How can we allow for the possibility of public space to become a platform for collective and social exchange, where everyone can perform their own idea of inhabitation? That is the question guiding our intervention at the Library Plaza, following this year’s curatorial theme. We call for the use of the space to be designed by the public!
Architecture From Outside In - SFMOMA / Mexico City–based architect Tatiana Bilbao considers domesticity from policy to livability. Models, drawings, and photographs illustrate Bilbao’s extensive research and proposals in response to how we live today, including a masterplan for San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood. At the beginning of the design process, the architect and her firm Tatiana Bilbao Estudio take time to identify less visible external factors that influence and shape architecture, such as developer goals and civic regulations, as well as meeting with future inhabitants. This “outside in” approach is expansive, but yields greater understanding and accommodation for contemporary lifestyles.
Community Building through Architecture: A Conversation with Tatiana Bilbao and Marshall Brown - Introduction by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA, Tatiana Bilbao, Architect In conversation with Marshall Brown, Architect. Moderated by Joseph Becker, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA at Fog Fair.
The museum, which is located 25 miles north of Copenhagen, with a panoramic view of Sweden across the Sound, presents six to ten special exhibitions annually and has a distinguished art collection with over 3,500 works. Louisiana is also a vibrant cultural centre open in the evening Tuesday to Friday until 22:00 and offers a rich variety of activities and events.
A conversation between Jacques Herzog and Tatiana Bilbao by Louisiana Museum Chanel
Video interview with Tatiana Bilbao from the “Time-Space-Existence” series.
View the video here