ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE

LOS ANGELES, MEXICO CITY, MADRID

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There There is an architecture practice that fluctuates between design and research, and between LA, Mexico City and Madrid. Through architectures, counternarratives, and fictions we challenge dominant worldviews, materialize alternative imaginaries and catalyze meaningful experiences.

By embracing a “tabula-NON-rasa” approach that rejects erasure and challenges fixed narratives, our work and research unearths the layered stories and contested meanings of a place to propose new imaginaries that are in dialogue with them.

Because we believe there is always a “THERE THERE.”

PRINCIPAL

Monica Lamela is a registered architect in Spain practising internationally. Before founding There There, Monica worked with Lacaton & Vassal, Franzis Kéré, Raumlabor, and Tatiana Bilbao Estudio.

Monica holds a MArch from Escuela Politecnica de Madrid (ETSAM) and a MS in History Theory and Society from UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, where she was a Fulbright fellow. She taught at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, and was a Guest Speaker at ETH Zurich and Otis College of Art and Design. She has been a Design Critic at UC Berkeley, Sci-Arc, Architectural Association, USC, and Cal Poly Pomona. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design.

ALLIES

Shilpa Mevada
Gabriela Álvarez
Sofía Betancur
Raquel Ruiz
Violeta Ordóñez
Soledad Rodriguez

Valentina Marchetti
Mutuo
Puente Alameda

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