Ignacio G. Galán Discusses New Book Architecture’s Kinships and Architecture’s Role in Collective Care
Edited by Ignacio G. Galán, "Architecture’s Kinships," published by Actar in 2026, presents a collection of essays and projects that delve into the influence of architecture on social and ecological dynamics. Galán posits that architecture facilitates interactions among individuals, institutions, and their surroundings. This compilation features critical essays, innovative projects, and curatorial initiatives that tackle themes such as interdependence and hospitality. Notable contributions include Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco’s examination of a residence for sex workers in Mexico City, Galán's Beyond-the-Family-Kin project in Madrid, and Marina Otero Verzier’s discourse on water. Galán, an assistant professor at Barnard College and recipient of the AIA New Practices New York 2025 award, underscores architecture's potential to reshape relationships and promotes collaborative authorship.
Key facts
- Architecture’s Kinships, edited by Ignacio G. Galán, is published by Actar in 2026.
- The book includes contributions by architects, designers, theorists, and scholars.
- Galán is an architect, historian, curator, and assistant professor at Barnard College, Columbia University.
- Galán won the AIA New Practices New York 2025 award.
- The book reclaims the term kinship to describe relationships built rather than inherited.
- Projects discussed include Beyond-the-Family-Kin in Madrid and The Restroom Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale.
- Fragments of Disability Fictions was developed for the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
- Valerio Franzone is director of OCHAP | Office for Cohabitation Processes and teaches at Columbia University GSAPP and Kean University.
Entities
Artists
- Ignacio G. Galán
- Valerio Franzone
- Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco
- Ivan L. Munuera
- Nick Estes
- Donna Haraway
- Kevin Gotkin
- Marina Otero Verzier
- Matilde Cassani
- Andrés Jaque
- David Gissen
- Nick Roseboro
- Alessandro Orsini
- Emanuel Admassu
- Hashim Sarkis
- Neeraj Bhatia
- Karen Kubey
- Sophie Lewis
- Jonas Staal
Institutions
- Actar
- University of Minnesota Press
- Barnard College
- Columbia University
- Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- Kean University
- OCHAP | Office for Cohabitation Processes
- AIA New Practices New York
- Venice Biennale
- Chicago Architecture Biennial
- Studio Jonas Staal
- Democratic Self-Administration of Rojava
- Oslo City Hall
- KUNSTDOK
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Venice
- Italy
- Chicago
- United States
- Oslo
- Norway
- Rojava
- Syria
- New York