El Merequetengue
Dónde está mi gente?
Innovation Lab
El Merequetengue
El Merequetengue is a collective. A managed, non-formal network, operating on the basis of enthusiasm, information and hope. We are our own agency.
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We believe in diversity, in heterogeneity, in the tangible and intangible value of nature. We believe that governance affects the landscape, we believe in collaborative methods of work. We believe in change. We believe that through the landscape we discover alternatives to things that are not right. We believe in the value of our identity, and that of the cultures that preceded us in the places where we are.
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We register actors and projects, we unite, we agglutinate dispersed capacities in Latin America. We exhibit the work of people who work separately, we facilitate alliances and collaborations. We keep alive a polyphonic conversation, we invite to create and propose new paradigms.
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We have open and voluntary working groups. We operate in a deliberative manner, by consensus and with voluntary commitments. We organize regular meetings and gatherings.
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Instagram: @merequetenguered
Email: merequetenguepaisajismo@gmail.com ​​​
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Organizing Committee
Patricia Algara | BASE Landscape Architecture
MaFe Gonzalez | BASE Landscape Architecture
Maria Landoni | Sur Landscape Architecture
Victoria Mohr | UC Berkeley
Marisela Lujan | Site Design
Edgar Mora Altamirano | Costa Rica
Patricia Fonseca | CMG Landscape Architecture
Isabel Cedeño | University of Maryland
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Dossier
Tertulias
Nuestra primera tertulia fue el 5 de diciembre de 2024. En esta ocasión nos reunimos a a hablar sobre la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Biodiversidad (COP16), que este año ocurrió del 21 de octubre al 1 de noviembre en Cali, Colombia.
Edgar Mora Altamirano, diseñador de sentido, administrador público y ex-alcalde de Curridabat, Costa Rica, y MaFe Gonzalez, botánica y paisajista en BASE Landscape Architecture, nos compartieron sus reflexiones sobre la COP16 y algunas conspiraciones para hacer la paz con la naturaleza.
Si no pudiste asistir, aqui te dejamos el link a la grabación. ​​​
Scholarship
2025 Merequetengue Bay Area | San Francisco
If you are in the Bay Area (CA), please join us in this Hispanic Heritage Month celebration! Se cantará en español!
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RSVP here
ASLA 2025 | New Orleans
Quién dijo New Orleans?
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Join us for the fourth annual gathering of Latin American Landscape Architects during the ASLA conference in New Orleans. We would like to take this opportunity to celebrate our first ever scholars and the Latin folks who are getting special awards this year at the conference.
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During the happy hour we will have an opportunity to mingle, get to know each other and dance!
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Space is limited so please RSVP soon!
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We look forward to seeing you/meeting you in New Orleans
#ASLAyatusabe
Huge thanks to our organizers and sponsors:
ASLA 2024 | Washington, DC
Quién dijo Washington DC?
The third national Merequetengue was in DC during the ASLA conference. It was a wonderful gathering!
Huge thanks to our organizers and sponsors:
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2024 Merequetengue Bay Area | San Francisco
Cómo te voy a olvidar?
For the first time ever we hosted El Merequetengue Bay Area to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The event was a Spanish karaoke happy hour on September 19th at the CMG offices. We had so much fun!!!!
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Huge thanks to CMG and BASE for funding and organizing this event!
ASLA 2023 | Minneapolis
Hola Minneapolis!!
BASE, Sur and TLÂL-LI Collaborative organized the second Latin American gathering at the ASLA conference! We took this opportunity to come together in a very fun happy hour. We had a wonderful space to get to know each other, dance, tell stories and enjoy some delicious Latin bites and good mezcales. ​
Big thanks to our sponsors: mmcite and Old Town Fiberglass.
Huge thanks to our organizers and sponsors:
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ASLA 2022 | San Francisco
¿Dónde está mi gente?
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BASE organized the first ever Latin American luncheon at the ASLA conference! We took this opportunity to come together and meet each other. During the luncheon we also had a presentation from Tierra Media Project and their LAF fellowship project about Making Space for Latine/x/a/o Voices in Search of New Definitions of Engagement with the Land. This first gathering was the birth of a collaboration that embraces all of Latin America and the inspiration to recognize and celebrate our voices in Landscape Architecture.
Big thanks to our lunch sponsors: mmcite, Old Town Fiberglass, ASLA NCC JEDI
Huge thanks to our organizers and sponsors:
