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Material change: Nordeste Agroganadera offices in Curuguaty, Paraguay by Mínimo Común Arquitectura
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The work of Mínimo Común Arquitectura, co-founded by Verónica Villate, makes new inroads into a socially conscious architecture
Verónica Villate was shortlisted for the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2021. Find out more about the W Awards here
‘To be able to do, you have to know; and in order to know you have to do. A material is nothing in itself, only what we decide to do with it – from domestic helpers to bank owners, we all have the same right to make.’ This is how Verónica Villate, co-founder of Paraguayan studio Mínimo Común Arquitectura, sums up her approach to practice and her belief in architecture as a socially conscious act.