Architecture Without Architects: Mexican Artist Reflects on Self-Construction in Bogotá, Colombia

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"Museo Experimental El Chopo" installation. Image © Sandra Calvo

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"Architecture Without Architects" is a project led by Mexican artist Sandra Calvo between 2011 and 2014 in the neighborhood of Villa Gloria—a self-built housing complex in Ciudad Bolívar, a district in southern Bogotá. Working in collaboration with a resident family, the project involved creating a thread structure that reflected their latent aspirations for their own home through design and building practices.

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Cite: Arellano, Mónica. "Architecture Without Architects: Mexican Artist Reflects on Self-Construction in Bogotá, Colombia" [Arquitectura sin arquitectos: artista mexicana reflexiona sobre la autoconstrucción en Bogotá, Colombia] 05 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1128443/architecture-without-architects-mexican-artist-reflects-on-self-construction-in-bogota-colombia> ISSN 0719-8884
"Museo Experimental El Chopo" installation. Image © Sandra Calvo

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