#69 Striving for the Extraordinary with Angelica Trevino Baccon, SHoP Architects

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angelica Trevino Baccon is a principal at</span> <a href="https://www.shoparc.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">SHoP Architects</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in New York City. She leverages deep expertise in and a passion for evolving technology to create inspiring, sustainable spaces for people, often in next-generation workplaces. She led the SHoP teams for the new</span> <a href= "https://www.shoparc.com/projects/uber-hq/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Uber Headquarters</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in San Francisco and the</span> <a href= "https://www.shoparc.com/projects/atlassian-hq/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Atlassian Headquarters</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in Sydney, as well as several other large-scale projects for major global tech companies. Angelica has great success in meeting fast-paced and far-reaching design and delivery challenges and  finding consensus with multi-layered stakeholder groups—in the interest of spatial vitality and community connection—for some of the firm’s most complex projects. She holds a Bachelor in Architecture degree from</span> <a href= "https://tec.mx/es"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ITESM</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in Monterrey, Mexico, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University, where she has also served as a professor.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What is was like having a baby during the pandemic, and the importance of flexibility</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How growing up in Monterrey, Mexico influenced the way Angelica views cities and spaces</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Seeing a city absorb a project after its completion</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><spa