Mexico City has more free Wi-Fi hotspots than any other city in the world, and yet widespread access to a digital connection too often keeps people apart. Scanning the crowd in Alameda or Chapultepec reveals as many heads tilted downward towards screens as friends joined in conversation. Sited next to a free Wi-Fi hotspot adjacent to Parque de la Alameda, Re:Connection leverages Mexico City’s robust internet infrastructure in a design for the MEXTRÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion that aspires to spatially and materially re-socialize our increasingly atomizing internet habits. The proposal consists of a scaffold made of standard dimensional lumber configured to minimize material cuts, and wire mesh that holds potted plants and solar-powered device charging stations. Vines and foliage intertwine with cords and wires, dripping from the sky while shading the ground. Below, a collection of houseplants, folding chairs, a kiddie pool, and other props provide opportunities for device charging and internet browsing. The siting of the pavilion is meant to gently interrupt the typical flow of pedestrian traffic along the sidewalk, while the pavilion itself provides spatial and material contexts that slow down, lag, delay, and buffer our increasingly habituated digital habits. Throughout, connection is celebrated: digital, social, and tectonic. Standard dimensional lumber hanging brackets present as ornament, next to visitors connecting to Wi-Fi and charging stations, aside others connected in conversation chairs or exchanging glances. Team: McLain Clutter, Cyrus Peñarroyo Year: 2022