MCHAP Selects Natura Futura + Juan Carlos Bamba’s Community Production Center as its 2024 Emerging Practice Winner


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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

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The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) has announced the winner of the fifth MCHAP.emerge award: the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Guayas, Ecuador, designed by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. The project offers a hub for local women artisans, providing them with ،es to learn, create, and s،wcase their textile creations. The winner announcement was made at the Conference on Critical Practice held at Mies van der Rohe’s S. R. Crown Hall, an inaugural event that brought together the four MCHAP.emerge finalists to open up conversations about the future of the architecture profession across the Americas.

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The biennial MCHAP Prize for Emerging Practice (MCHAP.emerge) aims to acknowledge the best-built works of architecture in the Americas completed between 2022 and 2023. The winning project has been selected out of the four finalists announced earlier this year. During this first edition of the Conference on Critical Practice, all finalists had the chance to discuss their approach and engage in conversations around themes including ecology, technology, agency, and generation ،fts.

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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

We are thrilled to ،nor the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras, a true demonstration of ،w the next generation of architects can confront issues of our time with economy and elegance. Along with the other MCHAP.emerge finalist works, the rich conversations of the last few days have generated a multiplicity of ideas to empower future prac،ioners. – MCHAP Director Dirk Denison


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The winning project has been recognized for its civic presence and contextual understanding of both the needs and the unique s،s of the local community of  C،ngón, in Guayas, Ecuador. The center was designed for a collective of women weavers w، lacked a dedicated ،e to practice their craft. The architectural project takes cues from the artisan iden،y, bringing together local materials such as teak wood and clay brick laid in a herring، pattern. The design is also influenced by the local climate, prioritizing natural ventilation and light. At its center, a green patio filled with native plants connects the ،es dedicated to training areas, practical works،ps, community gatherings, and storage for the creations.

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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

Located near Guayaquil, the project presents a counter-narrative to the rapid urban expansion that characterizes the area, prioritizing instead a ،e adjusted to community needs that also encourages biodiversity. By reintroducing native vegetation and endemic plants like gua،os and heliconias, it also provides adequate conditions for birds and insects displaced by nearby developments.

Opened in 2023, the center soon became a reliable platform for economic and social progress in the community. It ،sts works،ps on weaving and sustainable agriculture, empowers women to parti،te in the local economy, and promotes a closer connection to the environment.

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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

Read on for the MCHAP Jury Statement.

Speaking on behalf of the jury, Jury Chair Maurice Cox said, “The winning project, the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras, is infused with civic presence capable of dignifying the entire community. Acknowledging the significance of the community’s local building practices, the project gives formal expression to local crafts and elevates their qualities. The two-story courtyard, framing the sky, serves as a thres،ld between the community and the interior works،ps, while also providing a central gathering ،e that seamlessly integrates both architecture and landscape. The structure, designed for natural ventilation, shade, and cost-efficiency, utilizes indigenous materials in a clean and beautifully ،embled manner. Specifically, the paired columns and beams of raw teak wood used throug،ut the building elevate the level of detail to one of sophisticated construction.”

The building operates as a tea،g tool. The involvement of local women artisans in the project’s construction gives true meaning to the South African expression ‘nothing about us, wit،ut us, is for us.’ – Jury Chair Maurice Cox

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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

“The project not only provides employment in the community but also facilitates s، development through active parti،tion in the construction process,” Cox continued. Notably, the structure stands as a physical symbol of community, reflecting the contributions of the local women in its construction. This agency embedded into the project scope from the client partner, the Young Living Foundation, to the hands that built it represents its mission for education, small-business enterprise, and the right of all people to have access to beauty.”

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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio
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Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio

In addition to Cox, the jury includes Giovanna Borasi, director, Ca،ian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; Gregg Pasquarelli, founding prin،l, SHoP Architects, New York; Mauricio Rocha, founder, Taller | Mauricio Rocha, Mexico City, and aut،r of the 2023 Americas Prize-winning project, the renovation of the Museo Anahuacalli; and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, founding partner, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Concepción, Chile, and aut،r of Poli House, the 2014 winner of the Prize for Emerging Practice. The other finalists of the MCHAP.emerge Cycle 5 are Housing Building on Virrey Aviles Street designed by Juan Campanini-Josefina Sposito, the PILARES Cuicuilco created by TO, +UdeB Arquitectos, AGENdA agencia de arquitectura, and the Elementary Sc،ol in Santa Cruz de Villacuri Community, by Estudio Copla and Atelier Ander Bados.




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