The picture below is a view from my apartment in China, where I lived from 2017 to 2020. Electrify Everything is the title of one of dozens of solutions proposed in the […]
Electrify Everything by Microgrids: A Case for Energy Transition in Cities
Urban Mobility and Architecture: Designing Small, Approachable Infrastructures of Transportation in China
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 […]
The Sustainable House of Don Juan and Doña Socorro
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. […]
Drops in the Valley: Claiming Waterscapes in Mexico City
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 […]
Mapping Water: Cartographic Lessons from Ancient China
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 […]
Walkable Cities, a matter of geometry
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 […]
In Search of Eco-Storytellers
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: Western Fantasies of Mexico and their Representations
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, […]
Human Scale in Hong Kong 2: The tale of the hidden warrior (3 videos)
Human Scale in Hong Kong: The tale of Grandfather and Grandson (3 videos)
Architecture, Ecology & Cities 