PRODUCTORA's Pavilion on the Zocalo Wins MCHAP.emerge 2014/2015

Yesterday during the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) ceremony, Mexico's most prominent public square, the Pavilion at the Zocalo by Mexico City's PRODUCTORA won the MCHAP.emerge 2014/2015 award, deeming it the best new architecture in the Americas by an emerging practice.

The MCHAP.emerge prize is awarded biennially by the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). As winner, PRODUCTORA will be given the opportunity to lead a research studio in 2017 related to 'rethinking metropolis' along with $25,000 of funding. 

PRODUCTORA was a finalist among practices from Canada, the United States, Chile and Paraguay. The decision was made by Jury President Stan Allen, architect and former Dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture (New York); Florencia Rodriguez, editorial director of Piedra, Papel y Tijera publishers (Buenos Aires); Ila Berman, Professor of Architecture, University of Waterloo (Waterloo); Jean Pierre Crousse of Barclay & Crousse (Lima), and Dean Wiel Arets (Chicago).

Winner! MCHAP.emerge 2014/15 is awarded to Pavilion on the Zacalo by Productora!! #MCHAP #iit #americasprize

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Cite: Cruz, Daniela. "PRODUCTORA's Pavilion on the Zocalo Wins MCHAP.emerge 2014/2015" [Pabellón en el Zócalo de PRODUCTORA, ganador del MCHAP.emerge 2014/2015] 04 Apr 2016. ArchDaily. (Trans. Rosenfield, Karissa) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/784915/productoras-pavilion-on-the-zocalo-wins-mchamerge-2014-2015> ISSN 0719-8884

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