Climates: Actions for Good Living

[2024]

“CLIMAS: Actions for Good Living” was the winning curatorial proposal for the 13th edition of the Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIII BIAU) celebrated in Lima, Peru. With almost 879 entries across different categories (Built Works, Trajectory, Pedagogies, Publications, New Rules, and Other Coordinates), the XIII BIAU serves as a space for cultural exchange, to share projects, pedagogical experiences, publications, and initiatives addressing the cultural, political and socioeconomic challenges confronting the production of more just architectural and urban practices. CLIMAS situates the production of habitat within the notion of “good living”, an Andean concept that prioritizes the practices, ancestral knowledge, and ways of living of native peoples, promoting ecological integrity, the development of technologies in harmony with the territory, and respect for all forms of life on the planet. The XIII BIAU is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (MIVAU), in collaboration with the Higher Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain and ARQUIA Foundation.

[GOOD LIVING]

Project collaborators include the curatorial team from Lima/Madrid, composed of:

• Elizabeth Añaños Vega
• Emilio Ontiveros de la Fuente
• Gary Leggett Cahuas
• José Luis Villanueva Castañeda
• Luis Rodríguez Rivero.