B.Arch with honors, Universidad Iberoamericana; M.Arch, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Edgar Rodriguez is a Mexican architect and educator. He is the director of operadora. and an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture.
His practice focuses on low-cost and adaptive reuse projects. Through his research he explores the cultural and semiotic dimensions of architecture with a sustained interest in the vernacular, banal, and ordinary conditions of contemporary life. His work spans a wide range of formats and media including built works, writing, photography, curatorial projects, and art. Selected projects and writing have been published in Flash Art Volumes, The Brooklyn Rail, The Architect’s Newspaper, and Arquine, among other international outlets. He is the author of Forma Vernácula (Prima Press, 2025) and Beigeification™ (Mark Pezinger Books, 2026).
Rodriguez holds a Master of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture with honors from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Buildings and Projects
- Brick Towers / Image-Aided Construction (2024)
- 076 The Game (2022), in collaboration with Sander Verbeek.
- House in Singuilucan (2022)
- House in Ixtapan (2019)
- Hyper-personalization (2018-2022)
- House Within a Cube I and II (2017)
- Revolución 1107 (2017)
Exhibitions
- Reuse: Architectures of Almost Nothing, Laguna, Mexico City, Mexico. February, 2026. Co-Curator with María Muñoz. Appointed by invitation.
- “Espíritu del Momento” by Edgar Rodriguez / operadora. at Atlas de Arquitectura Contemporánea en México, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico. September 10, 2025. Invited Group Exhibition.
- In Process: Alternative Methods in Reading Evolving Buildings, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. September 2025. Volunteered. As group collective (R.Crosetto, A.Ghosh, E. Rodriguez, L.Salazar, L.Scott, P.Sequero, M.Valdevenito.) With support from The Architectural League of New York and The New York State Council on the Arts.
- To Whom It May Concern:, Kirkland Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 2019. Co-curator with Inés Benítez.
- La Bienal de Venecia 23, Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City, Mexico. 2018. Co-curator with María Marín de Buen, Luis Young, Ana Nuño de Buen, mononom.
Lectures and Papers
Books
- Vernacular Form (prima press, 2025)
