Polish Architect Aleksandra Jaeschke Bags 2019 Wheelwright Prize
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Harvard University Graduate School of Design has announced the winner of the 2019 Wheelwright Prize, Polish-born and US-based architect Aleksandra Jaeschke. Jaeschke will receive $100,000 grant to support investigative approaches to contemporary architecturePolish Architect Aleksandra Jaeschke Bags 2019 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design has announced the winner of the 2019 Wheelwright Prize, Polish-born and US-based architect Aleksandra Jaeschke. Jaeschke will receive $100,000 grant to support investigative approaches to contemporary architecture, with an emphasis on travel-based research.Jaeschke’s winning proposal, “UNDER WRAPS: Architecture and Culture of Greenhouses,” aims to explore the culture and architecture of greenhouses around the world, focusing on the spatiality of horticultural operations, as well as the interactions between plants and humans across a spectrum of contexts and cultures.Jaeschke’s Wheelwright proposal, “UNDER WRAPS,” stems from her fascination with the multifaceted nature of greenhouses and the very act of sharing a roof with plant life.“Her goal is to investigate the impact of spatial arrangements and speculate about strategies for a more equitable ‘greenhouse ruralism’ and an engaged ‘urban (horti)culture’ — the former to empower farmers, and the latter to engage urban dwellers in the act of caring for plants, which she calls ‘our living substrate and the ultimate Other,’” states the official press announcement.“With her pioneering work on greenhouses, Aleksandra Jaeschke reasserts that the field of architecture can and should continue to engage deeply with nature, with horticulture, and with ruralism and the countryside,” says Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean and Alexander and Wiley Professor of Design, Harvard GSD. “As we applaud Aleksandra and look forward to her project, I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the other two finalists, Maria Sheherazade Giudici and Garrett Ricciardi, for their outstanding proposals, which made the decision about this year’s award exceedingly challenging for the jury.”The jury has chosen “UNDER WRAPS” from more than 145 proposals, submitted by architects from 46 countries.The 2019 Wheelwright Prize jury included Tatiana Bilbao, Loreta Castro Reguera, K. Michael Hays, Eric Howeler, Mohsen Mostafavi, Megan Panzano, and 2015 Prize winner Erik L’Heureux.A graduate of Harvard GSD (Doctor of Design, 2018) and the Architectural Association in London (AA Diploma, 2005), Jaeschke is an architect licensed in Italy and an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design at the University of Texas at Austin. She was one of the 2014 Kosciuszko Foundation Fellows and will be the Meadows Foundation Centennial Fellow, at the Center for American Architecture and Design at the University of Texas at Austin, from September 2019 to August 2021. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more