At a time when urbanization has become planetary and humanity has become a geological force capable of profoundly altering Earth's thermodynamic cycles, it is urgent to reinvent the urban way of life and rehearse other forms of coexistence between humans, animals, and plants—between cities, forests, rivers, and mountains. Furthermore, it is urgent to design, with our feet on the ground and in collaboration with the peoples and sciences of the Earth, the conditions for future habitability.
The magazine bears the welcoming name of Engawa. It is welcoming because, as a transitional space, it suggests ideas like hospitality and invitation, or, conversely, projection and openness.
Topics to be discussed during the event:
As longtime partners, Portobello and journalist and TV host Pedro Andrade have embarked on a new project together—this time collaborating on the Horizontes line. Inspired by Andrade's five favorite destinations, the line was launched this year as part of the 2021 Unlimited Experience collection. This partnership represents another innovative step for Portobello in engaging professionals from diverse fields in its creative process, which typically invites architects and furniture or surface designers.
Free Webinar on Online Positioning for Architects and Designers with Patricia Pomerantzeff of Doma Arquitetura, in partnership with Vobi.
"The Nature That Inhabits Me" opens on January 18
The Training for Technical Assistance in Social Interest Land Regularization course, supported by the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of São Paulo (CAU/SP), is a free program that fulfills the requirements of Public Call 006/2020, including providing training for 300 professionals with active CAU registration.
Materials 2050: Reuse and Recycle
Arquitectura en Corto invites you to the screening of the short film Les Matérialistes, which will take place on Wednesday, January 29, at 7:00 PM at the Arquia Foundation (c/Tutor, 16, Madrid). What construction materials will be used in 2050? Directors Jonathan Lapalme and Meggan Collins define Les Matérialistes as a docufiction film that blends current data with future projections to invite a collective reflection on the model shift required to transition toward a circular economy and carbon neutrality. Following the screening, the event will feature Alicia Carvajal, an architect from Dark Matter Labs—one of the organizations that supported the short film and the Les Matérialistes project—along with Lucas Muñoz, a designer recognized for his reuse of materials in his projects, and Albert Sagrera, an architect and environmental consultant specializing in the environmental impact of materials and construction waste management.
The Félix Candela Award is a two-stage international architecture ideas competition conducted in Spanish. It is organized annually by the Instituto Español de Arquitectura (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and designers, either as individuals or in teams of two to three members.
"Optchá - The Road is the Destination"
Katia Politzer presents new works inspired by Romani life; the solo exhibition opens on January 22 at the Centro Cultural Correios in downtown Rio.
"The Work is the Game"
Solo exhibition by Dorys Daher opens at the Centro Cultural Correios, downtown, on January 22
The Architecture and Health Study Group is a monthly event dedicated to discussing topics such as neuroscience applied to architecture, as well as the 9 Foundations of healthy buildings.
The Growarq Week is an event dedicated to architects, engineers, designers, and students looking to revolutionize their design process through a methodology that combines two software programs: Revit and Lumion. It takes place from data_do_evento, starting at 7:00 PM, and is held entirely online.
Download information regarding this competition here.
The fifth edition of the Surface Design course, taught by Celso Lima at Galpão Comum.
Micropolitics and Territorial Mapping for Culture is a theoretical-practical course that seeks to understand the socio-spatial aspects of a territory through field exploration, systematization, and collaborative visualization. Based on the concept of micropolitics, the course identifies characteristics such as conflicts, alliances, local resources, and cultural expressions, using Galpão Comum as a case study.
"Poetry in Iron and Fire"
Marcelo Rezende opens a solo exhibition on February 1st,
at the Galeria do Espaço Cultural Municipal Sérgio Porto
Atlas of Collective Housing in Lima: Architecture and Urban Project. This book examines the construction of architecture as an infrastructural act in the configuration of cities, framing it as a cultural response to the development of society as a whole. Throughout its pages, the book explores the successes and failures of collective housing projects in Lima, addressing their social, urban, and formal aspects, as well as their impact on the urban experience.