In lieu of the February monthly meeting, RDAC invites you to join them at the INSITE Commonplaces | Housing Ecologies event at Bread & Salt Gallery on Saturday, February 15, 2025. This exciting INSITE event program includes a walk through of The Mexicali Experimental Project exhibit with curators Andrea Torreblanca and Felipe Orensanz and a panel conversation on Transborder Living with Renee Chow, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Adriana Cuellar, and Marcel Sanchez Prieto. Join us for an important conversation on regional bi-national housing and development and the history and legacy of experimental housing design.
The event is free and open to the public, though registration is required.
INSITE is delighted to invite you to join them on February 15 to participate in programs developed as part of “A Timeless Way of Building”, the first chapter of the INSITE Commonplaces project in San Diego County and Baja California.
Exhibition walk through of THE MEXICALI EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT | Housing Ecologies: Conversations on Transborder Living.
2:00 PM
The Mexicali Experimental Project | Walk through the exhibition with curators Andrea Torreblanca and Felipe Orensanz
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Housing Ecologies: Conversations on Transborder Living | A public dialog with Renee Chow, Adriana Cueller and Marcel Sanchez Prieto, and Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman.
In this conversation Renee Chow, Dean and Professor at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, will reflect on her research and design work, which addresses housing as a critical framework for urban living. her presentation will explore the intersections of typology, density, and community connectivity, providing insight into how architectural strategies can foster equitable and resilient neighborhoods.
Adriana Cuellar and Marcel Sanchez Prieto will discuss a series of architectural projects that navigate the socio-political dynamics of housing along the Mexico-U.S. border. Their work integrates community-centric collaborations with Mexico’s worker housing authority, INFONAVIT, and civic engagement initiatives, including a multi-use cultural and educational center in Tijuana and community-driven housing strategies in San Diego.
Political theorist Fonna Forman and architect and urbanist Teddy Cruz will discuss their ongoing project, the UCSD Community Stations, a cross-border infrastructure of ecosocial sanctuary spaces, that integrate social housing, public space and practices of citizenship culture.
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Food and Refreshments by Barracruda
The event is free and open to the public, though registration is required.
