Running an independent studio while traveling the world for her projects, Mexico City-based architect Frida Escobedo makes an impact well beyond her own country. Whether it?s a design hotel on the Pacific Coast, a pop-up store for hip cosmetics brand Aesop or a public space ? Frida?s work invariably veers between conceptual integrity and well-crafted design.
During a stint at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, she received her first public commission ? to remodel the La Tallera Siqueiros cultural centre in Cuernavaca, Mexico ? and also introduced a proposal for the MoMa PS1 courtyard, taking a radical approach to sustainability.
Find out more about Escobedo?s job and place of work in this edition of Where I Work and head over to ?She?s Mercedes? to explore her beautiful home and take a drive through some stunning Mexican countryside to take a closer look at her redesigned “La Tallera” cultural centre here. How do you work"
In our office, there are no assigned desks. I just grab my laptop, check my e-mails and jump from computer to computer. There is also a big table where we all come together. This is where we brainstorm, do the first sketches, etc.

Is the environment relatively quiet or do you listen to music"
We used to listen to music, but we all have different tastes and neighbours, so we switched to using headphones. But when it gets late, of course we crank the music up, have a beer or mezcal and everyone just has a good time. It?s a reall...