The exhibit features maps of 6 vulnerable neighborhoods in South Florida that are the result of student research and conversations with neighbors. They show the simultaneous superposition of buildings in three times: 1. Those of the past that have been demolished, 2. Those of the present, and 3. Future projects aimed at a public of greater economic affluence and different from the current population.
Elisa Silva presents a lecture titled "Narratives of the built environment" withun the lecture seires "Perspectives of Practice" sponsored by the Department of Architecture at Florida International University FIU. The event was held via zoom on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm.
Elisa participates in the III Cuatrimester 2021 organized by EntreNos in San José Costa Rica on November 1, 2021. Frameworks encompasses the professional practices of various architects in Latin America and the Global South. They reflect on the agency of design to curb social justice through actions in space.
The Ambassador Romain Nadal visits La Palomera to celebrate the culmination of the rainwater collection project in the Annex of the Casa de Todos, Wednesday October 27, 2021. The Ambassador gave certificates to the people from the community who attended the technical workshops led by Lata de Agua. The collection system was financed by the French Embassy in Venezuela, and the project was executed by the Asociación CAUCE and Enlace Fundación.
The Rosario Argentina Institute of Architects brings together the architectural offices León Marcial from Peru, Enlace Arquitectura from Venezuela and the curator of the Argentina Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale Gerardo Caballero. The discussion takes place on Thursday, September 30, 2021. The event is moderated by the architect Paola Gallino and published via zoom and youtube streaming.
The Advisory Council of the City of Barquisimeto CCCB presents a virtual discussion moderated by Architect Franco Micucci September 27 and 28, 2021, focused on rethinking and reflecting on the city post-covid in terms of new forms of connectivity and urban mobility. Elisa Silva along with architects Luciano Landaeta, Julia King, Jorge Pérez, Lorenzo González Casas and David Gouverneur participate in the discussion.
The Escola da Cidade in Sao Paulo, Brazil invites Elisa Silva to participate in the open course Architectures of the Global South on Saturday September 18, 2021, which aims to expand the repertoire of contemporary architectural practice by considering the urgent needs of new perspectives, fundamentally counter-hegemonic. The course focuses on the practice of architects in the Global South, revealing the complexities behind each developed project.
Elisa shared the experience of La Palomera, the program Integración en Proceso Caracas and the exhibition at the Architecture Biennial in Venice.
Enlace Arquitectura and Ciudad Laboratorio are part of the fourth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial titled "The Available City", which opened to the public on September 17, 2021 and remains until December 18, 2021. This year, the Chicago Architecture Biennale is curated by the artistic director David Brown and includes more than 80 projects from 18 different countries that contribute ideas for collective spaces centered on communities.
The Master in Territory and Landscape and Observatory of Landscape and Sustainability Program at the Universidad Diego Portales UDP in Santiago Chile, invites an international cast of women recognized in the field of landscape architecture to present their academic and professional work through a series of talks "Women in Landscape Architecture: 12 perspectives".
Elisa’s presented "The Complete City: La Palomera, acknowledgement and celebration" on Wednesday July 21, 2021 at 12:00 hrs.
As part of a series of seminars, workshops, and academic courses, SURLab - a collaborative platform for knowledge production and exchange, funded by the Flemish government (VLIR UOS), and created in collaboration with the Urban Studies Unit of the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil & the Sustainable Cities Research Group LlactaLAB of Universidad de Cuenca - sponsored the Second edition of the Webinar “Co-producing Inclusive Spaces”.
Lecture by Elisa Silva within the framework of the Expedition '21 studio of the Institute of Architecture in Porto Portugal, whose focus this year is “Critical neighborhoods: Architecture and appropriation in Bairro do Leal." The workshop seeks to present a set of regeneration strategies in the precarious territory of Bairro do Leal, in Porto, demonstrating the capacity of architecture to improve the living conditions of inhabitants. Elisa's contribution was based on the experiences in the barrio La Palomera in Caracas Venezuela.
In observance of the Week of the Architect 2021, Maria Virginia Millán is invited to present a lecture by the National Coordination of Architecture Students of the Rafael Urdaneta University, where she presented “Access to the Complete City: Transformations of public space and recognition of the city." María Virginia shared part Enlace Arquitectura's work promoting the right to the city and the integration of barrios, creating links with the community and their recognition as part of the city.
Elisa Silva is invited to participate in a review of the magazine Manifest titled "Bigger than big: Phantom infrastructure" together with the editor of the magazine Anthony Acciavatti, the professor of architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Sharif Kahatt and Mauricio Quirós Pacheco, professor at the University of Toronto, who served as moderator. Elisa's contribution centered on her article “Communal land, culture and production through mezcal producing communities in oaxaca’s central valley by Elisa Silva.”
María Virginia Millán, Valentina Caradonna and Elisa Silva, participated in Yellow Wednesday of Taller X, an architectural design studio of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Central University of Venezuela on June 30, 2021. The event was moderated by Azier Calvo.
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts awards Enlace Foundation a grant for the project "Nothing out of the ordinary" at the Art and Culture Center (Casa de Todos Annex) in La Palomera, Caracas Venezuela"
"Nothing out of the ordinary: a space for art, celebration, acknowledgement and sancochos in the barrio La Palomera" is a cultural project consisting of art, music, workshops and celebrations, created together with the community that take place in a dilapidated structure in the barrio La Palomera that is being progressively renovated and transformed into a center for art and culture.