Archinect - News2024-12-11T16:20:15-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150312906/marina-otero-is-announced-as-the-2022-wheelwright-prize-winner
Marina Otero is announced as the 2022 Wheelwright Prize winner Josh Niland2022-06-13T13:47:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/79/7944cb5c6d3dc8a0b1999f14560f2199.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The<a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank"> Harvard Graduate School of Design</a> (GSD) has announced <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/25720887/design-academy-eindhoven" target="_blank">Design Academy Eindhoven</a> program head <a href="https://archinect.com/marinaotero" target="_blank">Marina Otero</a> as the winner of this year’s $100,000 <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/225062/wheelwright-prize" target="_blank">Wheelwright Prize</a> in support of her research proposal titled ‘<em><em>Future Storage: Architectures to Host the Metaverse</em>.’</em></p>
<p>Through the grant, Otero will look to explore the new architectural paradigms of data stores while considering the potential of digital infrastructure to combat some of society’s most pressing and immediate challenges. She has already begun fieldwork in France, the Netherlands and UK, and will further expand her research to include <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1881/singapore" target="_blank">Singapore</a>, Australia, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/54761/nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>, the U.S., <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/31698/iceland" target="_blank">Iceland</a>, Sweden, and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/78439/chile" target="_blank">Chile</a> as a result of the prize's newly-gained backing.</p>
<p>"Data centers might not seem like an exciting place for an architectural project," the first-place winner explained. "However, the huge scale of the operations of the data industry and its pervasiveness and increasing importance in the contemporary world–coupled with its openness to...</p>