The NGO Soluções Urbanas and Arquitecasa, in partnership with Banco do Povo – Crédito Solidário and supported by the São Paulo Architects Union (SASP), are hosting the course "Experience in Technical Assistance for Housing Improvements," led by architect Mariana Estevão.
Book launch for "PUC.TUB: A Decade of Design" as part of the "International Symposium on Architectural Education: PFLEGE | CARE | CUIDADO," to be held on October 9 at the pergola in the Patio de Los Naranjos at the Lo Contador campus.
São Paulo, 2018 – On Friday, November 23, Arq.Futuro, Inciti – Research and Innovation for Cities, Escola da Cidade, and the Ministry of Public Security will host the Urbanism and Public Security Seminar. The event will analyze recent intervention experiences in three cities: Medellín, Colombia; Recife; and Rio de Janeiro. It will take place in São Paulo at the Itaú BBA auditorium, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
The Master of Architecture program at the University of Chile invites you to the lecture "Is it Possible to Inhabit the Contemporary?", which will be delivered by Sergio Rojas.
Free to the public, the exhibition honors the architecture of Irineu Breitman and will be held in conjunction with the VIII CBDEH from October 30 to November 1 at the Expo Unimed in Curitiba, PR.
Registration for the "Lugar de Partilha" Self-Construction Laboratory at the Conjunto Habitacional da Guarda in Perafita, Matosinhos, is open until July 16. The program, which will host 10 participants, will take place from July 28 to August 10.
Iain Sinclair, author of Lights Out for the Territory, is the latest guest of the renowned "La Ciudad y las Palabras" (The City and the Words) project, a program under the PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, sponsored by La Tercera. The author will deliver a lecture on London on Thursday, November 8, at 6:30 PM in the UC School of Architecture auditorium (El Comendador 1936, Providencia).
In its pursuit of providing cutting-edge solutions, C&C Consulting Construction Group, through its AEC Tech division and in collaboration with Trimble Inc., invites you to the conference series "Use of New Technologies for the AEC Industry." The series will explore the advantages and benefits of using #LaserScanner technology and managing the resulting data through the powerful, next-generation software #RealWorks and #EdgeWise. Additionally, we will cover #MixedReality via #Connect for Microsoft HoloLens, which leverages this technology for project coordination by providing precise alignment of holographic data on the job site, allowing models to be reviewed within the context of the physical environment. Both topics will be presented by experts Julio Collado and David Burczyk from the Field Technology Group at Trimble Buildings.
Watch Day is a World Monuments Fund event designed to engage the community in raising awareness about the risks and potential of the 25 sites worldwide added to the organization's Watch program every two years.
The Valparaíso Regional Delegation of the Association of Architects of Chile, the Gaudí Research Institute of the Gaudí Chair at the University of Barcelona, and the Ambassador of Spain will launch the "Gaudí in Valparaíso" project this Thursday, October 4, at the Cultural Center of Spain in Santiago.
This event is held in conjunction with the launch of the Landscape and Sustainability Observatory (OPS) at the UDP Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design.
A workshop on paper model making, led by professors Sebastian Beck and Anna Juni, will take place on September 18. Registration is now open. Free of charge.
Goma Oficina invites students and faculty to a guided tour of the studio where models are being produced for the exhibition "Vkhutemas 1918–2018: Future in Construction," curated by Celso Lima and Neide Jallageas. The exhibition will take place at Sesc Pompeia in July 2018.
During the visit, the Goma team will present the entire process of reproducing these projects and objects, as well as the broader historical context of the Vkhutemas experience and its relationship to architectural education in the country.
The studio is based at FunarteSP and houses the reproductions of the following works: Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International ("The Tower"), Leonidov’s Lenin Institute, Malevich’s Architektons, Melnikov’s Sleep Sonata, and Rodchenko and Stepanova’s Composition 12 and Imitabichos.
The MAS in Collective Housing is celebrating an anniversary, and we are pleased to share our excitement at reaching 10 editions. With 256 students from 38 countries and 70 international workshops behind us, we are confident that we are on the right track, and we have now opened the application period for the next edition.
Galeria Joan Prats presents Footprints, the first exhibition by architect Josep Lluís Mateo. Through a selection of completed works and projects, the exhibition explores Mateo’s career in a non-chronological manner, seeking ways to narrate architecture through the themes inherent to his practice. Mateo’s architecture is characterized by a modernist legacy, focusing on the pursuit of light, an intense dialogue with context, and a connection between idea and material. His projects are thoughtful and strategic; they speak to space and carefully balance the relationship between the mineral and the vegetal.
Taking place in Marvão, in the Portuguese Upper Alentejo from July 16 to 29, this international workshop on architectural drawing and design will examine traditional construction, architecture, and urbanism to produce a manual for conservation and new traditional construction in the area. During the final days, participants will design improvement proposals for various public spaces in the town, utilizing the previously developed manual. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge and ideas and collaborate with students and faculty from diverse nationalities. Practical work will be complemented by lectures from experts in traditional vernacular architecture and construction, as well as regional trips and visits to workshops and construction sites.
Attend the seminar "Green Infrastructure in Chile: Progress and Challenges," organized by the Grupo Paisaje-FAU, U. de Chile, in collaboration with REEDUCA, U. de Chile – Urban Ecology Network, U. de Chile. This event is convened by STGO+ Green Infrastructure – Green Corridors – MINVU – Seremi MINVU.