Soapbox is a series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks, and symposia concerning contemporary themes explored through the archives of the past and present.
This week, we highlight the words, projects, and ideas of Tatiana Bilbao, principal and founder of Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Born in 1971, Bilbao is a rising Mexican architect who has reshaped contemporary definitions of housing, landscape, and materiality through a series of artful design projects around the world. Bilbao's works include an exhibition room at the Jinhua Architecture Park in Shanghai, China, a Botanical Garden and bio-innovation research center in Culiacán, Mexico, as well as many stunning residential projects, installations, and pavilions across Mexico, China, the United States, and Europe.
In a 2018 lecture, part of The Architecture League of New York's Current Work series, Bilbao delves into her firm's design process for a series of high-end homes while also discussing some of the shortcomings embedded in Mexico's social housing projects.
Speaking at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris in 2018, Bilbao discusses her firm's work in Mexico, a body of provocative projects that spans cultural commissions, residential spaces, and a religious pilgrimage route, among other project types.
In a 2016 lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Bilbao conveys her attempts to humanize architecture in an era of globalization, ego-driven works, and large-scale urban expansion.
Following Bilbao's selection as an Architecture League of New York Emerging Voices winner in 2010, Bilbao shares some of the foundational efforts of her eponymous practice.
A 2015 lecture by Bilbao given to the University of Illinois, Chicago School of Architecture that explores the spatial, material, and ephemeral aspects of social housing design in Mexico, among many other topics. The lecture was given in conjunction with Bilbao's participation in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial that year.
Antonio is a Los Angeles-based writer, designer, and preservationist. He completed the M.Arch I and Master of Preservation Studies programs at Tulane University in 2014, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in 2010. Antonio has written extensively ...
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Not great quality but she gave a fantastic lecture at the Knowlton School at Ohio State a couple years back as well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmaZXL0IeEA
Detroit should open a university in one of these abandoned places to educate people about how to restore old homes and other buildings and lead the world in repurposing an entire city!
They would first have to establish a faculty of architects and construction experts to teach the skills.
Ask Home Depot and Lowes to pitch in too!
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