The Eco Pavilion 2020 marks the tenth edition of this competition, which, since 2010, has served as a space for architectural reflection through temporary construction inside the courtyard of the Museo Experimental el Eco. This year's edition was structured around Mathias Goeritz's "snake" concept, under an approach proposed by architect Javier Senosiain.

Earlier this month, the Observatory of Innovations for Sustainable Cities was launched. The project aims to gather information, proposals, and concrete examples of municipal initiatives and public policies that help improve people's quality of life and strengthen the environment. The initiative is a partnership between the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MCTI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE).

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The winners of the 'Proyectar a Conciencia' 3.0 competition have been announced. Organized by STO, the call for entries invited students and guiding architects from across Chile to research and reflect on potential ways to retrofit existing buildings to reduce energy consumption and meet contemporary environmental goals—particularly in relation to COP25.

On November 11, during the online broadcast of the Reading of the Finalists Verdict for the BAQ2020 Competition, the projects and publications competing to win the XXI Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito were announced.

Italy has approved a program providing a bonus of up to 500 euros (approximately R$ 3,100) to help residents of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants buy a bicycle. The measure is part of a decree-law approved on May 13 by the Council of Ministers to boost the country's economic recovery amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the initiative encourages the use of non-polluting vehicles.

In the context of the global health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile's Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage has launched a public survey for freelancers, workers, and representatives of the cultural and artistic sectors to assess the status of their organizations, centers, and agents across the country.

The Porto Alegre-based firm 0E1 Arquitetos has launched an e-book to help professionals design their new home workspaces. The Home Office Guide is a digital publication featuring tips to improve remote work environments, created to raise funds for local charities.

An exclusive issue dedicated to Mexican architecture is the theme of the latest edition of World Architecture (WA) magazine in China, curated by the ArchDaily team. Published by Tsinghua University since its founding in 1980, World Architecture magazine is one of the largest and most prestigious architectural publications in China.

Yesterday, November 9, 2020, marked the opening of the 22nd Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ2020), held online. As one of the most highly anticipated architectural events nationally and internationally, this edition features a robust program of 28 panel discussions, 4 keynote lectures, 4 interviews, and other exclusive content accessible via the microsite designed for the event. Additionally, a broad cultural program includes interventions in eight buildings and two exhibitions.

The IABsp has made records of the discussions and reflections from all past editions of the São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, held since 1973, available on its website, including posters, catalogs, exhibition layouts, and photographs.

The São Paulo International Architecture Biennial is the most significant project organized by the IABsp. Since its inaugural edition in 1973, the event has sought to review, discuss, explore, and expand access to issues surrounding territorial occupation and society.

“Empty Spain, Full Spain. Conciliation Strategies” is the proposal by Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, and Óscar Miguel Ares that secured the curatorship of the upcoming XV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU).

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The winners of the National Architectural Design Competition for the Plaza de Armas, Civic Center, and Integration Park of the City of La Merced-Chanchamayo have been announced. This competition invited participants to design proposals to revitalize the most important public spaces in the city of La Merced, the capital of Chanchamayo, Junín, Peru.

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With traditional access to information restricted due to social distancing measures implemented worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and with many unable to access physical architecture media like magazines, books, and other print publications, Summa+ has decided to release nearly 100 digital issues of its magazine, making its content available for free to readers around the world.

Poured Architecture / Arquitectura Vertida is an experiential art installation presenting artist Sergio Prego's perspective on the late Spanish architect Miguel Fisac.

Supported by a Graham Foundation grant, the artist explores the possibility and synchronicity of materials and processes across architecture and visual art in a new series of sculptures and drawings inspired by Miguel Fisac's innovative architectural and construction techniques.

Experience it all through the short film by Spirit of Space.

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As part of the exhibition program of the Museo Experimental El Eco, the open call for the Eco Pavilion 2020 was launched, inviting professionals practicing architecture in Mexico to engage in a dialogue with the museum's space. This edition marks the 10th anniversary of the Eco Pavilion, a competition launched in partnership with Buró-Buró to provide a platform for architectural production focusing on experimentation and spatial reflection.

