The Architectural League’s biennial Emerging Voices program spotlights North American architects, landscape architects, and urban designers who have significant bodies of realized work and the potential to influence their field.
Isadora Hastings García, Gerson Huerta García, José Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez, Silvia Elis Martínez Hernández, and Lizet Zaldivar López of Cooperación Comunitaria are 2026 Emerging Voices winners.
Cooperación Comunitaria works with rural Mexican communities to rebuild homes and communal facilities after natural disasters. Inviting community participation throughout the design process and integrating local ancestral knowledge with technical expertise, Cooperación Comunitaria’s practice is oriented toward “recognizing inhabitants as rights-holders and prioritizing self-management of territory, housing, livelihoods, and natural common goods,” in the firm’s own words. Founded in 2012 by Isadora Hastings García and Gerson Huerta García, the practice today includes Silvia Elis Martínez Hernández, José Jesús Álvarez Gutiérrez, and Lizet Zaldivar López.
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