On March 23, 2021 Elisa Silva participates as a panelist in the Latinx Features: Spring '21 Roundtable Series, an inter-university collaboration initiated by NOMAS of the Yale School of Architecture.
On March 23, 2021 Elisa Silva participates as a panelist in the Latinx Features: Spring '21 Roundtable Series, an inter-university collaboration initiated by NOMAS of the Yale School of Architecture.
On Saturday, November 7, 2020, a training workshop focused on the empowerment of women and gender equality, was led by the Cauce Civil Association, in the annex of La Casa de Todos in La Palomera - Baruta, together with women from the neighborhood.
Elisa Silva was invited by the Continental University of Peru to share her experiences in practice and to discuss how she sees the role of the architect. She also presented the Pure Space project edited and published by Actar Publishers, CAF development bank of Latin America, with the support of the Graham Foundation. Arturo Lyon, Alejandra Bosch and Josep Ferrando, also participated in the event, which was moderated by Josep Cargol.
Elisa Silva presents the lecture titled “Ordinary Acknowledgement” at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Design at the University of Toronto, where she reflects on community participation strategies and the formulation of an inclusive approach to design through the work of Enlace Arquitectura in the barrio La Palomera in Caracas Venezuela. Part of this work will be part of the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice 2021.
The Department of Architecture of Florida International University FIU organized the discussion panel “Social Urbanism” on Tuesday, October 13. It focused on the challenges and opportunities of urban planning in spontaneous settlements of Latin America, specifically in Colombia and Venezuela.
MUSARQ hosts its 9th debate on "Popular Communities. The emerging city", Wednesday, August 5, 2020 starting at 9:00 am. The invited speakers include Joao de Freitas, Elisa Silva and Rafael Machado. The discussion will be moderated by Newton Rauseo and commented at the end by Juan Carlos Rodríguez.
On July 30 at 4:00 pm via zoom Elisa Silva speaks with Jeanette Sordi, one of the publishers of the book “NESS.doc 2 Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas” and Alfredo Ramírez, as part of an online event to celebrate the publication’s launching.
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Grupo Marmoca organized a virtual event to celebrate the 2020 edition of the Day of the Architect DDA. The targeted audience includes architects, design professionals and students.
Elisa Silva, along with a panel of invited architects from Venezuela, Colombia and the United States, including Farid Chacón de Nomadas and Carlos Andrés Betancur from Opus, shared comments and impressions about the implications of Covid 19 on contemporary life and space.
On July 27, 2020, María Virginia Millán participated in an interview with journalist Graciela Beltrán through her live program via IGTV to talk about aspects of Caracas’ anniversary celebration. Enlace Arquitectura shared a video titled “Celebrate the Complete City” through its social media networks, inviting people to rethink the way the city is perceived, and to consider the relevance of celebrating Caracas´ anniversary with respect to the barrios.
As part of the celebration of Caracas 453th anniversary, María Virginia Millán participated in the International Panel of urban transformation experiences, July 25, 2020. The program was coordinated and organized by Síudad.