Isidoro Michan-Guindi: On the Ground and Flying

Column House, Valle de Brávo, Mexico, 2024. photo / A. Sarmiento

Lecture

Location

Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium

Milstein Hall

Contact

Department of Architecture

cuarch@cornell.edu

Abstract

Isidoro Michan-Guindi (B.Arch. ’15) will present the body of work done in his studio in Mexico City from 2019 to date. The projects range from a door handle and a self-propelling stool to a house and a tower. He is interested in architecture that is half building, half something else.

Biography

Isidoro Michan-Guindi

Michan-Guindi was born in Mexico City in 1990. He earned his Master’s Degree in Architecture from Princeton University in 2018. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 2015. He lives and works in Mexico City, where he has had his studio since 2019 (Taller Isidoro Michan-Guindi).

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