Paisaje y patrimonio en Texcoco, México Un enfoque de geografía cultural y arquitectura de paisaje

Professional interventions in landscapes of indigenous origin have a cultural complexity rarely considered by designers and planners. Today, on the verge of various environmental crises, such as the water crisis, attention should be paid to sustainable landscape knowledge when it is part of the worldview of its inhabitants. In this article, we compare two towns in the municipality of Texcoco, Mexico which have had similar behaviors regarding their environment in the 16th century. They have distanced themselves in such ways that the comparison can work as an example for other cases of countries with indigenous communities. While San Luis Huexotla seems to have lost its sacred linkage with the Tlaloc volcano that stands out on the horizon and with the pre-Hispanic buildings of the town, San Miguel Coatlinchan continues to carry out ritual practices in places of archaeological importance, which sustain the care and maintenance of its natural and cultural heritage. Here we demonstrate that following a historical-geographical model that explains the relationship between inhabitants and their environment, it is possible to understand the differences that culturally separate these two towns; furthermore, to design an architectural landscape project in Huexotla to evidence the rupture of the community with its landscape and try to improve it.