Elisa was part of the group of invited professors to the Limapolis workshop at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú in Lima between March 5th and 11th, 2017. The studio centered on analyzing the urban, social and environmental role of the historic Surco Canal in the city, as a basis to project possible scenarios that increase its visibility, value and relevance.
Prodavinci published an article written by Elisa Silva December 26th 2016, on public policy strategies for local governments that promote social inclusion incities.
The satelite map of Caracas at1:5.000 scale from the exhibition "CABA: Mapping 48 years of informal settlment growth in Caracas" was presented atthe Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) Caracas - Venezuela, on the ocassion of the eventorganizad by the Instituto Metropolitano de Urbanismo Taller Caracas (IMUTC) of the Metropolitana Mayorship to evaluate projects for the celebration of the city´s 450 year anniversary.
Recently the roof construction was completed on the Media LeguaChurch in Vargas State, Venezuela thanks to the donation in kind bythe local Communal Council and the work of neighbors.
The Board of Directors of the Simón Bolívar University Association of Professors awarded the Andrés Bello Award for Research and Publication in Social Sciences to "CABA Cartography of the Caracas Barrios 1966-2014" and the professors Elisa Silva, Henry Vicente, Lorenzo González Casas and Orlando Marín. The awardreconnizes research work published within the last two years.
El Nacional publishes anarticle on Enlace Arquitectura´s work regarding the Cartography of the Caracas Slums presented at the IV Research Conferences of the Venezuelan Studies Section of LASA Latin American Studies Association on November 21,2016. The article highlights the study´s projections of future population growth in slums and the number of people that must berelocated to do eminent geological risk.
Elisa Silva presents the work of CABA Cartography of the Caracas barrios 1966-2014 as part of the Research Conference Series at the Engineering School of the Central University Venezuela, Friday November 18th, 2016 at 10:30 am.
Elisa Silva participates as aspeaker at the IV Session on Venezuelan Studies of theLatinAmerican Studies Association LASA, together with proferosor Veronica Zubillaga and Manuell Llorens at the CIAP in Caracas the15th of November 2016, at 10:00am.
Architecture students of the Simón Bolívar Universtiy in Caracas, invite Elisa Silva to participate in a discussion about memory and identity togther with profesors Lorenzo González Casas and Orlando Marín at the university´sPavillion 5, Tuesday November 15th, 2016 at 5:30.
CAF presents the publication Pro-Inclusion by coauthors PabloVaggione and Elisa Silva at Habitat IIII the 17th of October 2016, in Quito Ecuador.