AULA Latin American Architecture Symposium is at UNM Sept. 13–15

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico School of Archi­tec­ture & Plan­ning hosts the 3rd AULA Latin Amer­i­can Archi­tec­ture Sym­po­sium, “The NEW Mex­ico,” Thurs­day, Sept. 13 and through Sat­ur­day, Sept.15. Lec­tures and events take place Thurs­day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Fri­day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat­ur­day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. All events will take place in the George Pearl Hall audi­to­rium and are free and open to the public.

The NEW Mex­ico sym­po­sium is an oppor­tu­nity to reflect on chang­ing envi­ron­ments in Mex­ico and the United States. Thirty years ago, Joel Gar­reau iden­ti­fied “Mex Amer­ica” as one of the nine cul­tural regions of North Amer­ica. Since then, the Latino pop­u­la­tion in the United States has exploded and schol­ar­ship is emerg­ing in these areas. The word “Amex­ico” describes the changes that have taken place in large parts of Mex­ico since the rat­i­fi­ca­tion of the North Amer­i­can Free Trade Agreement.

On Thurs­day, Geral­dine Forbes Isais, dean, UNM School of Archi­tec­ture and Plan­ning, will intro­duce the topic of The NEW Mex­ico: Reflec­tions on the built envi­ron­ments of Amex­ico and Mex­am­er­ica. The evening’s 5:30 p.m. lec­ture will address the topic.

On Fri­day, the con­cept Amex­ico: Focus on con­tem­po­rary Mex­i­can archi­tec­ture and urban­ism in the Post-NAFTA era, is being addressed with speak­ers from both sides of the border.

And on Sat­ur­day, Mexi­camer­ica: Focus on Latino built envi­ron­ments in the United States dur­ing an era of chang­ing demo­graphic real­i­ties, is the focus of the panel discussions.

Con­fer­ence co-hosts are the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico and AULA: Archi­tec­ture and Urban­ism in Las Americas.

For a full sched­ule of events and lec­tures, loca­tion infor­ma­tion or ques­tions con­tact the School of Archi­tec­ture & Plan­ning at (505) 27–5885 or visit saap.unm.edu.

Media Con­tact: Car­olyn Gon­za­les (505) 277‑5920; email: cgonzal@unm.edu