Contemporary critique has become fundamental to architecture as a discipline. The theoretical processes that nourish architectural production demand proper spaces for their development. The Mexican firm Productora, with the support of other organizations, has created Liga, a platform for the exhibition, promotion and discussion of current architectural work.

Liga has developed an exhibition program to divulge emergent design practices. The exhibitions take the form of large-scale models that reinterpret the main strategies of the creatives in turn. These shows are complemented with talks that promote new work to the design community and the general public. The first exhibition showed the work of Chilean couple Pezo von Ellrichshausen, who offered a talk in Museo Experimental El Eco.

Recently, Paisajes Emergentes from Colombia were invited to share their work at Liga and the Polyforum Siqueiros. Their practice is founded on a deep understanding of landscape, in the way it creates place and relates to building. This is manifest preeminently in the integration of the ground as a generative component of architecture.

The projects on show take advantage not only of topographical and climate conditions; landscape is understood in its urban dimension as well. A proposal for converting an abandoned airstrip into a recreational complex is particularly relevant, as is a project to recover open spaces in Venice. These works aim to connect city dwellers with landscape, while architecture becomes elegantly discreet.

Projects like Liga allow for the reflection on the role of architecture in contemporary culture. This kind of platforms enriches the discipline through exchange and debate, in an international scale. The proposals set forth in Liga ought to stimulate architectural critique and practice in our country.