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Sonomoro Preschool / Semillas

Valentina Díaz — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The school is located in the native community of Sonomoro, territory of the Nomatsigenga ethnic group in the central jungle of Peru, and emerged as part of a community-driven process to provide preschool education for more than 70 boys and girls. The school is situated in a central location within the community, integrating into the daily dynamics of the territory while seeking to highlight local ways of living and learning through spatial experience.

Mirador School La Jalquilla / Semillas

Valentina Díaz — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Roots and Context. The "Mirador School La Jalquilla" project is located in San Ignacio, in the Ceja de Selva region, on the border with Ecuador, in Peru. This region, with an economy centered on coffee cultivation, faces significant challenges due to its isolation and resource scarcity. The project aims to revitalize local knowledge and traditions, integrating the rich biodiversity and Andean and Amazonian cultures into its proposal. It benefits more than 110 primary and secondary students, in addition to providing sports and public infrastructure for the community. The school stands as a comprehensive path that promotes educational development, fostering well-being, and strengthening ties with the natural and cultural environment.

Technology and Environment Laboratory Mencoriari / Semillas

Andreas Luco — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The project: "Mencoriari Technological and Environmental Laboratory" is located in the native community of Mencoriari, in Peru’s central jungle. The project has created a complementary educational space that is an alternative to traditional classrooms. The proposal was developed through a classroom workshop and a space that preserves knowledge about plants and the forest that is thousands of years old. The beneficiaries and protagonists of the project are 58 students and 67 families from the community where the project is located, as well as 3 families from the surrounding communities. The project fuses architectural areas with pedagogical areas with the objective of promoting spaces adapted to the location. These spaces promote teaching which focuses on the value of the jungle and its environmental and cultural worth. The project also helps the school’s graduates be better prepared to take to local job offers.

El Huabo Primary and Secondary School / Semillas

Valeria Silva — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

The project is located in the jungle of northern Peru, bordering Ecuador, and consists of the reconstruction of a primary and secondary school that receives more than 150 students from the rural area in the province of San Ignacio.

Santa Elena Residence / Semillas

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The “Santa Elena Residence” project is located in Centro Poblado Santa Elena, nestled in a rural area in the central jungle of Peru.

Alto Anapati Preschool / Semillas

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000

The Alto Anapati preschool project is located in a Nomatsigenga native community in the central jungle of Peru. The school, founded in 2008, was in precarious conditions and at risk of flooding. In 2021, thanks to funds from the local government and international cooperation, the project became a reality, generating access to education for more than 50 children and providing a community space for 86 families.

New Community Center for Otica Native Community / Semillas

Valeria Silva — Fri, 15 May 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Otica's native community is located on the banks of the Rio Tambo in the central jungle of Peru. The community already had a local communal space built entirely in concrete by the local government. However, this construction has gone into a state of disuse due to the lack of cultural presence and the absence of conditions of environmental comfort. That is why the community continued to need a meeting and gathering space.

Unión Alto Sanibeni Nursery and Primary School / Semillas

Andreas Luco — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:00:00 +0000

The school is located in the native Ashaninka community of Union Altosanibeni. This region was depopulated during Peru’s Internal Armed Conflict of the 1990s. After 1998 the community returned but lived in abandonment for 20 years. This is the backdrop for the school, which in addition to serving the 200 children of the community, benefits the more than 1000 inhabitants of the region.

Jerusalen de Miñaro Primary School / Semillas

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:00:00 +0000

Background
The native community of Jerusalen de Minaro is located in the district of Pangoa, in Peru’s central jungle. It is designated as a VRAEM zone, meaning its inhabitants are indigenous communities that were severely affected and displaced by the armed conflict of the 1990’s. Although the school functioned for about 40 years and more than 200 students attended, the conditions were precarious at best. The infrastructure consisted of temporary classrooms and the spaces did not meet the minimum comfort requirements necessary for proper educational activities.

Santa Elena Secondary School / Semillas + Paulo Vale Afonso + Ignacio Bosch + Borja Bosch

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:00:00 +0000

The project started with research work on the communities involved, which considers strengths and weaknesses, dreams and hopes. Education is a quintessential instrument for collective growth, and in the community of Santa Elena, residents expressed willingness to rebuild its future and overcome the past starting with a school.

Mazaronkiari Multifunctional Classroom / Semillas + Paulo Vale Afonso

Cristian Aguilar — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Sometimes, unexpected situations disarray planned and approved projects. In these cases, one can limit itself to comply with the establishment; or can season the proposal with a little bit of creativity, look for alternatives or propose something slightly different that can adapt to the new situation. This is the case of the project developed in Mazaronkiari, a Nomatsiguenga native community located in the district of Pangoa, in the Peruvian central jungle.

School in Chuquibambilla / AMA + Paulo Vale Afonso + Bosch Arquitectos

Cristian Aguilar — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Context