Fábrica de Ciudad presents the new Advanced Architectural Design Diploma | Third Edition (DIP-PAA 3)

Fábrica de Ciudad invites you to participate in the Update Seminar: SAC-FAB.14 | JULIO AMEZCUA

Camino Intangible

The city of Puebla—located in the central highlands of Mexico—is particularly well-known for its street layout and predominantly Baroque architecture. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, the city hosts a broad cultural dynamic centered on the preservation of its built heritage and its appreciation from a distance, as if it were a museum piece. Consequently, in our daily commutes, we notice the monumentality of its facades, often overlooking the fact that behind the large wooden doors lies what we have called "the heart of the Poblano house."

From December 3 to January 13, Servidor Local (Progreso 24, Escandón) presents Cenários, an exhibition by artists Bariza Benmehenni, Sofía Martínez, and Yatini Domínguez. These artists work with the materiality of paper and clay, creating small utopian/dystopian scenarios to construct an imaginary that transcends two-dimensionality.

REGISTRO: Museo Tamayo

“MINI ARQUIS”

Explore the possibilities of an urban-architectural project in the heart of the Mexican Bajío through immersive activities and processes, such as guided tours, the fabrication of vernacular construction systems at a 1:1 scale, and presentations by renowned architects and experts from various fields of knowledge.

It is no secret that reflective, intellectual, and theoretical work has accompanied the authors of classic architectural works and related disciplines: from treatises, manuals, and books to other printed or digital publications that have transformed their content based on historical, political, social, and technological contexts, to name a few.

This book analyzes the origin, development, and dismantling of the Lima Planning Institute (IPL) at the National University of Engineering (UNI), which served as the headquarters for Project 205 of the Inter-American Program for Urban and Regional Planning (PIAPUR).

The book highlights the Institute's significance within both the national and Latin American contexts regarding professional training in urban and regional planning, while considering the influence of the various schools of thought and the political and social movements of the era. It was the first postgraduate program of its kind in the country and the first in its specialty in Latin America.

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ENVIRONMENT

Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Embassy of France present the symposium "The Future of Cities: Crossing Perspectives."

PENSARQ_ kicks off its 2022 programming with “RESONANCIAS” (Resonances) — music through space — a talk and sound performance led by Kenji Kishi, winner of the Ariel Award for sound design on the film “Los Lobos.”

Design Week is a biannual event hosted by the Department of Architecture and Design at the Universidad de la Costa (Barranquilla, Colombia), established in 2019. It serves as an exhibition and competition space where the results of emerging creative processes from the classroom are presented, bridging them with the realities of professional practice to showcase and share the achievements of the Department's academic programs with the university community.

"Ermitaños," a documentary about the residents of the iconic Edificio Ermita, will be screened as a special event at the Cineteca Nacional as part of the 2022 ENAC Film Showcase.

"Trébol y Carmesí" is an exhibition that combines photography and landscape design to present a visual diary. Rather than a homogeneous project, it evokes "wild weeds"—a conjunction of nature and urbanity where every moment appears as a "non-place." Building on this, an in-situ intervention was created with Carla Hernández (@dealerdeplantas) to inhabit the exhibition in an architectural and organic manner, drawing from the intersection of urbs-natura-civitas and the photographic work of Erick Conceka.

With this gathering, PENSARQ_ returns to public-facing events with no capacity limits. The talk will be led by Isaac Padilla, known as "Redman."

At Fábrica de Ciudad, we continue to seek new spaces to share, reflect on, discuss, and question architecture. Visiting FAB is a collaborative project with the UNAM Faculty of Architecture, through its Division of Continuing Education and Faculty Development, aimed at building architectural knowledge and dialogue through curiosity outside the classroom—where architecture actually happens: on-site.