Talks

Barragán Lecture #6: Solitude is good company – Casa Majahua by Barragán
TALK (EN)
Guests: Ingrid Moye, Christoph Zeller, Nina Kirste, and Josef Grillmeier
Thursday, 29 October 2026
6:30 pm, Christoph Merian Stiftung, Basel

In cooperation with OPEN HOUSE BASEL

A lecture series presented in cooperation with the Barragan Foundation explores the work of Luis Barragan from various perspectives. This talk focuses on Casa Majahua, a holiday house built by Barragan in the 1950s. Situated on a remote stretch of Mexico’s Pacifi c coast, the dwelling was used only briefly before eventually falling into disrepair within its encroaching
natural environment.

The urgency of preserving this little-known part of the architect’s legacy led to the first comprehensive documentation of the house through the Architectural Association Summer School Programme, directed by the German-Mexican studio Zeller & Moye. Illustrated with archival and survey materials, their lecture traces the remains of Casa Majahua and refl ects on strategies of reuse, repair and sustainable reactivation in the face of physical decay.

Free admission; please book your ticket here.