“From Walls to Communities”
In this lecture, Fernanda will showcase her latest built work in Mexico. She will present projects completed in the past 10 years, focusing on different programs and scales, and addressing the collective implications of individual buildings. She will speak about the challenges of working in cities where 70% of buildings are informal, and where the usefulness of an architect is rarely acknowledged, demanding to explore new ways of relating people, buildings, and the environment. Canales will explain how every project leads to further research. For example, how the project for a family home turns into the study of the ideas behind the concept of dwelling and the impact of houses in cities, and how that becomes an excuse to expand the relationship between planning and inhabiting. Fernanda will focus on projects in border cities in the Sonora desert that deal with public space, scarcity of resources, and the need to create a sense of appropriation and identity.
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