Christele Harrouk to Lead Talk on Espacio Común's Amazonian Floating Stage at Muyunafest 2025

Key facts

• The lecture "Architecture Shaped by Place: Espacio Común on Practice, People, and Context" will be held on October 14, 2026, at 3:30 p.m.
• Christele Harrouk, editor-in-chief of ArchDaily, will deliver the lecture.
• Paula Villa Pastor, co-founder of Espacio Común, will participate in the conversation.
• Espacio Común is a Peruvian association co-directed by Paula Villa Pastor and Daniel Canchán.
• The event will take place at the main auditorium of Expo Santa Fe, located at Av. Santa Fe 270, Colonia Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, C.P. 01210, Mexico City.
• The discussion will focus on Espacio Común's Main Floating Stage for Muyunafest 2025, which won first place in ArchDaily's 2026 Building of the Year award.
• The project was designed in response to the fluctuating waters and local construction cultures of the Peruvian Amazon.
• The conversation will explore how architects read context, the role of local knowledge and collaboration in design, and how ingenuity and adaptation can become architectural tools.
• The talk will also examine what it means to practice architecture from and within a particular context, and what happens when a local project reaches a global audience.
• The event is organized by ArchDaily and is free and open to the public, with no registration required.
• The lecture will be conducted in Spanish and English, with simultaneous interpretation available.