Jonathan Marvel moved to New York some 30 years ago, but he was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where his late father had an architectural practice and where he still has deep roots, now running the office there as part of his New York–based Marvel Architects. After Hurricanes Irma and Maria pulverized the Caribbean in summer 2017, Marvel and several others with close ties to Puerto Rico quickly mobilized, forming a group called Resilient Power Puerto Rico (RPPR) in an effort to connect community centers around the island to solar power arrays.
RPPR initially aimed to bring solar power to 100 sites in 100 days, but limited resources—namely, a lack of access to the necessary equipment—has hindered their progress; Marvel anticipates having 25 sites up and running by the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria.
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