How to Make an Architectural Guide with Bianca Weeko Martin

Saturday March 2nd, 2024 | 2-5pm, Xpace Cultural Centre (303 Lansdowne Ave. Unit 2)
Register via Xpace Cultural Centre on Eventbrite at xpace.eventbrite.com

FREE! 

How hard is it to publish a book? What can making a book teach us about the space around us?

This workshop is for artists, designers, and writers who are interested in an up-close and personal look at the process of publishing a guidebook – and stories of community-building and placemaking that get made in parallel. I’ll be sharing anecdotes from fieldwork done for an architectural guidebook in the Philippines, as well as tips for support, outreach, and generally seeing a large multi-authored project through to completion. We will also be talking about the value of curation and photographic and graphic presentation of book content. Finally, the workshop will end with a hands-on discussion about architecture in Toronto where we’ll share and “publish” our personal landmarks, the local buildings that hold memories and stories for us.

Facilitator Bio:

Bianca Weeko Martin is a writer and independent researcher, trained in architecture and currently working with public artists in Toronto. She is the author of Architectural Guide Manila (publishing in Summer 2024) and writes about art, design, and the Filipino diaspora. Bianca combines her previous experiences at architecture firms, installation-scale studios, and in museum curation and publishing with her passion for placemaking, creating accessibility in the arts, and participating joyfully in the built world.

Poster design by: Osman Bari @ozmiumbarium