Faculty of Design

Illustration

Yani Feng

Floating Gardens

Chinampas are small plots of land floating in the wetlands of Xochimilco, in the southern valley of Mexico City. They are an agricultural system created by the Aztecs and were brought back during the pandemic to help with food shortages.

“During the pandemic, towns in Mexico brought back an Aztec innovation: man-made “floating gardens” (chinampas) to mitigate crop failure and food scarcity. ”