PILARES: Centering Community
Leading architecture firms gather online to discuss their community center designs for Mexico City’s PILARES initiative.
October 18, 2022
Recorded on October 12, 2022.
Current Work is a lecture series featuring leading figures in the worlds of architecture, urbanism, design, and art.
Mexico City’s PILARES (Puntos de Innovación, Libertad, Arte, Educación y Saberes, or Points of Innovation, Freedom, Art, Education, and Knowledge) projects are a series of over 250 (built and in-progress) public community centers. In this video, nine architecturally ambitious PILARES projects are presented by the following firms:
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AGENdA + TO
- Fernanda Canales Arquitectura
- FIERRO + Francisco Pardo Arquitecto
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IUA Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos + WORKac
- Palma + PRODUCTORA
- Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura
- Taller Gabriela Carrillo
- TEN Arquitectos
The presentations are introduced by Carlos Zedillo Velasco, who served as the architectural coordinator of the PILARES initiative, working as a consultant to the Mexico City government.
The presentations are followed by a conversation and Q&A with Mexico City-born journalist and researcher Suleman Anaya.
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