
The year is 2021. Mexico City and its immediate surroundings have experienced a persistent ecocide on their lands and bodies of water for at least 60 years. During half of this time […]
The year is 2021. Mexico City and its immediate surroundings have experienced a persistent ecocide on their lands and bodies of water for at least 60 years. During half of this time […]
Gasoline stations have been objects of interest in the fields of architecture and urban studies for decades. Frank Lloyd Wright completed the R. W. Lindholm Service Station in 1958. The design of this building foresaw […]
Don Juan and Doña Socorro: I met Don Juan and Doña Socorro in January 2012, during one of my PhD field trips to Mexico. Both were over 80 years old, and lived on the “Hill of the Mask”. They passed away few years ago. […]
Mapping. I truly believe that hybrid methods of mapping help to achieve better architecture and ecological design. For nearly a decade I have studied the role of hybrid cartography as a key […]
Every time I come across the topic of sustainable urban mobility, walkability is treated as a key factor to improve our experience in cities. However, my feeling is that more often than […]
On certain occasions, words used in the mass media capture the spirit of the times. The term Eco-Anxiety is all over the news. It is treated as a raising psychological condition that […]
Sustainable Orientalism. I have explored this concept since 2011. It has helped me to identify and expose discourses, representations, and institutions that separate the notion of Sustainable Development in ‘advanced’ (Western Europe, […]
Architecture and design belong to an anxious world. Thousands of design alternatives in thousands of cities and villages around the globe. Architecture and design students are exposed to infinite tools of research, […]