Laura Salazar-Altobelli
About
Laura Salazar-Altobelli is an Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute and serves as Intermediate Design Coordinator in the Undergraduate Architecture program. A Peruvian architect and cofounder of the collaborative practice salazarsequeromedina, her work spans civic projects engaging diverse communities to publicly funded affordable housing. Having completed built work in Peru, Spain, South Korea, and the US, Salazar has earned international recognition. Her practice was awarded the Architectural League Prize 2025 and achieved Outstanding Project recognition for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Practice 2024. Through practice and teaching, her research addresses the environmental impact of building and aims to establish a dialogue with the as-found. Salazar has previously taught as a Visiting Critic at Syracuse University and as a Visiting Scholar at Montana State University. She is a graduate of Princeton University, where she received a Master of Architecture in 2017.
