Moscow siblings Davit and Mary Jilavyan spent the coronavirus lockdown creating renderings of an imaginary community in Mexico with two-toned buildings and streets dotted with cacti and swimming pools.
Architect and visualizer Davit worked with his sister Mary, who is a 3D designer, to create the computer images during the Covid-19 pandemic for a community in a nondescript, arid site with hills.

The buildings feature bright pink, green, orange, blue and yellow exteriors that take cues from works by Mexican architect Luis Barragán and Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, who are both known for their use of bold colours.
The images show that as the sun rises and sets across the landscape, the colours of the town change in saturation and hue.
Many of the houses are two- or three-storeys, and walkways meander around barrier walls and boulders that are planted with cacti and flowers bushes. Home at the perimeter have views to the rocky desert and horizon beyond.
"In Sonora Art Village there is no clear system, the houses are located chaotically, each house has its own colourful path," Davit and Mary Jilavyan said. "Some houses are higher, some are lower, so the village has a lot of small stairs, which makes it feel like you're going up and down in a game like Super Mario."

Arches, passageways and overhanging volumes add to the geometry of the concept, while zig-zagging pathways and steps pass by the homes and link them together for a walkable scheme. Plazas,...