Also worthy of mention, the interventions of Humberto Eliash (president of Chile’s DOCOMOMO) who explained his own works, Ruth Alvarado’s (Peru), who pre- sented an outstanding complex of ex- ceedingly elegant single-family houses (I had dinner with her the same night of her conference, and just by seeing her studio’s logo, at the beginning of her conference, I was not able to recognize that she was the one whose Arquine book I had bought; I was so interested that Ihad it shipped to my studio from Mexico) or the works of Ignacio Dahl Ro- Derecha / Right:Ruth Alvarado cha, who showed a farm in Patagonia de Perú.Ruth Alvarado from Perú. distributed in several volumes, an agrar- Debajo / Below:Casa en el Oli- ian and cattle farm so gorgeous it al- var,de Ruth Alvarado. Olivar House by Ruth Alvarado. most makes my cry, such was its beauty. Or the one from the Ecuadorian Handel Guayasamin, of which I would highlight both the brilliance of his work, and his political consciousness and social com- mitment… and the gentleness of María Samaniego’s smile (who presented for us the Biennale of Quito) and with whom I completely agree: “There’s nothing to celebrate on October the 12th .” María did not explain her works; she came in- stead as the director of the Biennale of Quito, the BAQ, but a student of mine from the Master we taught in Barcelona, also an Ecuadorian, told me that she proyectaba rico (made “tasty” projects), I checked her web and… God, she does Izquierda / Left: IgnacioDahl Rocha que enseñó una granja en Patagonia. Ignacio Dahl Ro-the most wonderful things! I’ll find the oc- cha, who showed a farm in Patagonia. casion to publish them. Debajo / Below: El ecuatoriano Handel Guayasamin y su casa Altamira.Ecuadorian Handel Guayasamin and Altamira house. t2718