Escuelita Lochiel: An ArchDaily Student Project Awards Winner Reframing Education Through Adobe

Escuelita Lochiel. Image © Leslie Ponce-DiazIn the high desert of the San Rafael Valley, a few miles from the United States-Mexico border in Lochiel, Arizona, an adobe schoolhouse has stood for more than a century. Built before 1905, before Arizona was an incorporated state, the schoolhouse served generations of Mexican American students from Arizona and Sonora, cultivating shared cultural experiences, stories, and relationships that transcend physical and political boundaries. Over decades