Rituals of Architecture in the Landscape

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Rituals of Architecture in the Landscape
ALEJANDRO GUERRERO + ANDREA SOTO | ATELIER ARS
Shure Visiting Professor Lecture
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Mon, Oct 21
Campbell 153
5PM (ET)

ATELIER ARS, led by Alejandro Guerrero and Andrea Soto in Guadalajara, Mexico, is renowned for its unique blend of modernism and local craftsmanship, which seamlessly integrates architecture and landscape architecture. Instead of viewing architecture and landscape as distinct fields, ATELIER ARS investigates the cross-disciplinary possibilities that can enhance our understanding of creating human habitats.

In this lecture, they will present a series of projects that embody three core principles of their practice: the interplay between architecture and nature through landscape; the essential nature of architecture as a discipline, informed by historical context in contemporary practice; and the connection between architecture and human experience, explored through rituals and myths.

This event will be recorded and made available on the School of Architecture's YouTube Channel.

About ATELIER ARS

Alejandro Guerrero graduated from ITESO University in 2000 and studied the master Architecture, Criticism and Project at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia from 2005 to 2006. He has been architectural design professor from 2006 to 2020 at his alma mater and other institutions. He was named as Academic by the National Academy of Architecture in México in 2019. He has been lecturer and critic at Quito Architecture Biennale in 2022.

Andrea Soto graduated from ITESO University in 2011 and won the CEMEX Architect Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship which made possible her studies in the Master in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), graduating with distinction in 2017 and with a special recognition by the American Society of Landscape Architects ASLA. She has been part of the Cemex Prize jury, and the Quito Architecture Biennale in 2022.

LA CES Professional Development: 

This lecture has been approved through the American Society of Landscape Architecture's Continuing Education System (LA CES) for 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH).* 

*To receive 1.0 PDH accreditation, attendees must sign an attendance record at the end of the lecture. This opportunity is in-person only. 

For questions, please email Dana Perlson (dlp5h@virginia.edu) Administrative Assistant for the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Supported by the Harry S. Shure Visiting Professorship.