{"id":16693,"date":"2017-02-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/trumps-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:35:07","slug":"trumps-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/details\/trumps-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Divide or Unite: 6 Provocative Proposals for Trump\u2019s Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s amazing how ambiguous architecture can be in its message to consumers. Both renderings and built designs can expertly convey their respective concepts without any help from the architect\u2019s voice, or they can be left wide open to interpretation. The same can be said about television commercials.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, millions of football fans were exposed to countless adverts, most of which cost $5 million or more to secure a prime spot during the 2017 Super Bowl. Some advertisers took the opportunity in the spotlight to speak to the tense political climate our nation currently resides in. But one ad in particular, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.84lumber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a building-materials supplier<\/a> of all things, took political connotations to the next level by envisioning one family\u2019s arduous trek into President Trump\u2019s wall. While that may sound bold and heartbreaking, the story wasn\u2019t communicated as clearly as you may think.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"713\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPo2B-vjZ28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 60-second film by 84 Lumber followed the harrowing journey of a Mexican mother and daughter making their way to the United States \u2014 or so it seemed. The commercial actually stopped before it got good and they actually crossed the border. With a flash of text urging viewers to go online to <a href=\"http:\/\/journey84.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Journey84.com<\/a> to finish the rest of the story, the country was extremely confused. We all thought we knew what the ad was suggesting, but why couldn\u2019t we see the result of their story?<\/p>\n<p>Deemed \u201ctoo controversial for the Super Bowl,\u201d Fox rejected the original, near-five-minute commercial \u2014 now <a href=\"http:\/\/journey84.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a> \u2014 from the midsized, privately owned company. While overall a very beautiful and emotionally gripping advertisement, it didn\u2019t tell the whole truth. The main reason for airing the spot was to recruit open-minded young people to work for 84 Lumber. That was not made clear. Even more unclear was that this seemingly anti-Trump and anti-wall advertisement was actually a pro-Trump and pro-wall piece of marketing. At no point during the ad did it allude to the fact that it was a hiring plea.<\/p>\n<p>The online conclusion shows U.S. construction crews building the wall. When the mother and daughter reach the U.S.-Mexico border and find the wall, you think the commercial is going to be over \u2014 very depressingly so. But then out of nowhere, they discover a door, push it open, and the ad ends with, \u201cThe will to succeed is always welcome here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651300284Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.37.47.png?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297066Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.08.png?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486651297056Screenshot_2017-02-09_09.38.26.png?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.84lumber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">84 Lumber<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Over the last few days, 84 Lumber has received highly mixed responses for its debut Super Bowl ad. Owner and President Maggie Hardy Magerko told the New York Times that she voted for Trump and the ad was a call to action for people who wanted to join a company that still believed in the American dream. \u201cEven President Trump has said there should be a \u2018big beautiful door in the wall so that people can come into this country legally,\u2019\u201d said Magerko in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.84lumber.com\/about\/press-room\/press-releases\/84-lumber-releases-the-rejected-ending-to-super-bowl-commercial-at-journey84com\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the wall. It\u2019s about the door in the wall. If people are willing to work hard and make this country better, that door should be open to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some might argue that sentiment was not the undertone of this commercial at all. Northwestern University&#8217;s Kellogg School of Management holds an annual ad review and gave the ad a D rating with one of the leaders calling it \u201cone of the strangest approaches I\u2019ve seen to a Super Bowl ad in a long time.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019re seeing President Trump\u2019s wall come to life online in strange and often surreal ways.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727530WallUS.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2017\/02\/03\/ikea-mexico-border-wall-provides-donald-trump-affordable-construction-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Dezeen<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>This week, German satirical site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-postillon.com\/2017\/01\/border-wall-ikea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Postillon<\/a> introduced drawings of its fake, flat-pack border wall by IKEA, an easy setup kit to show how cheaply it could be to build Trump\u2019s vision \u2014 $9 billion to be exact. While this may seem like an insensitive and trivial response to a complex political issue, perhaps that was precisely the point: to emphasize the absurdity of such a project. Given that building a simple side table from IKEA makes many people lose their minds, their bogus B\u00f6rder W\u00e5ll, with its 300,000 coils of barbed wire and more than 5.5 million screws, is the very embodiment of construction-based insanity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957273590304-2-72dpi.