The São Paulo Design Guide and the IED Brasil Innovation Center (CRIED) are hosting an IED Parla event on "Design and the City." Featuring guests from the fields of design, strategic design, innovation, and smart cities, the event will explore design perspectives on the future of urban environments. It will be held at the IED auditorium in São Paulo and is open to the public.

Session 3 of the series on supporting remote architecture education. This session will review online workshop experiences from three cities severely impacted by the health crisis, featuring Constanza Ipinza (USACH, Santiago), Carolina Rodas (UDLA, Quito), and Enrique Walker (Columbia, New York).

The second talk of the "Architecture and Resilience: Materiality from a New Reality" series, organized by COMA Education and LCD Academy and sponsored by Cintac, will take place on Thursday, August 6, at 6:30 PM.

São Paulo Buildings – The evolution of modern buildings in São Paulo, from design to the present day

6 sessions | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Thursdays
October 22, 29 + November 5, 12, 19, 26

Paulistano Buildings – The evolution of modern buildings in São Paulo, from design to the present day.

“Rethink the City: New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges” is a free online course offered by the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft (Netherlands). Following two sessions with over 17,000 students, a third iteration will begin on February 19, 2020. The course received the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).

Fundraising Design Competition: Post-Pandemic Scenarios. Gatherings in Times of Social Distancing

Architecture is inevitably linked to the specific circumstances in which each project is developed, as well as the individual criteria applied to each proposal. At the same time, our discipline is also beholden to general notions that transcend specific conditions. We propose exploring this duality without contradiction, working on a topic that inevitably concerns us all from a broad, universal perspective that allows for the exploration of solutions extending beyond a single circumstance, place, or reality.

📍 ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION 🏠

As part of research into the quality of social housing, the Housing Observatory at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad de los Andes has been working for two years with Compensar and Ingeurbe on an experimental proposal that seeks to positively influence the quality of social housing produced in Colombia.

The workshop "Encounters with Chance: Collage and Creativity," led by @mariarecorta, invites participants to immerse themselves in an experimental exploration of chance through collage and creativity. It is a space designed to break patterns, open new doors, traverse unexpected spaces, seek alternative paths, and discover the evocative power of the fragment.

Revit 2021 | Basic | Schematic Design

This lecture proposes a return to the essential principles of architectural practice—principles often compromised by globalization—with the aim of creating works that strengthen the connection between the user, the site, and time. It highlights the elements that define the specific context of each architectural project and examines how these factors shape the corresponding design response. The workshop’s design methodology is illustrated through a series of built projects featuring typologies and scales familiar to the average architect.

On Wednesday, September 23, at 5:00 pm (Mexico City time), Igor Zotti, General Manager of Soprema Mexico, and Jorge Echeverría, Commercial Manager of Soprema Mexico, will introduce the brand's liquid systems, covering their technical characteristics and specification guidelines.

AWARDS CEREMONY

Through its cultural project Pensarq_ and in collaboration with Espacio EMA, TAQ Arquitectura has created Mini Arquis at Home, a free online architecture activity for children aged 3 to 9, designed to be completed at home, from any country, at any time. The premise of the activity is to highlight the importance of architecture listening to what children have to say about their spaces, as they also inhabit and claim them as their own; for them, architecture can serve as the framework for their memories, play, and education.
The activity consists of two parts; Mini Arquis can choose to complete one or both. The first part involves creatively answering a short series of questions about their thoughts on their home and how they have felt spending more time in it. The second stage is to build a model of your ideal home. There are no rules; you can use whatever you find at home. The goal is to have fun, recycle materials, and enjoy quality family time while reflecting on how children perceive and experience their homes.
Participants may choose to complete either of the two activities. Supervising adults should document the work through video or photographs—the participant's face does not need to be visible—and email the files to pensarq@taqarquitectura.com to be featured in a gallery of all the Mini Arquis projects. The deadline for participation is May 31, 2020.
The first 20 children to submit their responses will receive a digital copy of the book Pedro Perfecto Arquitecto.
This initiative will be promoted in countries including Spain, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and others.
Visit www.miniarquis.com to participate and learn more.

ENVOLVENTE is a concept representing everything that shelters and makes visible the final idea of a work—that skin that comforts and wraps the building and the space itself. It can be rigid, permeable, light or heavy, flexible, evocative, and avant-garde. As the face shown to the world, the envelope is ultimately the most plastic and pure expression of architecture.

Through this photography competition, Nuestras Arquitectas aims to focus and refocus on images that have been hidden and overshadowed, restoring the deserved recognition and prominence to women architects.