Bridging
Museum
Year
2001
Status
Proposal
Scale
135,000 m2 / 1,453,128 ft2
Typology
Arts & Culture
Location
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, El Paso, Texas
Client
Consultants
Cecilia Levine
Team
Fernando Romero, Mark Seligson, Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Aarón Hernandez, Guillermo Galván, Mauricio Rodríguez, Antonio Ramírez, Paulina Lasa, Tatiana Bilbao, Rinne Florian Keimer, Paola Morales.
In collaboration with the leaders of two bi-national border communities, El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Fernando Romero proposed a bridge museum to mark a historical moment in strengthening the connection between Mexico and the United States.
The bridge, a monolithic concrete mass, establishes a place that reinforces the bond between superpowers and developing nations.
Set in the heart of the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo Valley, the Bridging Museum acts as both a funnel and a window on the borders. In addition to being a border station, the bridge also contains an active cultural program of exhibition spaces, an auditorium, a library, and a commercial area.
To help promote legal immigration along the border, the bridge is equipped with modern technology and information design that helps immigrants find employment opportunities, as well as serving as a research center for the immigration movement itself.