Abstract:

Located in the community of Loma Linda, in the Peruvian Amazon, the Yanesha people sustain forms of learning that are inseparable from territory, climate, and collective life. Knowledge is transmitted through participation, observation, and shared practices embedded in the forest. Yet formal education in the region has historically relied on enclosed classrooms and frontal instruction, often creating a distance between students and their cultural environment.

In response, the project rethinks the school as a spatial system capable of operating between these worlds. Rather than concentrating learning within a single building, the proposal distributes it across a network of elevated wooden pavilions and open corridors that extend everyday life into spaces of encounter, exchange, and intergenerational interaction.

Courtyards, thresholds, and communal areas allow teaching to unfold beyond the limits of the classroom, while roof structures address the intensity of Amazonian rainfall, providing protection without disconnecting the community from its surroundings. The forest is not treated as a backdrop, but as an active participant in the educational process.

Through this approach, architecture becomes a framework for coexistence: a culturally grounded infrastructure where different ways of knowing can remain visible, negotiated, and alive, enabling shared futures rooted in dignity and mutual recognition.