Mexico City mayor urges youth to 'farm aura' in new public spaces

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada has invited the city's youth to step away from their screens and engage with public spaces, urging them to "farm aura" through recreational, community, and technological activities. This call to action came during the inauguration of the Utopía México-Tenochtitlan, located near the Colegio Militar Metro station.

Brugada emphasized that these Utopía centers are designed as vibrant meeting points and imaginative spaces for young people. The Mexico-Tenochtitlan facility boasts a variety of attractions, including a textile workshop for clothing design and swapping, immersive rooms for virtual experiences, sports simulators, and a labyrinth. The mayor highlighted the goal of encouraging face-to-face interaction and activities away from digital devices.

The Utopía also features a floor dedicated to technological creation, equipped with digital dance studios, spaces for creating comics, manga, and video games, alongside robotics and virtual reality labs. Brugada stressed the importance of shifting the youth's role from passive technology consumers to active creators. She wants them to learn to design video games, program screen content, and build robots, viewing technology as a language for creativity and a tool for changing the world.