Enlace Arquitectura and Ciudad Laboratorio are part of the fourth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial entitled "The Available City", which will be open to the public between September 17, 2021 and December 18, 2021. This year, the Chicago Architecture Biennale is curated by the artistic director David Brown and contemplates more than 80 projects from 18 different countries that will contribute ideas for collective spaces centered on communities.
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 de Leal, in Porto, demonstrating the capacity of architecture to improve the living conditions of inhabitants. Elisa's contribution was made via Zoom, based on the experiences in the La Palomera neighborhood, Caracas Venezuela.
As a way of celebrating 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 URU University, where she presented “Access to the Complete City: Transformations of public space and recognition of the city." She shared part of the work of Enlace Arquitectura promoting the right to the city and the integration of spontaneous settlements, creating links with the community and promoting acts of recognition.
Elisa Silva is invited to participate in the presentation 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 revolved around 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, moderated by Azier Calvo.
We are pleased to share the news that Enlace Arquitectura has been invited to be part of the 17 Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, curated by the Lebanese architect and dean of the MIT Faculty of Architecture, Hashim Sarkis, which examines the question “How will we live together?”.
The XVII Biennale de Arquitectura opens its doors to the public from May 22, 2021 to November 21, 2021.
Invited by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Elisa shares a few reflections on the publication "Pure Space: Expanding the public sphere throuth public space transformations in Latin American spontaneous settlements", on Friday April 16, 2021 via zoom, together with architects Gary Leggett and Sharif Kahatt.
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.
Elisa presented the lecture "Grafted, hybrid (in)complete" as part of the public lecture series at Princeton University School of Architecture on March 18, 2021. After an introduction by Dean Monica Ponce de León, Elisa presented the work by Enlace Arquitectura in the barrio La Palomera over the course of the last 5 years and the evolution of the office's practice, methodologies and focus.
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.