Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments and to address the global housing crisis, the

Pritzker Prize jury praised the way in which the Chilean architect has "risen to the demands of practicing
architecture as an artful endeavor, as well as meeting today's social and economic challenges."

He worked on public community housing projects where public government policies meet to create
powerful impact on lower- income communities.

He is more socially engaged architect. In his social work, he was tackling the global housing crisis and
fighting for a better urban environment for all. It was explained in jury citation. He has deep
understanding of architecture and civil society. Mostly, he is interested in social projects.

After awarding Shigeru Ban in 2014, Frei Otto in 2015 and now Alejandro Aravena in 2016, the Pritzker
Prize has recently shown a tendency to recognize architects who have gone beyond the traditional
boundaries of the architectural discipline; architects who are capable of wielding influence to generate
solutions to the most urgent problems of society.