1.0MCIhttps://research.gsd.harvard.edu/mciMain Adminhttps://research.gsd.harvard.edu/mci/author/infonavit/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fxNpduueQZ"><a href="https://research.gsd.harvard.edu/mci/portfolio/cancun/">Hotel Cancun All Exclusive Urbanism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://research.gsd.harvard.edu/mci/portfolio/cancun/embed/#?secret=fxNpduueQZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Hotel Cancun All Exclusive Urbanism” — MCI" data-secret="fxNpduueQZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://research.gsd.harvard.edu/mci/files/2013/09/wp_010647.jpg16321224  In January 2015, a team of 10 students from Harvard GSD in the MDes, MUP and March II programs embarked on a two-week practicum in Cancún, Mexico, led by Prof. Diane E. Davis and assisted by teaching fellow Carolina San Miguel (DDes), sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Fundación Hogares. Through a deliberately open-ended site interrogation, the binary notion of a branded tourism destination and its “support city” gave way to a complex and ambiguous ecosystem made out of speculations, benefits, vulnerabilities, and risks, unfolding or compounding unevenly on each side of a remarkably pronounced spatial division. While foreign and domestic capital […]