Our New York: The Architecture of Frida Escobedo

Within the framework of the collaboration between the Instituto Cervantes and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York to promote and disseminate Hispanic cultures in Spanish, we invite you to participate in an event dedicated to Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, designer of the future Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art. On April 24, Frida Escobedo will give a presentation on her career, the cultural references that have shaped her practice, and the path that has taken her from Mexico to New York. Her design for the Tang Wing makes her the first woman to design an entire wing for The Met, a milestone that highlights the significance of Hispanic voices in contemporary architecture. Escobedo’s design establishes profound connections with the Museum’s global collection, expanding The Met’s long tradition of fostering visionary and thoughtful architecture that stands as a work of art in its own right. The presentation will be followed by a conversation with Laura González Fierro, a New York–based architect, curator, and educator, and founder of FIERRO, a human and non-human architecture and design studio focused on projects in New York, Miami, Mexico City, and São Paulo. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP, where she develops research and teaching in accessibility and contemporary practices, and a Visiting Critic at Cornell University, where she leads a studio dedicated to the relationships between the rural and the urban as part of the FARM + LAND project.