Architect Yamamoto: Caracas is the example to follow to rescue community life in modern metropolises

Published at: 18/01/2026 10:34 AM

At a press conference, architect Riken Yamamoto, winner of the 2024 Pritzker Prize, stated that Caracas is the example to follow to rescue community life in modern metropolises.

Yamamoto analyzed the social architecture of Venezuela, showed videos of the neighborhoods, recorded during his five visits to the South American country. In this regard, he stated that far from being disjointed spaces, the neighborhoods of Caracas and their organization into communes represent a “model of the future”, in which architecture facilitates the recognition of the neighbor and the local economy, through the concept of “threshold”, according to a press release from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.

In addition, Yamamoto denounced the attack by the United States (USA) on Venezuela and the economic blockade to which the country is subject.

The teacher linked the resilience of the Venezuelan social fabric with the capacity of its people to keep the community alive despite external aggressions and unilateral coercive measures.

The award-winning architect criticized the extreme isolation he observes in modern Tokyo apartments, contrasting it with the urban vitality that exists in Caracas, where spaces of transition function as centers of social and economic activity.

Mazo News Team