2024-11-21T13:18:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150017313/recent-wheelwright-recipient-samuel-bravo-discusses-unearthing-the-architectural-vernaculars-of-the-amazonian-region-and-beyond Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-07-14T11:45:00-04:00 >2017-07-15T14:05:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nq/nq3x1sovhraerbcw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="http://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard University</a>&nbsp;Graduate School of Design&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/150010632/samuel-bravo-wins-2017-wheelwright-prize" target="_blank">awarded its coveted 2017 Wheelwright Prize to Chilean architect Samuel Bravo</a> for his proposal <em>Projectless: Architecture of Informal Settlements</em>. His work focuses on the traditional architectures and informal settlements of communities in Chile, Peru, and the Amazonian region. Past projects include organizing community-led rebuilding efforts in earthquake-damaged Chile and designing/constructing a lodge, shamanic center and school for the Shipibo people in the Peruvian Amazon.</p>