The Sabana Grande Boulevard Pavement is part of a photographic series in the Spanish journal El Pais March 13th, 2017, under the title "50 rebels of Latin American Architecture" - Austere works with social engagement that form part of a selection by Miquel Adriá in his recent book "Radical - 50 Latin American Architectures."
Prodavinci published an article by Elisa Silva titled "Social Inclusion allows cities to be more efficient and sustainable." Social Inclusion and Equity are not only the manifestations of a more just society, they are also critical conditions for sustainable development. This causality is more visible today thanks to efforts to produce data through indicators such as the Sustainable Development Goals SDG, and more recently the Habitat III New Urban Agenda. We find that levels of inequality are often very different between cities of the same country, in spite of economic and social political policies that operate at the national level. What then occurs locally that makes some cities experience greater equality and social inclusion? The article focuses on experiences of 10 cities throughout the world.
El Nacional publishes an article 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 be relocated to do eminent geological risk.
The digital publication arquitectura + acero features an article on the Multi DeCo Storeroom and storage project in Guatire, Miranda State Venezuela that highlights how the project´s "simple plan rationally organizes the site´s available space with an efficient occupation, enabling the operation of 16 independent spaces."
Plataforma Arquitectura publishes an article on the research work by Enlace Arquitectura on CABA - Cartografía de los barrios de Caracas 1966-2014. The publication is the result of a mapping exercise of all the informal settlements in Caracas and traces its grown through a period of 28 years. The article emphasizes how research not only revealed that half of the population in Caracas lives in informal settlements, even though in terms of territory they occupy one fourth of the urban footprint. The work also quantifies the differences in zoning laws applied to planned areas versos informal ones.
Prodavinci publishes an article written by Elisa Silva on CABA- Cartografía de los Barrios de Caracas 1966 -2014. Enlace Arquitectura and Grupo SSA recently published a book that maps the growth of the informal settlements in Caracas over a period of 28 years. The data was produced through four key maps 1966, 1984, 2000 and 2014 and focuses on each of the 18 larger slum agglomerations known as Physical Planning Unit (UPF for its initials in Spanish) and 52 smaller ones known as Isolated Units, (UA) through maps, tables, graphs, diagrams and texts. They register growth patterns, the occupation footprint, population and density. In addition to maps, essays document the historical implications of absences in the formal city´s cartography.
Silvia Soonets writes an article in Favel Issues on CABA -Cartografía de los Barrios de Caracas 1966 - 2014. Silvia states that in the articles
"I am very happy to be able to report good news from Caracas. Last week it was released a wonderful new book: CABA, Cartography of Caracas Barrios, 1966-2014. The book is remarkable for many reasons, not the least to have been published in such hard times. For start, it is really beautiful, in a big tabloid format, with gorgeous design, amazing graphics, wonderful maps and plenty of pictures. It is also unique being the result of a private initiative: an idea of a private developer, Maximo Sacchini, working along with an architecture firm Enlace Arquitectura."
The interview Change of course: a Venezuelan perspective with architect Henry Vicente Garrido during the Architecture Biennial in Rosario Argentina highlights the work of Enlace Arquitectura in the barrio La Moran in Caracas, Venezuela. Published in the Online Magazine of the Buenos Aires Province Society of Architects - Colegio de Arquitectos Provincia Buenos Aires CAPBA
An article in the journal Tal Cual, the Venezuelan Society of Architects announce the winning projects of the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura. Enlace Arquitectura is recognized together with Ines Casanova and Enrique Blanco with a First Prize award for the Ecoparque Maracay landscape project and Honorable Mention for the La Morán Rehabilitation project.
The journal El Universal published an interview with architect Elisa Silva on the exhibition PURE SPACE inaugurated on October 17th at the Centro de Arte Los Galpones. The exhibition features 4 films that highlight different strategies to build and fund public space interventions in informal settlements of Latin American cities. These include environmental conservation, risk mitigation, waste management, buildings, pavement and activities. 21 projects are featured including photographic footage, maps and associated sounds.