Spanish architect Elisa Valero Ramos will be one of the guests in the Cersaie 2017 "building, dwelling, thinking" cultural program and will speak at a conference to be held on Thursday, Sept. 28 in the Architecture Gallery (Gallery 21/22).
Specializing in bioclimatic design and energy saving, Elisa Valero Ramos began her career in Mexico with the restoration of Felix Candela's work, Los Manantiales; in 1997, she opened a small office in front of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. A commission to design the El Serrallo kindergarten in Granada enabled her to tackle a subject close to her heart, that of educational architecture. In keeping with her design principles, this project defines space through the use of white walls with a strong sense of horizontality. Another very important project was the church of Santa Josefina Bakhita in Motril, where she made skillful use of light and showed a remarkable ability to optimize available resources and materials.