Paintings and sculptures collected by the late Mexican architect Luis Barragán are showcased on a stepped wooden platform at his Mexico City house.
Local studios AGO Projects and Sala Hars created the temporary Alter Shelf installation to display art, paintings and artefacts owned by Luis Barragán.

Located in the former studio of the property, the structure is highly geometric and symmetrical, with four stepped volumes that act as shelves.
"The immersive and overwhelming quality of the exhibition results in a phenomenological experience informed by light and colour, similar to the one experienced by the thousands of visitors that make their yearly pilgrimage to this iconic house," said the team.

"Our intention was to create a setting that allows the viewer at all times, and from all angles, to see the pieces from sides that have never been accessible to the public, providing a new reading of the work as a constellation," it added.
Completed in 1948, the Mexican architect's joint home and studio has been run as a cultural and artistic platform by Estancia Femsa for the past four years. The organisation enlisted AGO Projects and Sala Hars to design the installation to showcase Barragán's collected paintings, sculptures, artefacts and ceramics from a range of time periods.

Comprising four sets of steps that lead to a stack of smaller volumes, Alter Shelf was designed to draw on forms found in Barragán's projects.
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