SAN MIGUEL ESCOBAR
PROJECT INFORMATION
Project Type
School + vocational training center
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Project Location
San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala
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Project Partner
As Green As It Gets and Global Visionaries
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Project Start Date
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Project Team
Jill Browning
Mike Eliason
Brian Gerich
Peggy Heim
Justin Martin (landscape)
Maika Nicholson (civil)
Lauren Perry
Lara Simmons (structural)
Megan Slattery
Celina Yee
Additional participants include:
Scott Mohr, Bill Williams (structural), Ed Kreuiter, and Herman Chan
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# of AWB Volunteers
14
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Architects without Borders-Seattle has been working with the community of San Miguel Escobar in Guatemala, Seattle-based non-profit Global Visionaries and As Green As It Gets on the design of a new school complex and vocational training center. This project will serve as a prototype for sustainable, community-built education and local enterprise facilities in Guatemala. Due to an multiple natural disasters in the area, this project has been put on hold. An update on this project will be forthcoming.