Victoriano Javier Carmona

he/him

Mexico City, Mexico

Architect and Cultural Manager

Representative and founder of the non-profit civil association Taller Arquitectura de Origen TAO A.C.

Graduated as an architect from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he participated in an academic exchange at the Technical University of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. In 2016, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Summer Workshop of the Fontainebleau Schools of Music and Fine Arts.

In 2019, he founded Taller Arquitectura de Origen TAO A.C., a non-profit organization focused on the production and design of traditional habitats through cultural space management, leading various projects in Indigenous communities. He has also coordinated cultural initiatives for the Community Collectives Program in Mexico City.

His fieldwork includes participation in the reconstruction of the Redondo, a traditional Afro-Mexican dwelling in the community of Tecoyame, Oaxaca (2022); the construction of a traditional Maya house in Tixkokob, Yucatán (2025); and the building of a community temazcal in Santiago Xalitzintla, Puebla. He has also contributed to habitat and conservation projects in the Sierra de Guadalupe ecological reserve in Mexico City.

Currently, his work is centered on permaculture, traditional building systems, landscape design, and the study of human habitat. He also focuses on drawing as a tool for design, illustration, and teaching, as well as body awareness through active practices such as Butoh dance, Balinese dance, Aikido, and community theater.