Goldsmith Talks: Coloring Our Image of the City

Presented by Hannah Ahlblad.

On any day along South Congress, one might pass a line of people in front of a brick wall with no door. They are waiting to pose in front of the cursive words “I love you so much” painted in red on a mint green background that covers one exterior wall of Joe’s Coffee. 

If the simple I love you so much mural can become such a significant landmark for Austin, then what effect do the socially-charged murals of Mexico City’s civic architecture have on local navigation and sense of identity today? 

Distrito Federal, Mexico City, MX

10 days in summary.

Hannah Ahlblad is a Masters of Architecture student at the University of Texas-Austin.

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Goldsmith Talks is an open-format series of presentations organized by UTSOA faculty, staff, and students. the series aims to encourage and promote presentations that are outside of the scope of the main lecture series. Examples are: invited seminar presentations, book talks, lectures by designers and scholars who may be in Austin for another engagement, round-table discussions, film screenings, product demonstrations, or any other activity related to research, scholarship, and teaching activities and at the school. The format provides a platform for encouraging the dissemination of work by visitors and members of our community. The goal is to raise awareness, increase access, and better integrate such events within the public life of the school.