural meta-collective under the name of Colectivo C733. They had concocted this name as a code for the first competition they did together with a letter and numbers each standing for specific words: Collective, or Cosmic, Logic, Efficiency, Economy. The name stuck, as did the practice of collaborating across their individual studios on fast-track public projects across Mexico. In the last four years, C733 completed over 35 small projects including sports and education facilities, markets, community centers, and cultural buildings, many of these in vulnerable areas of Mexico and for SEDATU, the Mexican Secretariat for Agrarian Land and Urban Development. The most visible works among these are the Matamoros and Guadalupe markets in 2020 and 2021, respectively, the Nacajuca Music House and Tapachula station, both in 2021, the 2022 San Blas pier, and the 2023 Eco-Park Bacalar. Their works have been recognized in Mexican, Pan-American, and Ibero-American architectural biennials.