Marta Maccaglia
Marta Maccaglia (born 1983) is an Italian architect based in Peru. She grew up in Terni, Italy, and studied at Sapienza University of Rome, where she earned a master’s in exhibition spaces and museography. In 2011 she moved to Peru to work on architecture and cooperation projects with the Italian Civil Service and the NGO CPS. In 2014 she founded Asociación Semillas, a non-profit architecture organization, and remains its director. She taught at the University of Sciences and Arts of Latin America from 2015 to 2023 and has advised Peru’s Ministry of Education.
In 2018 she won the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture for “Architecture as an Agent of Civic Empowerment.” She was a finalist for the AR Emerging Awards in 2020 and won the first Diversity in Architecture Award (DIVIA) in 2023. In 2025 her project Territorio de los Saberes was selected for the Ammodo Architecture Awards.
Maccaglia’s work focuses on designing schools and public spaces for indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, using participatory methods with local communities and collaborating with government and educational institutions. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and a deep understanding of users, their context, and available resources, creating spaces that have meaning beyond function.
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