Transborder Living: Conversations on Practice and Territory
April 24, 2026
Inaugurating the second cohort of the INSITE_LAB 2–TAAE Fellowship , this gathering situates architectural education within the lived conditions of the border. Through the exhibition Erratic Fields and a lecture by Drew Lords (Office of Office), the event explores practice as a collective and situated process shaped by territory, exchange, and shared inquiry.
— Welcome and lunch time with Fellows cohort 2025 + cohort 2026
Leads: Marcel Sánchez _ Carmen Cuenca
— Tour of the Erratic Fields exhibition
Leads: Carmen Cuenca _ Marcel Sánchez _ Johnnie Chatman
— InSite lecture: The Rules of The Game US- Mexico
Conversation with Carmen Cuenca
— Conversation and lecture by Drew Lords (Office of Office)
The Scale of Community
Drew Lords, Senior Architect at Office of: Office and Adjunct Professor at CalPoly Pomona, presented in collaboration with INSITE, AIA San Diego’s Regional Design Advocacy Council (RDAC) and the Transborder Association of Architectural Education (TAAE). Office of: Office is a minority and women-led architecture, urban planning, and policy non-profit organization in Los Angeles that focuses on resident-directed development and neighborhood revitalization.