Lecture - Alberto Kalach

Cited as one of the most versatile and prolific architectural voices in Mexico City today, Alberto Kalach works on residential projects, civic structures, and urban master plans. His award-winning José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City remains the largest public library in Latin America. Kalach's concern for the emerging problems of his immense hometown has inspired projects on a variety of scales and solutions. At TAX (Taller de Arquitectura X), Kalach and his team are dedicated to transcending the inevitable geographic, economic and temporal constraints ingrained in each project to turn them into opportunities to build solutions that respect and celebrate the natural environment and its cultural context.