Longue S102 (South Gate), IFEMA, Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid.
May 10th, 2002

This spring workshop in IFEMA-Madrid Fair, publically presented by the Women Who Build Society, served as a continuation to the encounters that had taken place the previous years at Alcalá University and also as an opportunity for architects, architecture students, promoters and constructors to meet. The purpose, to find a better balance between the economical, ecological and social values that our world has demanded.

NATURAL STONE, the material that collects the footprints the human being left during its life on Earth; this was the background component for this workshop, with the purpose to reflect on the understanding of architecture as a built idea, the role of women in this task with the intention to stimulate new ways of concieving projects that could service society.

PARTICIPANTS:

- Carlos Hernández-Pezzi, architect, President of the Superior Council of Architects
- Asunción Miura, Director of Woman Direction of Madrid
- Cristóbal Vallhonrat, Architect, Alcalá de Henares City Council
- Joaquín Ibáñez, Director of the Spanish Institute of Architecture
- Cristina García-Rosales, architect, Women Who Build Society
- Ana Estirado Gorría, architect, Women Who Build Society
- María Alonso, architect, Contractors Camera of Castilla y León
- Mª Auxiliadora Gálvez, architect, professor CEU architecture
- Beatriz Matos, architect, professor ETSAM
- Carmen Bonet, journalist TVE