Created in an ancient drainage project, they were the economic foundation of the Aztec empire They are highly productive farm plots surrounded on at least three sides by canals.

Promoting the chinampa as an inspiration for eco-friendly design was an obvious choice for the biennale, team members said.

Traditional cultivation techniques such as milpa, an ancient method of growing ... Ebel, R. (2020). Chinampas: An urban farming model of the Aztecs and a potential solution for modern megalopolis.

Its exhibitions focus on axolotl and chinampas ... god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess — but it did appear in ancient Mesoamerican documents.