2013 Rotch Studio winner

Recipient

David Maestres

Institution

University of Pennsylvania

Destination

Caracas, Venezuela

Jury

Jury Chair Meejin Yoon, Howeler + Yoon Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Howeler
Howeler + Yoon Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design

William O'Brien
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Studio

David Maestres will receive $20,000 to fund 12 students and 2 faculty to Caracas, Venezuela. This Studio will present alternatives to foster sustainable habitats “Ciudad Mamera”, a new socialist city for 50,000 people on a 346 hectares site in the southwestern peripheries of Caracas, Venezuela. The studio will also introduce cutting edge landscape urbanism proposals that have not been explored in this context.

Full studio submission