Second Life showcases the works of Mexican architects and designers at the modernist Casa Möbius on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the city's design week.
The installation, called Second Life, took place at Casa Möbius, the studio and home of the late modernist architect Ernesto Go?mez Gallardo.

The rooms of the two-storey, concrete residence were curated by Jose Esparza Chong Cuy, director of New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture, as part of Mexico City Design Week.
Completed in 1978, Gallardo's house is for sale and the exhibition provided a way to probe questions about conserving historic mid-century buildings in Mexico.
"The exhibit is a case study that looks into the legal framework of heritage and legacy," said the organisers.
The installation ran from 28 September to 5 October 2019, and was the first time Gallardo's home had been open to the public. It was presented in collaboration with Peana, an art gallery in Monterrey, Mexico.
Contemporary pieces by local architects and design studios sat alongside old photographs, Gallardo's own possessions and pieces by his colleagues and fellow modernists.
A number of rooms, such as his workspace, displayed the architect's life untouched.

Mexican law protects heritage buildings, but government regulations consider structures built before 1900 as historic, and those built after as modern.
This arbitrary date has caused many modernist buildings in the country that were built in the middle of the ...