WOMEN
WHO BUILD has
focused its efforts in maintaining itself continuously active from the
time it was developed to the present day, in such a way that our project
has grown, acquiring greater importance and credibility day by day.
The
line of work has concentrated on:
Creating
a name on a National level and currently expanding to an International level. Achieved
by a network
of women architects and professionals committed to the world of construction,
interested in the development of a collective project.
The
compilation of 200 pieces of work carried out in Spain by women architects
or
teams that partcipated and played significant roles. The work carried out was
then collected and developed into five volumes titled: ¨The house, a space for
intimacy¨, ¨The human dimension, in public buildings¨, The space of social
communities,¨ Creating over the created¨and ¨ The meaning of Place¨. The
volumes also included blueprints, photographs, descriptive reports and
reflections by the authors on professional practice. (Not yet published).
Coordinating,
organizing and supervising the
past I,II
III, IV, V, VI Encounters
in Architecture at Alcalá University and ETSAM, as well as the
Acts: Women Who Build the
Architecture of XXIst century, The
Mediterranean Plazas for Women & Peace, Architettura
al Femenile, Women Who Build in
the Mediterranean, City
and Women 3rd Act:Space, time and conciliation: what is left to do, 4th
act Women and City: The Inhabitable City and 5nd
Workshop Woman and City. Architects
following utopia: Habitable spaces within the city?
Government
Area of Employing and Services to Citizenship. Assembly Hall of Jose Ortega y
Gassets´s Foundation. (Madrid 2005).
Coordination
of the course: City and Environment:
a place to live in. Over one hundred conference-goers from different
geographical, ideological and cultural areas from several countries within the
Mediterranean Shores (Spain, Italy, France, Tunisia, Greece, Algeria and Egypt)
and Latin America had partcipated among them another one
Publication of three books containing the speeches from the Encounters (Community of Madrid, 1999, 2000 & 2002). Publication of Building from the Inside Exhibition Catalogue (Ministry of Public Labour, 2000) and the two additional catalogues: one for the Exhibition in Beirut and one for the Exhibition in Rome. Publication of the book containing the speeches from the City and Women 3rd Act:Space, time and conciliation: what is left to do
Design and ownership of the itinerant exhibition titled, "Building from the inside. An imaginary journey through the poetry of built spaces", compiles the work of thirty-nine female architects from three different generations carried out in Spain and or by teams that had a significant role in the work including seven Lebanese women architects, five Italian, five French and seven Dutch. Design and ownership of the itinerant exhibition "Building in Parity". In collaboration with the Andalusian Women Institute.
WOMEN WHO BUILD has taken part in different congresses, meetings and courses organised by different Universities, Town Councils and national and international Institutions. It also publishes articles in specialized journals, etc.
WOMEN
WHO BUILD belongs to the advisory commitee of Menhir Magazine of
Architecture and stone construction, and has been member of the jury for the
Young Architects Menhir prizes held in 2001.
Arantxa Arrieta. Architecture Studio. Burgos
Ángeles Negre. La Fuliola School. Lérida