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Verónica Rodríguez

ORA Latin America 2026 Fellow

Venezuela

Verónica Rodríguez is an architect and visual artist focused on natural architecture and art as a coherent approach to habitat development. Through the use of bamboo, she bridges the gap between construction techniques and artistic expression. A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV, 2010), she earned a Master’s degree in Architectural Rehabilitation from ENSA Normandie, France (2012). Following a residency at the Bamboo Research Center in Auroville, India (2013), she established bamboo as a central element of her design practice. For over a decade, she has explored the structural potential and transformative impact of this material on communities and ecosystems. In response to the 2026 earthquake, and working from Venezuela, she initiated and currently leads community volunteer efforts to build emergency bamboo yurts through the Tejiendo Refugios por Venezuela (Weaving Shelters for Venezuela) initiative. This ongoing program seeks to link technical research with direct social impact in affected areas.

The “Resilient Bamboo” project seeks to mitigate eco-social and housing vulnerabilities in the peri-urban area of ​​Sartenejas (Caracas) following recent earthquakes. Its primary objective is to safeguard community life and essential natural systems by preventing catastrophic landslides on fractured terrain and addressing the lack of safe infrastructure. To achieve this, the project implements two direct territorial action strategies: earthquake-resistant bio-construction and the creation of emergency shelters and community centers using local bamboo, leveraging the material’s extreme flexibility and structural resilience against aftershocks.

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