About this Event
A passing place is designed for movement. It is not a destination, but a temporary widening of the path where different journeys meet, negotiate space and continue.
In this lecture, Rozana Montiel asks what happens when architecture is understood as something that emerges from movement not as the opposite of movement. What if places are defined not by permanence, but by their capacity to adapt, transform and accommodate different forms of inhabitation?
Drawing on spaces continually redefined through everyday life, Montiel explores how architecture can create conditions for encounter, appropriation and belonging rather than fixed objects.
With respondents Pablo Sendra (Bartlett) and Mpho Matsipa (Bartlett), chaired by Fernando Gutiérrez (Bartlett).
This event is part of the at the Bartlett School of Architecture.
Registration is essential
Please note this event has limited capacity and operates on a first-come, first-served basis based on registrations. Doors close at 18:40.
Speaker biography
Rozana Montiel is the founder and director of ROZANA MONTIEL | ESTUDIO DE ARQUITECTURA (REA), a Mexico-based architectural practice.
Since 2024, she has lived and taught in Paris, where she is a visiting professor at the École Spéciale d’Architecture. She is also Artistic Director of dieDAS Design Akademie in Saaleck, Germany (2025–2027).
Montiel studied architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and holds a master’s degree in Architecture, Criticism and Design from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona.
Her interdisciplinary work has been exhibited internationally and presented at biennales including Venice, Versailles, São Paulo, Rotterdam and Lima. She has lectured and taught at institutions including Cornell AAP, Columbia GSAPP, UC Berkeley, the University of Kent and IIT School of Architecture.
Montiel is a member of the editorial boards of Arquine and About Magazine. Her publications include UH: Espacios Comunes en Unidades Habitacionales (Arquine, 2018) and Collezioni (Casa Editrice Libria, 2026). She is currently developing Art if Act with the Illinois Institute of Technology, to be published by Arquine.
Event venue & nearby stays
Christopher Ingold Auditorium (XLG2), 22 Gordon Street, London, United Kingdom
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