The esteemed 10 recognises influential voices in the architecture and design community in 2025. Criterion is based on approach, notable achievements and completed and anticipated projects.
This piece originally appeared in est magazine issue 55: ‘Faces of Design’.
Gabriela Carrillo
Founder Gabriela Carrillo
Mexico City, Mexico
My design work is best summed up in the phrase:
Building spatial dignity.
What aspect of your work are people most curious about?
Materials and structural design.
What has recently challenged the way you think about design?
In the last three years I’ve worked on 36 public projects around Mexico. The differences in the contexts, needs and programs allowed me to understand architectural design from another perspective.
What person, building, product or art piece has had a lasting impact on your work?
The Espacio Escultórico at UNAM campus in Mexico City.
The three words I would most like people to attribute to my work are:
Logic, efficiency, economic.
What is the one piece of advice you would share with an emerging designer?
Do not overthink; go beyond with passion instead.
Where do you go to appreciate exceptional design?
Museums and books.
Something you want to see more of in 2025? And less of?
I want to see more of how architecture can be an integrated tool for collective development in strong relationship with its surroundings, landscape and culture. Less of architecture as a unique answer.
