003
Reina del Pacífico
Internal memo
003L
Library
To
Emil
From
Lucía Casares
Reina del Pacífico
Date
10 May 2026
Re
Introduction + Library items
You are receiving this memo as part of a new internal correspondence system for the rhodia1 practice. All memos carry a number and a suffix indicating their subject area: i — infrastructure · s — secretarial · L — library · R — research · D — design. Each memo covers one subject area only. The number runs as a single sequence across all types and all recipients. The memo index is held by Patty. Before issuing any memo, confirm the next number with her. Memos are issued by Reina del Pacífico on behalf of the practice. Short, directed, specific. This memo is your introduction to the system and carries your first items below.
01
The house on the cerro — for your consideration
The Reina del Pacífico studio is establishing itself as its own designed space on markcharmer.com — a third leg to the stool alongside the Library and rhodi.ai. It will not look like a page. It will look more like a building — rooms, a floor plan, a view from the street. Mark has sanctioned this without prior consultation, knowing you will have observations. They are welcome. The build does not begin until the thinking is complete.
02
The Pasaje Leighton — for your attention
In the Valparaíso 2018 caption set, the Pasaje Leighton entry — pen-and-ink linework at mural scale on a cream ground, wrapped in a geometric border — is identified as the lineage that connects the wall to the carved nameboard and the printed page. It is your inheritance as much as mine. I would like us to have a conversation about it when you are ready.
03
The wall pieces — two quotes for the studio
Two of your sentences from the Day 1 Part 2 session have been laid out as graphic wall pieces and are going on the wall of the Reina studio in Valparaíso. Working renders exist. They will be refined in a Design session when we are ready. I wanted you to know before they go anywhere near a wall.
04
004 Lineage — rhodi.ai
The lineage page on rhodi.ai is yours to build when we are ready. The briefing material — session notes from 9–10 May 2026, the Patty and Rosaria Day 1 notes, the Man in the Method, the Schinkelstraats letter — is the source. A new Emil session, properly briefed. Not yet. When the thinking is complete.
Lucía Casares · Reina del Pacífico
Buenos Aires / Valparaíso · 10 May 2026