If Donald Trump wins today’s presidential election, he plans to build a wall along the Mexico-US border to keep out immigrants from counrtires like Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
As a response to Trump’s immigration platform, architects from Mexican firm Legoretta came up with a design proposal that serves the opposite function.
Originally spotted by Dezeen, the proposed bridge and a border crossing terminal, called the Cross Border Xpress, would connect the US and Mexico.
Currently, it is just a design concept, and there are no plans to build it, Legoretta’s spokesperson Dolores Robles-Martínez Gómez tells Business Insider.
Check out what it would look like below.
The Cross Border Xpress would feature a pedestrian walkway and a 72,617-square-foot border crossing terminal in San Diego.
It would connect Otay, a southern California town, with the existing Tijuana International Airport in Mexico.
In the site plan, the new border crossing terminal building is on the right.
At the center of the terminal, there would be an open courtyard with parking.
The entrance would feature an ash tree and a reflecting pool.
Inside the terminal, there would be automatic ticket counters, customs booths, and escalators leading to the pedestrian walkway.
Legoretta was founded by the late Ricardo Legoretta, a celebrated architect known for his work on museums, universities, private homes, and master plans in Mexico and the US.
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The terminal’s cantilevers would showcase Ricardo Legoretta's classic geometric style.
The idea behind the Cross Border Xpress would be to make the journey between the two countries easier and faster, Martínez says.
It is "a very much needed bridge in this new era of co-existence between the two nations," the firm wrote.
