Gabriela Bila Advincula

SXSW 2025 PanelPicker Proposals

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Living Knitwork Pavilion receives special mention at Architizer A+ Awards

It was recognized in the Plus: Architecture +Innovation category

City Science Lab Opens in Guadalajara Museum of Environmental Sciences

The City Science Lab @ Guadalajara was established in 2019 via a cooperation agreement between the University of Guadalajara and the City S…

City Sci-fi Fall '23: Student Projects

Final projects created in MAS.S66 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Ecology Futures, taught in Fall 20…

From MIT to Burning Man: The Living Knitwork Pavilion

Learn about the Living Knitwork Pavilion: an interactive architectural installation that combined textile arts + engineering at Burning Man.

President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…

City Sci-fi Spring'23: Students Projects

Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …

Two Mobility Futures 0∞ @Guggenheim Bilbao

City Science Summit videos online - Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

The 2022 City Science Summit is a collaboration between MIT City Science, the City Science Network and the Norman Foster Foundation.

ReImagining Mobility event discusses the importance of collaboration and innovation for a zero-commuting city

How can we design a zero-commuting city? What are the important attributes of a walkable community? How can we invent the future of mobilit…

Gabriela Bílá Advincula’s vision for cities in motion

Two installations at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Guggenheim Bilbao invite visitors to explore the future of urban mobility

Building a visual world

Article by cinematographer and visual artist Sean Webley

Two Mobility Futures - testing space

Prototyping and testing space of Two Mobility Futures 0∞.

Luggage 0∞

How new mobility patterns influence what carry and possess?

Love 0∞

How do new mobility patterns interfere relationships?

Window 0∞

How will new mobility patterns shape the built environment?

Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2021!

This has been an extraordinarily challenging period for all of you, and we couldn't be prouder of your accomplishments.

With(in)_book

With(in) book.

With(in)_homes

Gihan, Eva, and MamaG's homes.

Field research, film, and sharing meals

It’s said that once you eat someone’s food, you become part of them too. I am for sure a different person after the With(in) project.

With(in) - Immersive Installation

With(in)captured a fragment of Eva, Gihan, MamaG and their communities’ stories. The nature of this work poses challenges for retelling the…

Special Meal

Only a few weeks before the trip to meet MamaG in Port Harcourt, we learned of her husband’s unexpected death. Our plans quickly shifted to…

Rest day meals

Weekends are not exactly days to rest for MamaG, Eva and Gihan. Waking up early for church and making their way in crowded street mar…

Work day meals

Heavy machinery noise and fresh bread smell mix in the air. Wood boards, pita, shoes, water sachets, tortillas and concrete blocks are prod…

Eva

It’s easy to spot Eva as she makes her way through the dusty streets of Lomas. Her big blond hair, military boots and bold clothes, often s…

Gihan

Gihan moved to Ezbet Khairallah not long ago. Escaping from an abusive marriage, she bravely left home in upper Egypt with her three kids —…

MamaG

MamaG stands for Mother General, she is the mother of all at the Flyover Market. MamaG is Ibibio, born in the rural Etinan and moved to Por…

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