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Entanglements Lecture: Gabriela Carrillo, Colectivo C733

Monday, March 31, 2025

6:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Building Spatial Dignity

The lecture explores the convergence of global and local design strategies in creating architectural interventions tailored to specific contexts. It reflects how these interventions address societal challenges within diverse scenarios, and envision a world where Spatial Dignity is universally recognized as a fundamental right.

About Gabriela Carrillo

Gabriela Carrillo started her eponymous studio in 2019, as a collaborative and interdisciplinary space for architectural work. She is a co-founder of Colectivo C733, dedicated to developing public projects in Mexico. Previously, she was a partner at Taller Rocha Carrillo for over nine years.

With over twenty years of experience, she has received numerous accolades, including the Emerging Voices Award in 2014, the Federico Mariscal Chair, the highest recognition for professional practice by the Faculty of Architecture at UNAM, and the Médaille d’OR from the French Academy of Architecture. She was named “Architect of the Year” by Architectural Review in London in 2017 and by Architectural Digest Mexico in 2020 and 2023, and was granted The Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2023. Carrillo has also been a member of the National System of Art Creators and since 2021, an academic member of the Academy of Architecture of Mexico, Mexico City chapter. As part of Colectivo C733, she received the 2024 Obel Award for achieving 36 projects in 36 months.

Carrillo has been an academic at the Faculty of Architecture, UNAM, since 2003, and she currently leads the research and graduation seminar Estudio RX. She has taught at prestigious institutions such as Harvard GSD, Kent State University, and the WAVE program in Venice, Italy, among others. Her work has been exhibited and honored in various national and international biennials, and featured in renowned publications like Domus, Casabella, Arquitectura Viva, and Architectural Review, among others.

This lecture is a part of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design’s Entanglements Lecture Series.