Eva Mª Álvarez Isidro S/C de La Palma, Canary Islands (1963) ealvarez@pra.upv.es 0034 629666285 Architect Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) Final Project, 29/04/1991, Excellent (9) First Prize in Construcciones y Dragados Final Project Prize (1991) Published and exhibited in XXV ETSAV Anniversary, Valencia Architects’ Chamber, 1991 Published and exhibited in Zaragoza Biennial, First edition, BAUZ, 1992 Computer Aided Design in Building (500 hours), Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social/ INEM (1991) DEA Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) 14/04/2005 PhD Candidate Architectural Projects department of Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) Thesis work on Denise Scott Brown’s Campus Master Plans (In progress)
The work I present to your review has been produced without giving up our basic ideals. From the very beginning, and even against the main strand, we (my husband is also architect, assistant professor and my partner) thought our academic work should be centred on the students education, our professional one should be supported by competence, solidarity and dignity, our ethic compromise should rely in positive action and even more, we wanted to take care of our family unit. And we manage to simultaneously tackle all these work spheres during these years. Though it has not been planned, this personal position has shown us clear ways to drive our activity. And now, when looking back, I guess this is our strongest value: We are involved in a different way of looking at architecture, urban design and academics. Nowadays, this interaction is called gender approach to urbanism and architecture, topic we are totally interested in. And according to the same thinking line, we also are interested in photograph as a tool for analysing and writing (and reading) as a way to understand, among other things. From this point of view, we understand our time as a whole where work –paid and not paid- plays an important role since unexpected crosscuts are produced in all directions, enriching our professional approach. We call it work timeline. In this summary, I am going to highlight some aspects of our work but we would appreciate you to watch them regarding to the whole context.
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Eva M. Álvarez Isidro, architect
ealvarez@pra.upv.es
629666285