Weaving architecture from the Andes.

Qoyllur — "star" in Quechua — began with an observation: the weavers of Chinchero organize the universe into a grid of rectangular tocapus. Each unit is at once ornament, narrative, and proportion. We decided the building would read as a sacred mantle: nine modules in plan, each holding a different program — library, oral archive, weaving hall, lecture room, four ancillary spaces, and a central patio.

The stone was hand-cut by masons of Pisac using Inka dry-jointing. Walls tilt three degrees — the same angle as the agricultural terraces — to resist earthquakes and converse with the topography. The wall thickness varies: thicker where it carries weight, thinner where it admits the equinox.

Light enters through slits oriented to the June solstice — Inti Raymi. On the longest morning of the year, a single shaft crosses the floor of the oral archive and lands on the lap of whoever is seated to record. The building is, in this sense, a clock; the clock face is a courtyard.