Enlace Arquitectura is working withthe community of Las Aguitas in the municipality of Los Guayos, Carabobo State, on public space making urban interventios. The participation of neighbors was very gratifying! Children and adults colaborated in the elaboration of a canopy made from recicladematerial that will create a place with shade where they can playand spend time together.
The Multi Deco commercial warehouse project is far along in itsconstruction phase. The complex has been designed on a 10.000 m2site in the Marques Alto of the commercial expansion area in Guatire, Miranda State.
Enlace Arquitectura togetherwith Citibank Venezuela and FUDEP are supporting 6 communities in Venezuela in the cities of Caracas, Valencia and Maracaibo totranform their urban environments into desirable and useful publicspaces. Through engagement in workshops, public space making eventsand participation in a competition for seed funding, comunnities acquire skills on how to formulate their own projects, how topresent them to their municipalities and how to take on selfmotivated urban transformation projects.
The Multi Deco commercial warehouse project is far along in itsconstruction phase. The complex has been designed on a 10.000 m2site in the Marques Alto of the commercial expansion area inGuatire, Miranda State.
Elisa Silva participates in a forum discussion about the presense of informal settlments in Caracas, not as the "other" city but as part of it. Josefina Baldó and Rafael Machado were also invited to speak. The initiative forms part of artist Natalya Critchley´s project "Tourist Office in San Agustin del Sur". The event was organized by Cheo Carvajal and ittook palce at the Alameda Theatre in San Agustin del Sur at 6:00pm.
Tuesday, November 10, Elisa Silvaparticipated in the conversation titled "Social Sinergies" withstudents of the Simon Bolivar University Architecture Students Center, together with Taller Independiente and Wook Fabrication Studio, about participatory design and design actions incommunities throughout the country.
Valentina Caradonna participated inthe development of the Ship project, workshop and perfirmancetogether with artist Nancy Nowacek, Backroom Caracas, the Facultyof Architecture at the Central University of Venezuela, theAmerican Embassy, Cultura Chacao, and CCS FORUM 2015. Architects adkjm, Central Arquitectura and Ricardo Sanz were also integral participantes in the initiative which took place between the 2nd and 7th of November 2015.
Elisa presented a lecture atthe BEA Gallery of the Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture at FIUon the content of her research for the Wheelwright Prize shereceived from Harvard GSD in 2011, and has continued to evolvesince then. The presentation identifies approximations to formulate public space through environmental strategies, infrastructure, pavement, buildings and activities as well as investment approachesto create public space interventions in informal settlements of Latin American cities.
Thursday September 24th was theopening of the exhibition "Pure Space: public space transformations in Latin American slums" at FIU´s Miami Beach Urban Studios Design Gallery. It presents Elisa Silva´s research for the Wheelwright Prize she received in 2011. The exhibition will be open until November 6th, 2015.