
An advocate for architectural design that stimulates social change, Tatiana Bilbao explores topics rarely examined by the architecture profession.
In her installation for the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission, La ropa sucia se lava en casa (Dirty clothes are washed at home), a large concrete communal washbasin and a collaborative textile made during public workshops held in Mexico City, Berlin and Melbourne draw attention to the enduring inequalities surrounding domestic work in contemporary society. Promoting conversations about unpaid labour, gender politics, sustainability and care, Bilbao’s installation alerts us to the ways that space is shaped by dominant ideologies.
The inaugural Mecca x NGV Women in Design Commission platforms design and architecture as a powerful cultural medium.
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Location 
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne 3006
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