The Multiversidad Bakish Mai is located in the community of San Francisco - Laguna Shansho Cocha, in Ucayali (Peruvian Amazon).

The center accommodates 40 people and features a community kitchen, a café, a maloca or house of thought, and a space for artistic creation called Kene-Xobo, which includes a library. In this place, all the activities we develop have ethical value aimed at a sustainable future for our community.

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The site has a large chakra where the Plantas con Madre project has begun its experiments, achieving harvests that have benefited more than 20 women in the program so far. On the other hand, reforestation is a continuous effort linked to the seed project, as some of the native seeds collected are being planted there for their reproduction and recovery.

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The space is ideal for disconnecting from the noise that new technologies have introduced into the daily life of the jungle. There is no electricity here, and mobile data reception is almost nonexistent. These features make this place a perfect environment for meeting and reconnecting with practices that, in their essence, do not depend on the services provided by electricity or the internet, which in this context can be more of a distraction than a help. Nevertheless we count on an electrical plant for cases when we need to use computers and video projectors for certain activities, or for people to charge their phones, this electric plant use is regulated as part of the ideal way of being in space. 

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The peoples of the Amazon have developed and created an architecture based on the use of materials from the immediate environment. Shipibo houses have tall roofs made of palm leaves with a steep slope that favours water runoff, while hot air concentrates at the top of the volume, creating a cool and ventilated shade.

The architectural project of Ani Nii Shobo, now Makish Mai, was led by architect Sandra Iturriaga and architect Samuel Bravo. This project is based on the use of local materials such as capirona and quinilla wood, and roofing with irapay palm leaves. A constructive logic was sought based on the observation of vernacular architecture so that the project could be built by local artisans.

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The seasonal floods of the Ucayali River determine this landscape and its ecosystems, with fluctuations of up to 8 meters that inundate and connect vast riverside areas. The project consists of a series of programs located along this variable edge between forest and water.