Matching Architecture to People’s Needs, by Listening to Them First
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Matching Architecture to People’s Needs, by Listening to Them First
"Ciao." She finally realized that she could no longer shrug off her identity as a woman architect when a friend asked her if there was a woman in Mexico she could look to as a model
— the way architects around the world looked to Zaha Hadid, a London-based architect born in Iraq who was the first woman to win the highly sought Pritzker Prize in 2004.
Her work in China and Europe has included a project to design low-income and mid-range housing in an urban renewal project in Lyon, France, and she has begun designing a master plan for the site of a decommissioned power plant in San Francisco, a redevelopment
that will serve a largely forgotten population of the city with affordable housing, public areas and market space.
"In terms of what are the needs of really living, like the areas of rest, the areas of retreat, the areas of exposure, the areas of intimate sharing of things, the
less-intimate sharing with family." Those values come first, before square feet, or the size of the parking lot — or even how the building is going to look.
" he said, pointing to her collaboration with other architects, a contrast to the auteur concept
that characterized architecture at the end of the 20th century. that In Tatiana’s case, there is a type of collage, uniting different ideas, uniting different forms to assemble the whole,
By ELISABETH MALKINMARCH 7, 2018
MEXICO CITY — When the architect Tatiana Bilbao was commissioned to design a house for Mexico’s poorest rural
communities, her team was three months into the work before she realized that something was missing.
" so that the women architects who follow will no longer have to face questions about whether their work is somehow different," she said.
that I understand that things right now are changing and I need to be addressing the topic
"Ciao." She finally realized that she could no longer shrug off her identity as a woman architect when a friend asked her if there was a woman in Mexico she could look to as a model
— the way architects around the world looked to Zaha Hadid, a London-based architect born in Iraq who was the first woman to win the highly sought Pritzker Prize in 2004.
Her work in China and Europe has included a project to design low-income and mid-range housing in an urban renewal project in Lyon, France, and she has begun designing a master plan for the site of a decommissioned power plant in San Francisco, a redevelopment
that will serve a largely forgotten population of the city with affordable housing, public areas and market space.
"In terms of what are the needs of really living, like the areas of rest, the areas of retreat, the areas of exposure, the areas of intimate sharing of things, the
less-intimate sharing with family." Those values come first, before square feet, or the size of the parking lot — or even how the building is going to look.
" he said, pointing to her collaboration with other architects, a contrast to the auteur concept
that characterized architecture at the end of the 20th century. that In Tatiana’s case, there is a type of collage, uniting different ideas, uniting different forms to assemble the whole,
By ELISABETH MALKINMARCH 7, 2018
MEXICO CITY — When the architect Tatiana Bilbao was commissioned to design a house for Mexico’s poorest rural
communities, her team was three months into the work before she realized that something was missing.
" so that the women architects who follow will no longer have to face questions about whether their work is somehow different," she said.
that I understand that things right now are changing and I need to be addressing the topic