Join us as Alejandra Guerrero, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Office of Offices, shares the process and intention behind building a design organization rooted in community-centered, reparative methodologies. She will discuss how this work supports communities harmed by inequities in the built environment, with a particular focus on the nonprofit’s initiatives in housing policy, research, and affordability programs.
About Office Of: Offices:
Office Of: Office designs spaces, projects, programs, and policy for communities affected by inequities in the built environment. We are a minority and women-led architecture, urban planning, and policy non-profit organization. Our interdisciplinary team and cross-sector collaboration is a direct reflection of our approach, to bring cohesion to disconnected development processes.We envision a future of resident-directed development, community networks, and abundant resources for neighborhoods.
About the Speaker:
Alejandra was born and raised in northern Mexico. She currently advises international agencies, local governments, and community-led organizations in urban policy matters. She previously worked as the Deputy Director at UCLA’s cityLAB, assistant national manager of urban regeneration at Mexico’s leading housing authority, INFONAVIT, as a community engagement and design fellow in LA-Más, and as a lecturer of sociology, urban planning, and architecture at the University of Monterrey and Carolina University.
Alejandra holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Monterrey, a master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master’s in Architecture of Urban Design from University College London, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford researching the institutionalization of self-help housing policies in Mexico.
What is Friday@1?
On most Fridays at 1 p.m. during the academic term, PSU School of Architecture students and faculty gather to hear from professional designers and architects, academics, visiting artists, innovators, and students in the program. Friday@1 is a perfect way to wrap up each week of intense creativity in the studio and get inspired for the productive weekend ahead.
Free and open to the public. All are welcome.