Industrial Remix: Reimagining Urban Manufacturing in Mexico City

A multi-year collaboration to address key challenges facing urban regions, including energy transition, equitable development, and sustainability. The project focuses on the Vallejo Industrial Zone in Mexico City as a pilot site for exploring synergies between energy transition and economic revitalization. Historically a hub of manufacturing and logistics, Vallejo has suffered from decades of deindustrialization and environmental mismatch with adjacent residential areas. This collaboration introduces the concept of “industrial remix”—a three-part strategy integrating industrial urbanism, reconfigured manufacturing, and closed-loop urban metabolism—to reimagine how 21st-century industry can coexist with urban life, infrastructure, and environmental priorities.

By treating Vallejo as a living laboratory, the project explores spatial, economic, and policy frameworks to support cleaner, more efficient, and integrated urban-industrial systems. Key research areas include sustainable logistics, energy systems, mobility, circular economy models, and land-use integration. Ultimately, the initiative seeks to develop scalable models for industrial decarbonization and urban sustainability that can guide similar efforts in global metropolitan contexts.