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Tatiana Bilbao
Designing buildings that connect landscape, community and adaptable housing.
Jinhua pavilion · Sustainable housing
- Born
- 1972
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
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Tatiana Bilbao
Tatiana Bilbao is a Mexican architect whose practice includes public buildings, homes and research into affordable housing.
Early life
Architectural family
Her grandfather Tomás Bilbao was a Basque architect who settled in Mexico.
University
Graduated in architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana in 1996.
Career
- 1998–1999
City government
Advised Mexico City on urban projects.
- 2004
Independent studio
Founded Tatiana Bilbao Estudio.
- 2015
Housing prototype
Presented adaptable low-cost housing at the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Selected work
Jinhua pavilion
Created an exhibition space within a Chinese architecture park.
Sustainable housing
Proposed a home designed to expand with its occupants’ needs.
Los Terrenos
Designed a residential project shaped around its wooded setting.
Beyond work
Teaching
Has taught architecture at universities including Yale and her Mexican alma mater.
Urban research
Co-founded MX.DF to study how urban space is produced and occupied.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Photo: Giuliano Pastorelli. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
