Eje understands publishing as a critical practice that amplifies voices and forms of expression often absent from architectural discourse. As a platform dedicated to architecture, territory, and culture, it diversifies conversations about space in Mexico and Latin America while connecting them to broader global debates. Edited, printed, and distributed from Mexico City in both physical and digital formats, the journal circulates regionally specific ideas beyond their place of origin, positioning them within international contexts. With an emphasis on emerging perspectives, each issue reflects on the complexities of spatial culture through themes that conventional platforms often leave unaddressed. By weaving together contributions across disciplines and geographies, Eje not only expands the field of architecture but also challenges its dominant narratives. In doing so, it opens space for new forms of collective reflection that situate architecture as deeply entangled with social, political, and ecological realities today

Santiago Bonilla Hastings graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Saint-Étienne (2013) and holds a master’s degree in social housing with honors from École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville (2016). Bonilla Hastings has worked at Mexico City-based architecture firm Ambrosi Etchegaray (2015-19) and Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos. Since 2024 he has taught at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Querétaro and Santa Fe campuses and in 2025 he was appointed as a core faculty member at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe Campus. He cofounded Ediciones Eje in 2020, were he serves as an editor; and founded Taller de Arquitectura SBH in 2021, where he serves as director. Currently Bonilla Hastings has returned to Ambrosi Etchegaray as an associate architect.

Daniella Caramena holds a degree in architecture from the Universidad de Guadalajara (2015), completed exchange studies at L’École Supérieure d’Architecture de Normandie (2013), and earned a post-master’s degree in architecture and urban design from The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design (2021). Caramena has worked at Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, Estudio ALA, and La Liga de la Madera. In 2023, she participated in the Bauhaus Lab Not a Penguin Pool: Echoes of More-than-Human Entanglements. She is a recipient of the 2025 Young Creators Architecture Fellowship from Mexico’s National Fund for Culture and the Arts, supporting the development of her project Desde el giro: narrativas costeras y marinas de huracán a tifón. She is currently lead architect at AMA, editor at Ediciones Eje, and teaches architecture at Universidad La Salle.

Lucas Hoops is an assistant professor in the department of architecture at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Querétaro campus, where he also coordinates the master’s program in architecture and urban design. He additionally coordinates the National Meeting of Architecture Students (ENEA) for the National Association of Architecture Schools (ASINEA). Hoops holds a bachelor’s of arts in philosophy from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s in architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. His professional work spans Latin America, including collaborations with the Cultural Heritage Directorate in Salta, Argentina, Ambrosi Etchegaray in Mexico City (2015–19), and G3 Arquitectos in Querétaro (2019–21). Independently, he developed Tierra Adentro for the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in 2019, an exhibition on regional cave art, and contributed to Fiat Lux at the Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art (2020). In 2023, he founded Corte por Fachada (CxF), a cultural initiative that screens documentaries to foster public engagement with architectural discourse. The initiative was recently awarded the 2026 FOCINE Exhibition Grant. He is also an editor at Ediciones Eje.

James O’Brien is an architect registered with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and cofounder and director of O’Brien Van der Steen, an architectural practice with studios in the UK (Devon) and Mexico (Mexico City). He graduated from the CASS School of Architecture in London in 2014 and gained professional experience in London at Pierre d’Avoine Architects and in Mexico City at Ambrosi Etchegaray before cofounding O’Brien Van der Steen with Joseph Van der Steen in 2015. O’Brien previously taught in Moscow, Russia, as program director of architecture and interior design at the British Higher School of Art & Design (2015–18), and as colead tutor of the fifth-year master’s studio at the Moscow School of Architecture (2017–18). He has also taught at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Querétaro campus (2024). In 2020, he cofounded Ediciones Eje, where he serves as editor.