Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena won architecture's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, for designing social housing that transforms how communities live. His firm Elemental creates 'half-houses'—structures residents can expand as their circumstances improve.

A Venice Biennale participant since his student days, Aravena combines aesthetic excellence with social mission. His keynotes challenge conventional thinking about design, demonstrating how constraints can drive innovation and how architecture can address inequality.