Mauricio Rocha Iturbide and Gabriela Carrillo Valadez
Recorded: March 20, 2014
As founding principals of the Mexico City-based TALLER |MauricioRocha+GabrielaCarrillo|, Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo emphasize “the importance of the vernacular, craftsmanship, sustainability, and socially-responsible design.” Established in 1991 by Rocha as TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA, the firm was renamed TALLER IMauricioRocha+GabrielaCarrilloI in 2011.
In 2014, The Architectural League named TALLER |MauricioRocha+GabrielaCarrillo| an Emerging Voice. The annual Emerging Voices award spotlights individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism. Each year, winners are invited to participate in the Emerging Voices lecture series.
In their presentation, Rocha and Carrillo discuss the importance of light and shadows, engaging context, material decisions, and, above all, designing “spaces for people.” The selected projects highlight the firm’s interest in ephemeral interventions —Temístocles, Contemporary Art Gallery, Exteresa Museum, The Wind Tower, and Sound Pavilion — as well as buildings sensitive to user needs and responsive to the climate — School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Vasconcelos Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Public Warehouse, San Pablo Oztotepec Market, School of Plastic Arts, Cultural and Academic Centre San Pablo, and EL TIGRE, El Hípico, Hotel y Cabañas.
