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About

Francisco Diaz Scotto is a painter and architect (UBA) whose practice approaches public space through the concept of “urban acupuncture,” activating overlooked or neglected sites within the city. Working primarily in facades and other “non-places,” he transforms these surfaces into canvases that engage in dialogue with their surrounding environment. His work draws inspiration from resilient urban flora—plants that grow in sidewalk and wall cracks—using them as symbols to question rigid, exclusionary systems of urban design. By enlarging and recontextualizing these overlooked natural forms, he challenges modern notions of control in architecture while emphasizing a respectful, site-responsive relationship between artwork and environment.