Guest Lectures and Workshops 2022
As the semester continues, we will upload photos and recordings of guest lectures and workshops.
Module 1
Paulina Macías
Sandra Hernández
Jaime Font
Confederación Indígena del Barrio de San Francisquito
2022-08-09 (01)
In-person, not recorded. Paulina Macías Nuñez, director of the Museo Regional, introduces the museum and its collections.
In-person, not recorded. Paulina Macías Nuñez, director of the Museo Regional, introduces the museum and its collections.

2022-08-15 (02)
In-person, not recorded. Sandra Hernández, of Vita Flumen and Fujifilm, introduces the art of urban observation and photography.
In-person, not recorded. Sandra Hernández, of Vita Flumen and Fujifilm, introduces the art of urban observation and photography.
2022-08-16 (03)
In-person, not recorded. Jaime Font, author of multiple books on the architecture of Franciscan ex-convent and former director of the school of architecture at Tec, guides us on a walking tour of Museo Regional and its historical contexts.
In-person, not recorded. Jaime Font, author of multiple books on the architecture of Franciscan ex-convent and former director of the school of architecture at Tec, guides us on a walking tour of Museo Regional and its historical contexts.
2022-08-25 (04)
In-person, not recorded. Braulio and Juan Carlos, members of the Confederación Indígena del Barrio de San Francisquito, discuss the history of their neighborhood, the local traditions of ritual and resistance, and the ongoing mobilizations against gentrification and displacement.
In-person, not recorded. Braulio and Juan Carlos, members of the Confederación Indígena del Barrio de San Francisquito, discuss the history of their neighborhood, the local traditions of ritual and resistance, and the ongoing mobilizations against gentrification and displacement.
Module 2
Ian Erickson + Oliver Moldow
Leah Wulfman
Yu-Ting Chang
Ana Trujillo
Claudia Romero - Bajo Tierra Museo de Agua
ebere agwuncha
Andy Lee + Chelsea Kilburn + Kari Roynesdal
David Jimene Guillen
2022-08-29 (05)
Virtual, recorded. Ian Erickson, of Harvard GSD and Disc Journal, and Oliver Moldow, of University of Stuttgart, share their project Pneu History: Re-Completing the National Monument of Scotland and its many afterlives across multiple media.
Virtual, recorded. Ian Erickson, of Harvard GSD and Disc Journal, and Oliver Moldow, of University of Stuttgart, share their project Pneu History: Re-Completing the National Monument of Scotland and its many afterlives across multiple media.
2022-09-01 (06)
Virtual, recorded. Leah Wulfman, Walter B. Sanders Fellow at the Taubman School of Architecture, shares a sampling of their work which assembles hybrid virtual and physical spaces in order to prototype new relationships to technology and nature.
Virtual, recorded. Leah Wulfman, Walter B. Sanders Fellow at the Taubman School of Architecture, shares a sampling of their work which assembles hybrid virtual and physical spaces in order to prototype new relationships to technology and nature.
2022-09-05 (07)
Virtual, recorded. Yu-Ting Chang, of Sci-Arc and Kent State University, shared some of his work and in his presentation talked about why AR?
Virtual, recorded. Yu-Ting Chang, of Sci-Arc and Kent State University, shared some of his work and in his presentation talked about why AR?
2022-09-06 (08)
In person, not recorded. Ana Angelina Trujillo, architectural restoration + structural repair expert and co-founder of TRUBAR, shares past and ongoing projects as well as restoration theories and techniques.
In person, not recorded. Ana Angelina Trujillo, architectural restoration + structural repair expert and co-founder of TRUBAR, shares past and ongoing projects as well as restoration theories and techniques.
2022-09-08 (09)
In-person, recorded. Claudia Romero from Bajo Tierra Museo de Agua gives a guided tour the virtual museum’s exhibition Historias que andan and shares the stories of Carrillo Puerto residents who lived through forced displacement by water-thirsty industries.
In-person, recorded. Claudia Romero from Bajo Tierra Museo de Agua gives a guided tour the virtual museum’s exhibition Historias que andan and shares the stories of Carrillo Puerto residents who lived through forced displacement by water-thirsty industries.
2022-09-08 (10)
Virtual, recorded. ebere agwuncha shares their recent exhibition owoko, part of the series Creating Care-filled Igbo Architectures, as well as some of the process and relationship-building behind the work.
Virtual, recorded. ebere agwuncha shares their recent exhibition owoko, part of the series Creating Care-filled Igbo Architectures, as well as some of the process and relationship-building behind the work.
2022-09-12 (11)
Virtual, recorded. Andy Lee, Chelsea Kilburn, and Kari Roynesdal share their ASLA awarded project Retreat Yourself: Moving Ground, Preserving Place and interrogate the various rights associated with property over extended timescales.
Virtual, recorded. Andy Lee, Chelsea Kilburn, and Kari Roynesdal share their ASLA awarded project Retreat Yourself: Moving Ground, Preserving Place and interrogate the various rights associated with property over extended timescales.
2022-09-13 (12)
In-person, not recorded. David Jiménez presents some of the ways that preservation and conservation of historic structures in Querétaro and in Mexico are legally codified.
In-person, not recorded. David Jiménez presents some of the ways that preservation and conservation of historic structures in Querétaro and in Mexico are legally codified.
Module 3
2022-09-19 (13)
In-person, not recorded. Israel Viadest of Near Future Laboratory facilitates a speculative design workshop using a card game as a launching pad.
In-person, not recorded. Israel Viadest of Near Future Laboratory facilitates a speculative design workshop using a card game as a launching pad.
2022-09-20 (14)
In-person, not recorded. Elisa Rodríguez of Menjurje.tv facilitates an analog collage workshop using a mix of students’ drawings and maps, archival photos and prints, and vintage magazines.
In-person, not recorded. Elisa Rodríguez of Menjurje.tv facilitates an analog collage workshop using a mix of students’ drawings and maps, archival photos and prints, and vintage magazines.
2022-09-23 (15)
Virtual, recorded. Arta Perezic of GSD and Johnston Marklee Architects shares the model-making processes behind several academic projects and provides a primer on casting.
Virtual, recorded. Arta Perezic of GSD and Johnston Marklee Architects shares the model-making processes behind several academic projects and provides a primer on casting.
Module 4
Alberto Meouchi
Bailey Brown
Isabel Strauss
christin hu
Fiona Riley
Elif Erez
Sophie Chien
Francois Sabourin
Jakob Junghanss
Kathlyn Kao
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2022-10-26 (16)
Virtual, recorded. In a series of pechakucha presentations, Alberto Meouchi, Bailey Brown, Isabel Strauss, christin hu, Fiona Riley, Elif Erez, Sophie Chien, Francois Sabourin, and Jakob Junghanss share a range of ideas and speculations that expand the architecture project through care-full world-building and the design of processes, infrastructures, institutions, methods, protocols, narratives.
Virtual, recorded. In a series of pechakucha presentations, Alberto Meouchi, Bailey Brown, Isabel Strauss, christin hu, Fiona Riley, Elif Erez, Sophie Chien, Francois Sabourin, and Jakob Junghanss share a range of ideas and speculations that expand the architecture project through care-full world-building and the design of processes, infrastructures, institutions, methods, protocols, narratives.
2022-11-01 (17)
Virtual, recorded. Kathlyn Kao, of EPFL and RIOT lab, shares her thesis and speculates about spatial practice based on longing and kinship.
Virtual, recorded. Kathlyn Kao, of EPFL and RIOT lab, shares her thesis and speculates about spatial practice based on longing and kinship.
Module 5
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