What Design Can Do México GNP 2022 returns to Mexico City with plenty of surprises in store: the event announces a new festival at the Colegio de San Ildefonso, the opening of the call for entries for its new "Make it Circular!" Challenge, and the "Make it Circular!" exhibition at the Franz Mayer Museum.
On October 19, 21, and 22, Mexico City will host the first design festival created by Coolhuntermx, conceived by and for projects led by cisgender women, transgender people, and dissident communities. Curated by designers Andrea Soler and Taina Campos, the event offers an inclusive, diverse, and collective space. Following an inaugural edition marked by significant shared learning and insights, the festival maintains its core objective: to serve as an integrative platform for design proposals and creative expressions that seek to foster dialogues alternative to those typically seen during design month.
As part of a free event organized by ArchDaily in partnership with Obra Blanca Expo on October 12 at 10:30 AM, Carlos Manuel González Baute will present in Mexico City to discuss the work of his firm, Albor Arquitectos, where he is currently a partner alongside Alain Rodríguez Sosa, Camilo José Cabrera Pérez, and Merlyn González García. Their work is based in Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast of Cuba known for its colonial-era buildings.
Obra Blanca, a project created to meet the construction sector's demand for all types of finishes, is returning for its third edition. This exhibition serves as a meeting point for professionals looking to showcase their offerings and those seeking to compare various finishing options. As a specialized exhibition, it focuses on the visitor experience and the professionalization of an increasingly sophisticated industry. The event aims to foster connections between professionals and companies in the Mexican construction finishes sector, further elevating the market level and serving as a benchmark for trends and design for architects, interior designers, builders, developers, distributors, and industry professionals.
The Mextrópoli Architecture and City Festival presents its new 2022 edition in collaboration with the Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, cementing its status as a benchmark event in Mexico City's cultural agenda and a global point of interest among specialized architecture events. Maintaining a high-level curatorial standard, MEXTRÓPOLI brings the voices of globally recognized architects, artists, mayors, and humanists to the public, offering affordable access for students and anyone interested in the present and future directions of the city. Mextrópoli is a platform that allows for experiencing the city, as well as reflecting on its political, civic, and aesthetic dimensions.
From September 21 to 25, the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival will offer a program of public space activations, city tours, and film series to celebrate the ninth edition of this event, held in collaboration with the XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. As in previous years, exhibitions are a central part of the festival's agenda; this year, five architecture showcases will be presented at some of Mexico City's most iconic museums.
For the first time, LIGA presents the work of a Cuban architecture firm: Infraestudio. The studio, led by Anadis González and Fernando Martirena, addresses various conflicts and challenges in its daily practice, including job insecurity in a context where private architecture is illegal. Despite this obstacle, they have managed to develop a provocative body of built work that they intertwine with proposals linked to artistic practices.
Participating institutions: Faculty of Architecture, UNAM; Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador; Department of Humanities and Communication of the Catholic University of Uruguay; and the Franz Mayer Museum in the Historic Center of Mexico City. The international workshop is coordinated by academics Guillermina Rosas López, Geraldine Rodríguez Cárdenas, and Brenda Pérez González.
Fábrica de Ciudad presents the new Advanced Architectural Design Diploma | Third Edition (DIP-PAA 3)
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"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.
Throughout its history, the Taller Max Cetto has been defined by its reflection on and development of architectural and artistic thought. The Taller hosts various activities, including the "Conversaciones en el Cetto" program, which features lectures by prominent professionals. Previous editions have included architects such as Jorge Ambrosi, Oscar Hagerman, Tatiana Bilbao, Frida Escobedo, Carlos Mijares, Productora, Benjamín Romano, Jorge Yázpik, Isaac Broid, and many others. The 2022-2 cycle will feature Pavel Escobedo, Andrés Solíz, Gustavo López, Luis Young, Isadora Hastings, Javier Sánchez, Daniel Escotto, TO Arquitectura, and Bettina Cetto.
The 35th FA Student Exhibition will take place at the Faculty of Architecture from May 23 to June 3. This event, held annually since 1982, is titled "From Here to There" this year. For the first time, it is being managed entirely by the student community, having been developed and conceptualized by a multidisciplinary team of 16 students under the coordination of student curator Iván Alejandro Montiel Ramos.
As part of the 30th anniversary of the Association of Real Estate Developers (ADI)—which has established itself as the leading voice in the sector and solidified real estate as a key economic engine for the country—and following two years of a pandemic that posed an enormous challenge to the industry, ADI is celebrating a new edition of its Real Estate Development Expo: The Real Estate Show 2022. Commitment to Mexico's progress.
