A Permeable Atlas: A Conversation With Pablo Castillo Luna

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the SOM Foundation are pleased to present “A Permeable Atlas: A Conversation With Pablo Castillo Luna,” a conversation with Researcher-in-Residence Pablo Castillo Luna, marking the culmination of his residency at the MAK Center’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House and presenting his ongoing research project, “A Permeable Atlas.”

Over the course of his residency, Castillo Luna has developed a collection of drawings that explore the circulation of water through territories, buildings, and bodies. This atlas reimagines leakiness not as a failure but as an invitation to challenge our understanding of water as a resource to be hidden and controlled. “A Permeable Atlas: A Conversation With Pablo Castillo Luna” presents Castillo Luna’s research, framing permeability and water’s agency in architecture as central concerns in our current climatic instability, and examines how material, political, and environmental infrastructures intersect. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with local practitioners exploring water, governance, and architecture.