Magdalena Picazzo Sánchez is a Mexican architect and editor working at the intersection of architecture and communication. She created the online platform “Architecture Narrative & Fictions”, where she (critically) explores the media outputs of the discipline. As a consultant in architectural public image, she collaborates with architecture and design firms to strengthen project visibility and develop editorial strategies.
Academic Background
- Architectural Association School of Architecture — London
Master of Arts in History and Critical Thinking in Architecture, Distinction
- Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Facultad del Hábitat — San Luis Potosí
Bachelor of Architecture, Honours
- UNAM, Facultad de Arquitectura — Mexico City
Academic Exchange, Taller Max Cetto
- City University of Seattle — Washington, United States
Bachelor of Arts in Management
Recognition
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
Postgraduate Bursary, 2023
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Fundación del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexican Culture Secretariat: AFPE Scholarship — Support for Cultural and Arts Professionals for Postgraduate Studies Abroad, 2023
Professional Experience
Publications and Academic Contributions
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ArchDaily
Catalog Editor
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archdifusión
Media and PR Consultancy for Architecture
- Independent Editor
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AArchitecture Magazine (AA Students’ Journal)
Co-Editor
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Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosí
Exhibitions Assistant
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Francisco Pardo Arquitecto
Architectural Design Intern
Publications and Academic Contributions
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Architectural Association Summer School – Exceptions
Mexico City, 2025
Roundtable “Spontaneous”, with LATINAA
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ETH Zürich — Unmasking Space
Talk “A protest city”, April 2025, with LATINAA
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“Sexta Bienal de Arquitectura de la Ciudad de México”
Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México
Arquine. ISBN 978-607-8880-40-9
Editorial Assistant
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“Diez, diez, diez.” aRE arquitectura en estudio + INT1
Commemorative publication for the firm’s 10th anniversary
Independent edition. ISBN: 978-628-01-5149 - Guest Editor
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Architectural Association Visiting School, Latin America
Migration Culture -
Buenos Aires, 2024
- “Re(verbs): Personal Counter-Cartography”, April 2024
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AArchitecture 45: “INTER” — 2023
Co-Editor, with Raluca Scheuşan and Mina Gürsel Tabanlıoğlu
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AArchitecture 44: “Rumours” — 2023
Co-Editor, with Raluca Scheuşan and Mina Gürsel Tabanlıoğlu
🔜 The Public Image of Architecture
🔜 Protest City
🔜 Short Stories of Architecture
🔜Discourse (Dis)embodied
🔜The Third Body of Luis Barragán
🔜Searching for the Photographic Architecture of Luis Barragán
Edited by Magdalena Picazzo Sánchez
Based in Mexico