2024-12-23T15:26:58-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150135573/aleksandra-jaeschke-announced-as-recipient-of-2019-wheelwright-prize Mackenzie Goldberg 2019-05-10T09:30:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/25df8ef0291d0dbc1d1b2caeef8941e6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This morning, the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard University Graduate School of Design</a> announced Polish architect Aleksandra Jaeschke as the winner of the 2019 <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/225062/wheelwright-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wheelwright Prize</a>. Established in 1935, the coveted $100,000 architectural grant supports travel-based research and investigative approaches to contemporary design.</p> <p>A Harvard GSD graduate, Jaeschke was selected by a seven person jury for her proposal <em>UNDER WRAPS: Architecture and Culture of Greenhouses </em>a project born from her long-term fascination with horticultural operations and the resulting relationships between plants and humans.&nbsp;Prior work of hers has explored sustainability as a building-scale issue; and looked at how building regulations and new technologies shape environmentally-driven design.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/08/08d88549065a98112bd6735b8f5d639c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/08/08d88549065a98112bd6735b8f5d639c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Aleksandra Jaeschke</figcaption></figure><p>Currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design at&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/utsoa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The University of Texas at Austin</a>, Jaeschke will spend the next two years traveling to countries like Taiwan, Morocco, and Israel, looking at&nbsp;regions with a ...</p>