Mexican design studio All Arquitectura has created a vibrant football and basketball court for one of the poorest and most violent areas of Mexico City.

All Arquitectura upgraded the La Doce venue in collaboration with Love.fútbol, a non-profit organisation that restores and regenerates sports fields in marginalised areas of cities around the world.

This project aimed to enhance facilities for residents of Valle de Chalco, on the eastern outskirts of the Mexican capital's vast metropolitan area. The neighbourhood ? together with Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl and Ixtapaluca ? form the world's largest mega-slum.

"The project is located in the municipality of Valle de Chalco, returning to the community a living space located in one of the areas with the highest marginality and with one of the highest rates of violence at the outskirts of Mexico City," said the studio.
Helped by sponsorship from UK football team Manchester City, All Arquitectura refreshed the run-down venue to create a social space for the community to use.

The most noticeable change is the surface of the sports court, which is covered with stretched and slanted chequerboard pattern, coloured two bright shades of blue.

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