Hillary Morales Robles

Hillary is an aspiring architect from Puerto Rico who completed a dual master's degree in Architecture and Historic Preservation at Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Her work primarily focuses on contemporary design challenges in historic settings. She recently defended her thesis, "Tactical Preservation for Climate Emergency: Adaptive Reuse of 20th Century Public Schools in Puerto Rico", under the guidance of Eduardo Rega Calvo (ARCH) and Pamela W. Hawkes (HSPV). Hillary will continue her growth as a preservation designer at Beyer Blinder Belle in New York City.

Her thesis received two awards, The 2021 Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and The Anthony Nicholas Brady Garvan Award for an Outstanding Thesis. Hillary also received The Elizabeth Greene Wiley Award for Outstanding Promise, the 2020 Surface Magazine Design Award, and the 2019 Albert F. Schenck-Henry Gillette Woodman during her time at Weitzman.