Espacio Común is a Peruvian association founded in 2021 by architect Paula Villar and architect Daniel Canchán—who also has a background in anthropology—based in Lima, Peru. Their work lies at the intersection of architecture, art, and research, with a particular focus on issues of gender and childhood within self-built and evolving urban contexts.
Through a cross-disciplinary and collaborative practice, the association promotes care, free play, and art as tools for learning, creation, and cooperation. It has developed projects in vulnerable neighborhoods across Peru—primarily in Lima and Iquitos—facilitating community-based and artistic processes aimed at urban and social transformation.
Currently supported by the WeTransfer Foundation and the Rearc Institute, the association has received both national and international recognition, including from CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Peruvian Ministry of Housing.
