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Best of 2014, Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The Buckminster Fuller Institute. International, more than 450 entries from 91 countries. For The Informal Urban Communities Initiative.
Public Interest Design Global Project Winner. Ecole Spécial d’Architecture, Paris, Design Corps and the SEED Network. International, 6 awards annually. Receiving the highest number of jury votes of any project submitted, according to competition organizers. For Communidad Ecologica Saludable including the Gardens Green Space and Health and SQWater: Fog Collection projects. 2014.
Social Economic and Environmental Design (SEED) Award. Parsons New School of Design, Design Corps, the SEED Network. International, 6 awards annually. Receiving the highest number of jury votes of any project submitted, according to competition organizers. For Communicad Ecologica Saludable including the Gardens Green Space and Health and SQWater: Fog Collection projects. 2014.
2nd Place, ACSE Sustainable Development Award. American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Without Borders USA. National, annually. For SQWater: Fog Collection.
Finalist, EPA P3 Competition. United States Environmental Protection Agency. National, annually. For SQWater: Fog Collection.
EDRA Great Places Design Award. 2012. Environmental Design Research Association. International, 1 award annually. For Escuela Ecologica Saludable including the Pitagoras Primary School Park and the Pitagoras Secondary School Classroom Studio.
2012 Social Economic and Environmental Design (SEED) Award. 2012. Design Corps and the SEEDNetwork. International, 6 awards annually. For Escuela Ecologica Saludable including the Pitagoras Primary School Park and The Pitagoras Secondary School Classroom.
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Alarcón, Jorge O., Jorge A. Alarcón, and Leann Andrews. 2018. “Epidemiología, arquitectura paisajista, “Una Salud” e innovación: Experiencia en una comunidad amazónica”, La Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. 35(4): pp. 667-74.
Korn, Abigail, Susan M. Bolton, Jorge A. Alarcon, Leann Andrews, Benjamin Spencer, and Joachim G. Voss. 2018. Physical and Mental Health Impacts of Household Gardens in an Urban Slum in Lima, Peru. International Journal of Environment and Public Health. pp. 2-11.
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