November 21 to 28

Mazatlan, Mexico

This workshop explores the intersection of architecture, fiction, and performance through the design and construction of floating artifacts—ephemeral structures that drift, gather, and transform space. By challenging the notions of permanence and stability, participants will investigate how architecture can exist beyond fixed ground, responding instead to movement, fluidity, and shifting environments.

Through intuitive drawing, collage, model-making, and speculative design, participants will develop buoyant architectural fragments—hybrid objects that oscillate between folly, vessel, and stage. These floating constructs will not only be physical interventions but also narrative devices, carrying embedded stories that unfold as they navigate their surroundings. The final phase of the workshop will culminate in a choreographed procession, where the artifacts become part of a collective performance—an orchestrated dérive that redefines spatial relationships through movement.

Rooted in ideas drawn from Dadaist play, Situationist exploration, and contemporary spatial storytelling, Artifacts on Parade blurs the boundaries between architecture and event. The workshop proposes an architecture that is not bound by foundations but instead drifts between states of presence and disappearance—an architecture of moments, existing as a fleeting yet powerful imprint on the landscape and in memory.