Tijuana, Morphosis, and the Beginning of a Practice
Edited with introduction by Felipe Orensanz, Marcel Sánchez. Text by Todd Gannon, Thom Mayne, Michael Rotond.
Reassessing Morphosis’ first built project—a modernist vision of housing that both collaborated and clashed with the complexities of Mexico’s northern border
The first in a new Arquine series titled Transborder Living, Villa Floresta revisits the history of a group of five houses designed in Tijuana in 1975 by Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi and Livio Santini—the first official built project by Morphosis Architects.
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Villa Floresta: Transborder Living Tijuana, Morphosis, and the Beginning of a Practice
Published by Arquine. Edited with introduction by Felipe Orensanz, Marcel Sánchez. Text by Todd Gannon, Thom Mayne, Michael Rotond.
Reassessing Morphosis’ first built project—a modernist vision of housing that both collaborated and clashed with the complexities of Mexico’s northern border
The first in a new Arquine series titled Transborder Living, Villa Floresta revisits the history of a group of five houses designed in Tijuana in 1975 by Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi and Livio Santini—the first official built project by Morphosis Architects.
