Since 2015, Galería NAC has worked consistently to promote contemporary Chilean art, specifically the work of emerging artists. After four years, we are proud to note that we have held over 80 exhibitions, participated in more than 10 fairs, and established a visual identity centered on art and architecture for which NAC is now recognized.
Keynote Lecture: "Seismic Isolators," presented by Ph.D. Eng. Víctor Zayas at the CAP Auditorium in Lima.
On Thursday, May 23, the FAU auditorium will host the panel discussion "Teaching and Overload in Architecture." The event will be moderated by Nicolas Valencia, ArchDaily's Editorial Data & Content Manager, and will feature:
The inauguration of YAP_Constructo 8 will take place next Thursday, April 11, at Parque Araucano (Santiago). The program is developed in Chile by CONSTRUCTO in partnership with MoMA and is directed by architects Jeannette Plaut and Marcelo Sarovic.
Torres Colón is the first example of suspended architecture in Spain. Designed in 1969 by Antonio Lamela (Madrid, 1927–2017)—one of the most significant Spanish architects of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, who passed away two years ago this April—the towers stand as a symbol of the country's architecture and the Madrid skyline.
The two-week workshop at the UNI-BH University in Belo Horizonte aims to study issues related to the city's downtown area to develop an architectural and urban proposal for presentation to the local administration. Design activities will be accompanied by a series of lectures by guest speakers and three guided tours to Ouro Preto, Inhotim, and Pampulha. The workshop will be coordinated by Alberto Collet, Carlos Maia, Débora Vieira, and Igor Macedo, who form the group AAP – Alternative Academic Project. Workshop guests include Augusto Angelini (Santiago, Chile), Alexandre Brasil, Paula Zasnicoff, Arquitetos Associados (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Gustavo Penna (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Luciano Kruk (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Diego Arraigada (Rosario, Argentina), and Bloco Arquitetos (Brasilia, Brazil).
The course views buildings as bodies, with their parts, components, and materials in harmony. As such, buildings possess a unique anatomy, with their load-bearing structure serving as the closest analogy to the human skeleton and its bones. From this perspective, the course proposes an anatomical operation directed toward understanding their structural core.
Attend the first YAP International Seminar: New Practices in Contemporary Young Architecture
This Thursday, a new edition of the "Architecture and Women in Chile" panel will take place. This session will be held at the National Headquarters of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile. We will host four prominent architects who will share their work, career paths, and experience regarding city and gender issues. Don't miss it!
The exhibition proposes a space that operates according to the essential strategies that make up the design process of El Equipo Mazzanti + horizontal. Through a shifting exhibition, visitors will be able to understand not only what we do—our completed projects—but also how we work, our processes, and our methodologies. "Playing with Pedagogies" will be a space open to creativity, presented to the public as an ephemeral workshop. It will be a space that places the visitor at the center of the exhibition, making them part of our narrative.
The UC Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS) invite you to attend the discussion "Dialogues for Urban Equity," featuring guest Claudia Hernández, President of the Villa Marta Brunet Neighborhood Association (Bajos de Mena, Puente Alto).
The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management Office, is implementing the "Support for Quality and Inclusion in the Ecuadorian Education Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.
Mundaneum is the most prestigious traveling forum in Latin America, enabling students, professionals, and architecture enthusiasts to connect with renowned designers and thinkers from around the world. The event aims to enrich students, architects, and society at large by exploring how to envision a global world defined by change and new perspectives. Throughout its extensive history, Mundaneum has traveled through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Argentina, Panama, El Salvador, and Grenada, and is now arriving in Mendoza, Argentina.
Manuel Cervantes (Mexico City) studied at Universidad Anáhuac and founded his firm in 2004. The exhibition PRAXIS | Manuel Cervantes Estudio presents the firm's design process through sketches, models, and photographs | Exhibition on view through June 9, 2019.
While the first issue of VAD (veredes, architecture and dissemination) focused on "the beginnings"—those origins and principles that provide, tangibly or symbolically, what seeks to exist—we now aim to broadly explore the parameters belonging to these origins. That emergence, birth, and appearance, where architecture germinates.
The Arquia Foundation, recognizing the educational value of practical professional experience and geographic mobility, announces the 20th edition of the arquia/becas competition. This program offers 24 scholarships to students in the final years of their degree and to recent architecture graduates for professional internships at European architecture firms.
Charla en El SOLAR is an open space for conversation, debate, the exchange of ideas, and connecting with friends.
In this new edition of 'Architectural Tour,' we will visit the Central Jungle of Peru (San Martín de Pangoa) to explore seven significant educational projects alongside Semillas, the architectural firm behind the designs.