Frida Escobedo @fridaescobedo is based in Mexico City where she runs her architecture and design studio. The work developed at the studio ranges from art installation and furniture design to residential and public buildings. Notable architectural projects include La Tallera, the rehabilitation of the home and studio of the seminal Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros (Cuernavaca, 2012); Librería Octavio Paz (Mexico City, 2013); and the renovation of the iconic 1950s Hotel Boca Chica (Acapulco, 2010). The projects produced at the studio operate within a theoretical framework that addresses time not as a historical calibration, but rather a social operation.
This can bee seen most visably within her temporary, interactive pieces. Her 2010 installation at Mexico City’s Museo Experimental El Eco featured movable concrete blocks that could accommodate lectures and performances. In 2013, she created a circular stage for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, followed by a series of mirrored surfaces for the courtyard of London’s V&A museum in 2015.
In 2018, she became the youngest architect to date to receive the commission for the Serpentine Pavilion. ...