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingtheborderwall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Building the Border Wall<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>More considered conceptual proposals have also emerged. On President Trump\u2019s Inauguration Day, the winners of an international design competition to reconceptualize the wall were announced. According to the website, the <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingtheborderwall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBuild the Border Wall\u201d<\/a> competition was held to \u201celicit serious discussion about the very idea of a border wall.\u201d The competition asked architects to ask whether or not the idea was patently ridiculous on a purely practical and moral basis.<\/p>\n<p>The top two designs tied for first place. One proposal featured an <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingtheborderwall.com\/second-wall-of-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">irrigation wall<\/a> that would draw water from the Gulf of Mexico, the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean. The wall could revegetate the desert and encourage the U.S. and Mexico to work together to operate and distribute the agriculture consciously and equitably.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595726853static1.squarespace.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingtheborderwall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building the Border Wall<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The other proposal, <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingtheborderwall.com\/inflatoborder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inflatoborder<\/a>, presented a system of flexible bubbles that could create canopies or play areas, bringing communities together on either side of the wall. While the former design at least tried to tap into a larger picture by bringing sustainability and communal living to the table, the latter feels kitschy, impossible and too cute to be real. Like the satirical IKEA wall, maybe that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727288Untitled-2.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2016\/12\/15\/trumps-us-mexico-wall-miami-beach-architects-offer-an-alternative-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Real Deal<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>In December, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domodesignstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOMO Architecture + Design<\/a> released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domodesignstudio.com\/news\/beautifying-the-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative design<\/a> with a border made of recycled shipping containers. Placed 25 feet into the ground, the 750,000 containers would stretch the 1,989-mile length of the border and create a sloping barrier between the two countries. One of the principals of the Miami Beach firm <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2016\/12\/15\/trumps-us-mexico-wall-miami-beach-architects-offer-an-alternative-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" helvetica=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Real Deal<\/a><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\"><\/i>the design was meant to beautify the border. \u201cWe wanted to show through design there are alternatives to building a wall, which is both a visual and physical barrier and culturally insensitive to either country. So the solution is more of an open landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s respectable that this idea offers another eco-friendly and natural solution, it ends up looking like a narrow ditch that snakes through the land. It\u2019s not particularly beautiful until you see the rendering that shows the coastal border.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1486595727607Domo-Coastal.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2016\/12\/15\/trumps-us-mexico-wall-miami-beach-architects-offer-an-alternative-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Real Deal<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Mexican firm <a href=\"http:\/\/e314.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estudio 314<\/a> also put out speculative renderings in an attempt to capture the \u201cgorgeous perversity\u201d of the wall. Architizer <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/pretty-in-pink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on the firm\u2019s bright pink, Luis Barrag\u00e1n\u2013inspired design in October. 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People walking across the top gaze down at a separate population standing on the other side of the border. One can\u2019t help but imagine which side represents which country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14865957274001477304366376estudio-314-donald-trump-mexico-border-prison-wall_dezeen_1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2016\/10\/20\/donald-trump-mexican-border-wall-envisioned-barragan-inspired-pink-barrier-estudio-314\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dezeen<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>All of these proposals, whether they\u2019re intended to be taken seriously or not, still raise a huge number of questions as to how this border wall will eventually manifest itself. Even though a few designs attempt to present a \u201cbetter\u201d alternative to a concrete wall, like the one in 84 Lumber\u2019s Super Bowl commercial, the division still stares us glaringly in the face \u2014 door or no door.<\/p>\n<p>If this wall (or ditch or canyon or bubble) gets built, an architect will have to design it first. In one way or another, some might argue that the future of our nation and that of Mexico will partially lie in the hands of the chosen architect. The very meaning of security and community is at stake, so architects \u2014 don\u2019t be ambiguous. As always, the world is watching what we design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designers and architects have released alternative proposals for President Trump\u2019s wall for the U.S.-Mexico border. Some are fake, some are real. It\u2019s confusing. 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