During a live-streamed event on an exclusive microsite created for the XXII Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito, organizers presented the schedule for this year's online BAQ 2020, along with the participating jurors and speakers.

The winners of the design competition for the Madrid Metropolitan Forest have been announced. Coordinated by the Vice-Mayor's Office and promoted by the Urban Development Department, the initiative invited architects to develop natural infrastructure to drive green growth and sustainable development in the city. Located in Madrid, Spain, the Forest will span 75 kilometers, contributing to the area's ecological rebalancing, carbon emission reductions, the fight against climate change, and the environmental and landscape restoration of degraded areas.

The global pandemic caused by the coronavirus has demanded emergency actions to save lives, which, in turn, require complementary measures to preserve jobs and income, especially for the most vulnerable segment of the population. The field of architecture and urbanism is no exception: the precarity facing a significant portion of professionals is worsening due to social isolation measures, which are absolutely essential to combat the pandemic. Left without financial reserves to guarantee basic survival, many architects are left with no alternatives. Emergency measures currently being discussed in Congress, such as a basic income, are urgent. While they rightly focus on low-income populations, the scale of the crisis demands additional actions.

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“Alternative Utility Platforms” is a project that seeks to generate spaces for social innovation in the integrated management of urban waste. According to Giulia Bianchi and Luis Morillo, the authors of the proposal, the city of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, currently generates approximately 21,147 tons of solid waste per month. Only 61.79% of this waste ends up in landfills, meaning the remaining 33.25% winds up on streets, in informal dumps, rivers, and streams, improperly disposed of. Out of this total, ultimately only 4.97% is processed by recycling companies, and the majority of that volume is sorted and supplied by street waste collectors. For this reason, and through their thesis project developed at the Central University of Venezuela, the authors propose to generate new employment models for the collection and treatment of municipal solid waste through an urban and architectural intervention.

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The Eco Pavilion 2020 is the tenth edition of this competition, which, since 2010, has served as a space for reflection on architecture through temporary installations in the courtyard of the Museo Experimental el Eco. This year's edition was structured around Mathias Goeritz's idea of "the serpent," based on a concept proposed by architect Javier Senosiain.

Winner of the 2018 National Ideas Competition promoted by the City of Fortaleza, the project presents the requalification of public spaces dating from the early 20th century. The goal is to make them inviting and establish a contemporary urban heritage park in the city center, with a special emphasis on the social dimension, the memory of Liberdade Park as the "Children's City" (Cidade das Crianças), and its connection with Sagrado Coração de Jesus Square.

The quality of streets and sidewalks is a widely debated topic in Brazil, and the coronavirus pandemic has added another layer of complexity—public health—prompting us to question whether it is actually possible for pedestrians to practice social distancing. This concern led architecture student Conrado Freire to develop a map of sidewalk widths in São Paulo.

Adapted from Meli Harvey's Sidewalk Widths NYC project on New York City sidewalks, Largura do Passeio uses sidewalk data provided by the GeoSampa portal to visually synthesize information about São Paulo's pedestrian pathways that is not typically accessible to the general public. Based on the open-source code released by Harvey—which has also been adapted for cities like Toronto, Washington, Berlin, and Milan—Freire creates a visual mapping of what is often only felt by pedestrians moving through São Paulo's urban space.

The sixth edition of the Madrid International Festival of Architecture and the City will take place from September 25 to 27, featuring a special edition organized to comply with necessary safety measures and ensure the well-being of all participants. The event will allow citizens to explore more than 80 spaces normally closed to the public free of charge, as well as participate in fifteen outdoor guided tours in small groups, with mandatory pre-registration. The festival will also feature other cross-disciplinary and complementary activities.

Electric scooters represent a significant opportunity to reduce transportation-related carbon emissions by bridging the "first and last mile" connections that people often make by car to access public transit systems during urban trips.