Tatiana Bilbao facts for kids
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Tatiana Bilbao Spamer
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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Mexico City, Mexico
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| Education | Universidad Iberoamericana |
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Tatiana Bilbao Spamer (born 1972) is a famous architect from Mexico. She designs buildings that often mix cool shapes (geometry) with nature. Her work focuses on creating buildings that are good for the planet. This is called sustainable design. She also works on making affordable homes for everyone, known as social housing.
Tatiana started her own company, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, in 2004. She has designed projects in many countries, including China, France, the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. Some of her well-known projects include the Botanical Garden in Culiacán, Mexico. She also designed an exhibition hall in a park in Jinhua, China.
One of her important projects is a special house that costs only 120,000 Mexican pesos. This house is about 62 m2 (670 sq ft) and can be easily built again and again. She showed this design at the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015. It was first shown in Chiapas, Mexico.
Tatiana Bilbao has won many awards for her work. These include the Berliner Kunstpreis in 2012 and the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2014. She also received the Impact Award in 2017 and the Marcus Prize in 2019.
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About Tatiana Bilbao
Tatiana Bilbao was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She comes from a family of architects. Her grandfather, Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet, was also an architect. He moved to Mexico from Spain in 1942.
She studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana. She earned her degree in Architecture and Urbanism in 1996. In 1998, she received an award for having the best architecture project of the year.
Bilbao wrote a book called "A House is Not Just a House." In this book, she talked about her focus on sustainable design and social housing. She believes that housing is a human right. She said, "Houses are for people, and we have to think of them first."
Early Career
Tatiana Bilbao's work was shaped by her interest in Mexico City's challenges. After a big earthquake in 1985, the government needed to build many homes quickly. Over 2.5 million houses were built in six years. Bilbao did not like how developers were building these homes. She felt they were taking away the identity of Mexico.
So, Bilbao started working with other architects and a bank called Infonavit. This bank gives out many housing loans. Together, they worked on creating new city centers and satellite towns. As Bilbao became more known, she designed different types of houses. She also started designing homes for people with lower incomes. These homes cost less than $8,000. This led to her strong focus on social housing.
From 1998 to 1999, Bilbao advised on city projects for Mexico City's housing department. In 1999, she helped start a company called LCM. This company explores new shapes and creates unique spaces.
In 2004, Bilbao co-founded MX.DF. This group studies how space is used in Mexico City. In the same year, she started Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Her first big project was an exhibition building in Jinhua Architecture Park in China. A famous Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, chose young architects from around the world for this park. The park has many buildings along the Yiwu River. Bilbao's exhibition building was finished in 2007. It has many levels and interesting blocked views.
Her other projects include the Botanical Garden in Culiacán and a special chapel for a Pilgrimage Route in Jalisco. She also designed a Biotechnological Center and a funeral home. Tatiana Bilbao has built 32 low-cost homes to help solve Mexico's social housing problem. These homes help people with low incomes afford their own place to live.
Recent Work
In 2005, Tatiana Bilbao became a design professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana. She has also been a visiting professor at other universities. These include Andrés Bello University, Yale School of Architecture, and Columbia University.
In 2017, Bilbao helped create an exhibition called "Perspectives: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio." It was shown at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey. This exhibition showed her projects from 2004 to 2017. It was also shown at the Amparo Museum in Puebla a year later.
In 2019, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark featured an exhibition about Bilbao's work. This show was part of "The Architect's Studio" series. It showed how Mexican culture and traditions are important in her designs. It also highlighted her commitment to social and sustainable architecture.
Awards and Recognition
Tatiana Bilbao has received many awards for her amazing work.
- In 2007, she won the Design Vanguard "Top 10 Emerging Firm" award.
- In 2010, she was named one of the Architectural League Emerging Voices.
- She received the Kunstpries Berlin award in 2012.
- In 2013, she won the CEMEX Building award.
- In 2014, she received the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Prize. This award is given to architects who show new ways to build sustainably and help society.
- In 2017, Bilbao won the A+Awards Impact Award for her important work in social housing and sustainable design.
- She received the Marcus Prize in 2019.
- In the same year, she was honored by the Latin Recording Academy as one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment.
Tatiana Bilbao's projects are also part of important art collections. These include the Centre d'Art George Pompidou in Paris, France, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Projects
- Mazatlán Aquarium, 2017–2021
- Anahuacalli Museum Extension, Mexico City, Mexico, 2016
- Los Terrenos, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, 2016
- Observatory House, La Blanca, Mexico, 2009
- Ordos House 100, Ordos, China, 2008–2010
- Exhibition Room in Jinhua Architecture Park, China, 2004–2006
- Apartment Building, Polanco, Mexico, 2005
- Pilgrim's Route, Between Ameca and Talpa de Allende, Mexico, 2008–2010
- Casa Ventura, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, 2008–2011
- Bioinnova, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2008–2012
- Ajijic House, Chapala Lake, Jalisco, Mexico, 2010–2011
- Monarch Sustainable Neighbourhood Angangueo, Mexico, 2010–2013
- Los Terrenos, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 2012–2016
- Housing +, San Cristobal, Chiapas and Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, 2013–2015
- Lyon La Confluence, France, 2013–2017
- Territorio De Gigantes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2013–2018
- Sorteo Tec House, San Pedro Garza, Monterrey, Mexico, 2014–2016
- Solo House, Solo, Spain, 2014–2016
- Casa Del Parque, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2014–2018
- Central Park Mazatlan, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2015–2018
- Guatemala Tower, Guatemala, Guatemala, 2015–2018
- Hunter's Point Masterplan, San Francisco, USA, 2016
- Estoa – UDEM, Monterrey, Mexico, 2016–2019
- Anahuacalli, Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017
- (Not) Another – Tower Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA, 2017–2018
- Apan Housing: Ocoyoacac Minimum Housing, Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico, 2017–2018
- Casa Marbel and Casa Pedro y Paz, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, 2018–2019
- Ways of Life, Sheid, Hasse, Germany, In Process
- Urban Redensification – Apodoca, Nuevo León, Mexico, In Process
- Collegium, Arevalo, Avila, Spain, In Process
- Research Center of the Sea of Cortes, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, In Process
- Substation, San Francisco, California, USA, In Process
- Staterra, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, In Process
- Olive West Masterplan, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, In Process
- Silica II – Roble 700, San Pedro Garcia, Mexico, In Process
Other Works
- She led a research project called "Twelve Archaeologies of Mexico City's Housing at a Crossroads" from 2016 to 2019.
- She designed the layout for several art exhibitions. These include "The Rights of Dance: Alexander Calder" at Colección Jumex in Mexico City (2015).
- She also designed for "The Implications of the Image" in Puebla, Mexico (2009–2010).
- Another exhibition she worked on was "Mexico Expected / Unexpected" in Paris, France (2008–2010).
See also
In Spanish: Tatiana Bilbao para niños
