2026 Cascieri Lecture Series: Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25

Healing spaces explores how architecture can nurture well-being, transforming buildings and cities into places of comfort and belonging. By embracing renaturalization, reuse, and human-centered design, architecture redefines the city as a landscape of care, where nature and the built environment intertwine to cultivate warmth and connection within the urban fabric.

Through thoughtful materiality and organic forms, architecture can evoke a sense of home in collective spaces, softening the boundaries between the intimate and the public realm. By reimagining urban environments with empathy, architects have the power to transform cities into nurturing settings that support both individual healing and collective well-being.

Join us for the 34th Cascieri Lecture featuring Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, on Wednesday, February 4 at 6PM EST  in Cascieri Hall or virtually!

Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, is an architect and co-founder of EMBT Architects, established in Barcelona with Enric Miralles (1955–2000), and founder and director of the Fundació Enric Miralles. She has led the design of iconic works such as the Scottish Parliament (2004), the Santa Caterina Market (2005), and the Spanish Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo (2010). Recent projects include the Church and Parish Complex of San Giacomo Apóstolo in Ferrara (2021), the Centro Direzionale Metro Station in Naples (2024), and the Clichy-Montfermeil Metro Station in Paris (2024). She served as Louis Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University and has previously taught at Harvard, Columbia, and other leading institutions. From 2011 to 2023, she was a jury member for the Pritzker Architecture Prize. In 2024, she received the Order of Isabella the Catholic, and in 2025, the Doctor of Design Honoris Causa from Boston Architectural College (BAC).