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Hansy Better Barraza is a Boston-based architect, professor of architecture, and co-founder and principal of Studio Luz Architects[1] alongside Anthony Piermarini.
Career
Hansy Better Barraza is an architect, educator and author. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, she now lives in Boston, Massachusetts[2] and focuses her architectural practice in the greater Boston area. She was a Professor of Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design from 2002 to 2021 and is the co-founder and principal of Studio Luz Architects and the co-founder of the non-profit BR+A+CE: Building Research + Architecture + Community, which were founded in 2002 and 2007, respectively. She earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[2]
Design Projects
In 2010, Barraza set the world record for the largest portable hammock, a project called The Big Hammock from her non-profit BR+A+CE: Building Research + Architecture + Community that received funding from the non-profit The Awesome Foundation. [3] [4]
Alongside BR+A+CE: Building Research + Architecture + Community, she constructed a public art project called Tilt-Down Fence[5] in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The project, which was made using bamboo ladders, was built on an empty lot and was meant to symbolize opportunity in the community.
Awards & Grants
In 2021, Barraza was recognized with a Women in Design Award from the Boston Society of Architecture. That award "Celebrate[s] and encourage the success and leadership of women in the design community."[6]
For a course she taught at Harvard University called “Hidden Figures: The City, Architecture and the Construction of Race and Gender,” she earned the Harvard Graduate School of Design Racial Equity and Anti-Racism grant in 2021[7]. The course highlighted women, queer and BIPOC architects and the course[8] aimed to "amplify women whose names are not included in architectural discourse, curriculum, syllabi, or survey text.”
She earned an American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum for her own sustainable home renovation[9] in Roslindale, Massachusetts in 2015.
In 2014, she was an honoree for the Wave of the Future Award from Hospitality Design Magazine[10].
Since 2020, she has been serving on the City of Boston's Zoning Board of Appeals[11].
Published Work
Barraza published the scholarly book Where Are the Utopian Visionaries?: Architecture of Social Exchange in 2012 with Gutenberg Periscope Publishing, Ltd[12].
References
- ↑ Stories, Local. "Meet Hansy Better Barraza of Studio Luz in Seaport – Boston Voyager Magazine | Boston City Guide". bostonvoyager.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barraza, Hansy Better. "Hansy Better Barraza". Studio Luz Architects. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ "Largest Portable Hammock - world record set by Hansy Better Barraza". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ "The Awesome Foundation Rocks the World's Largest Portable Hammock". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ↑ "Art exhibit aims to inspire Fields Corner community". Boston Herald. 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ "Women in Design (WiD)". Boston Society for Architecture. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ Devine, Anna (2021-08-20). "Reexamining the Hidden Figures of Design: A Class on Belonging by Hansy Better Barraza". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ Devine, Anna (2021-08-20). "Reexamining the Hidden Figures of Design: A Class on Belonging by Hansy Better Barraza". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ Giacobbe, Alyssa (2016-02-23). "A Modern Family Home in Roslindale". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "Hansy L. Better Barraza | HD Next Gen Forum". nextgen.hospitalitydesign.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "City Council Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation meeting on ZBA Appointments". Boston.gov. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ "Where are the Utopian Visionaries?: Architecture of Social Exchange by Hansy Better Barraza". RISD Store. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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