09.03.2022
Women-only metro cars and buses offer protection from violence in Mexico City – at least for a few hours a day. Azalea and Tzideni resist their fears on their way home. The young mothers have no choice, as the threats in their hometowns are real. Ecatepec is considered the most...
08.03.2022
Published in werk bauen + wohnen
It is a jumble: posters in all formats and graffiti in purple letters dominate the main entrance of the Faculty of Architecture (FA) at the Mexican university UNAM. The anger is obvious: «If they touch one, we all react», «The FA doesn't care about me, my girlfriends take care of...
28.10.2021
For half a century, the poor have been neglected: with more than one thousand projects, architecture is now supposed to bring a better future. Here is my article on this for the NZZ.
14.04.2020
Published in werk bauen + wohnen
From a distance we followed in Mexico how the coronavirus first spread in Asia and later in Europe. It was a matter of time before the crisis hit the American continent. This time could have been used to learn from the mistakes of other countries or at least to set...
