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NUDA – Andrea Lardizábal
NUDA is the creative practice of Mexican architect and designer Andrea Lardizábal, whose work explores the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and the natural world. Born and based in Mexico City, Lardizábal approaches design as an instinctive act of creation, guided by imagination and an enduring fascination with nature, landscape, and materiality. Her practice embraces an intuitive process in which form emerges as a direct expression of observation, emotion, and lived experience.
Working across sculptural design, Lardizábal investigates the expressive potential of materials through objects that challenge conventional notions of monumentality and scale. Deeply influenced by Mexican and Arabic landscapes, as well as figures such as Isamu Noguchi and Hassan Fathy, her work seeks to evoke contemplation rather than prescribe meaning, inviting each viewer to form a personal connection with the pieces.
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Where were you born and where are you from?
What is your first memory connected to the art world?
I can definitely say that my earliest memories are of being in nature—observing it, playing, making patterns and drawings. Simultaneously, there was music, which I have heard coming to me for as long as I can remember. Naturally, I was attracted by nature and art, imagination, and materialization.
Have you always worked in the art/design field?
Yes.
What led you to design creation?
Imagination.
How would you describe your creative process and its influences?
It is always difficult to understand how natural creating is for the artist. For me, it is the same as performing a natural function. It is like engaging in any daily activity—something that happens to be what I was born to do. Therefore, in my eyes, it loses the character of a special virtue. I quote Copland here in detail. When it comes to the question of inspiration, I do not truly ask myself if I am inspired. It is more a moment of my own nature that compels me to act or not to act.
Could you describe a typical day of your work?
It would be difficult; each day is different, and each day I am different.
Why did you choose the specific materials you work with?
My initial sculptural works had to be crafted from concrete. As an architect, my relationship with this material had been shaped exclusively through monumental projects and architectural spaces. The desire to explore concrete from a lighter, more accessible perspective, conveying a message that transcends the concept of “monumental,” has been with me since my younger years. In this spirit, the series of sculptures exhibited at Philia, along with six additional pieces yet to be unveiled, represent both the beginning and the culmination of my sculptural exploration with this material. For the past 4 months, I’ve been traveling, and of course I’ve absorbed an unimaginable amount of information and inspiration, which is swiftly persuading me to abandon this material. As mentioned before, all this will soon be unveiled through Philia.
What are the technical particularities of your creations?
It depends entirely on the material, but I often find myself facing the challenge of transferring the scale I envisioned.
What advice could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works?
Imagine.
If your works had to belong to a design movement, how would you define it?
Open to interpretation by those who contemplate the pieces.
What designers and artists have influenced you?
Nature is the absolute first thing that influences my work. It is also deeply inspired by Mexican and Arabic landscapes. But I can mention a true admiration for Isamu Noguchi, Hassan Fathy, Sandi Hilal, Nacer Khemir, and Boris Acket. But many others are left to mention.
“Nature is the absolute first thing that influences my work.”
The Questionnaire
The Questions
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust.
Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde,
Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)
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