This May, a symposium will discuss environmental responsibility in architecture and urban planning design decisions. Registration is now open.

Aiming to showcase contemporary Japan, whose architecture is internationally recognized, Japan House São Paulo, Arq.Futuro, and the Japanese Pavilion are hosting the debate series "Designing Cultural Institutions: Contemporary Challenges" throughout 2019, featuring renowned Brazilian and Japanese architects. The first session will take place on May 2nd at the Japanese Pavilion, featuring Vinicius Andrade and Hiroshi Sambuichi, who is visiting Brazil for the first time.
Curated by Natasha Barzaghi Geenen, Cultural Director of Japan House São Paulo, the series—which consists of four sessions—will address the current challenges of designing a cultural institution, taking into account new possibilities for space usage and the various media, platforms, and dimensions of contemporary artworks. A session featuring Brazilian architect Thiago Bernardes and Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane, who will have a solo exhibition at Japan House São Paulo in the second half of the year, is already scheduled for August.
The starting point for this series is how architecture responds to the daily challenges faced by cultural institutions, which have evolved into spaces where a wide variety of activities take place—from traditional exhibitions and art preservation to lectures, meetings, workshops, screenings, and performances, as well as spaces dedicated to cafés and restaurants. "These institutions play a fundamental and growing role as centers for social interaction. The versatility of these spaces must be considered from the moment the architectural project is conceived," comments Natasha, the series curator.
The question, "What are the premises and challenges of designing these institutions today? And what is the architect's role in this multidisciplinary work?" guides this series, which aims to debate these issues and present proposals, thereby creating a parallel and contributing to reflection on the subject.
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This course aims to teach the fundamentals of Green Infrastructure, a landscape planning and design method capable of linking nature conservation with urban development. It does so by creating a network of multifunctional landscapes that provide space for human activities without compromising natural processes.

The cities of Belo Horizonte (May) and Rio de Janeiro (June) will host sessions of Gabriel Kogan's course on the history of international contemporary architecture.

Free and open to the public, particularly for architecture and urbanism students, the “Forum on Technical Assistance (ATHIS) and University Extension in Social Interest Housing: Integrated Action in Urban Space” will take place from May 16 to 19, 2019.

To launch the 2nd Instituto Tomie Ohtake Leroy Merlin Design Award, the "Contemporary Design" debate will be held on May 16 at 7:00 PM.

The tour begins on Rua Pará, where we will see the Buenos Aires (Majer Botkowski), Abaeté (Abrahão Sanovicz), and Solar do Conde (Pedro Paulo de Melo Saraiva) buildings. We will head down Avenida Angélica toward Parque Buenos Aires, passing the Imperator (Vaidergorn and Verona) and Vera Cruz (Oswaldo Bratke) buildings. We will also visit the Paquita Building (Alfred Dundutch), cross the park toward Praça Vilaboim, and finally conclude at the Louveira Building (Vilanova Artigas and Carlos Cascaldi).
*Special student pricing available. Please contact us.

To explore the work of the architect behind some of São Paulo's most iconic buildings, we invite you on a tour that spans from her residential designs to her powerful and democratic public spaces.

From May 16 to June 15, the Escola da Cidade Technical Council is hosting the "Vila dos Mellos Competition" exhibition, featuring thirty projects that showcase a landscape of high-quality architectural production.

The 21st Brazilian Congress of Architects announced on Monday, May 27, an extension of the deadline for project submissions, now open until June 15 via the website www.21cba.com.br. The event will take place in Porto Alegre from October 9 to 12, 2019, and is organized by the IAB-RS.

Days before the opening of the 7th edition at Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon, which takes place from June 4 to 9, the Arquiteturas Film Festival (AFF) is preparing for its official presentation on May 30 at the Roca Lisboa Gallery, starting at 6:30 PM.

The Art History course (covering architecture, photography, painting, music, and cinema) is now in its third module. This month's sessions will explore the relationship between art and psychoanalysis. We have invited researchers in these fields and specialists in the artists, architects, and works to be discussed. The modules are not sequential and may be taken individually.

1st CineCubo IAB Short Film Festival

PIXO Journal Issue 10 - Women and Urban Places is seeking submissions that address the theme of women and urban spaces. We are looking for research focusing on the relationship between the female body, the feminist researcher, and their theoretical and methodological approaches, challenges, traces, processes, and leads. As researchers and self-proclaimed feminists, we invoke this edition as a breath of academic struggle and resistance, highlighting the work and voices that shape the field of research on women, their various potentials, affections, and performances.

Estudio Tupi invites you to its celebration of the 32nd Bloomsday Paulistano—an event honoring the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), held annually on June 16. Anticipating these tributes on the eve of the event, June 15, Estudio Tupi will host Finnegans’ Eve. Promoting a celebration of the intersections between architecture, literature, and music, the event will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at 3:00 PM at the Casa de Vidro – Instituto Bardi (Rua General Almério de Moura, 200 – Vila Morumbi, São Paulo – SP).

A conversation with Marcio Kogan, Diana Radomysler, and Carlos Costa.

studio mk27 possesses a strong "storytelling" DNA derived from cinema throughout its entire creative process—not only when designing spaces but also when presenting them to the final client.

We will cover the development, control, viability, and fabrication of complex geometries by associating project parameters using Grasshopper, the most advanced generative modeling software for architecture and design.

Drawing inspiration from nature to create innovative projects is the core concept of biomimicry. This science studies the vast array of strategies nature employs to ensure the survival and reproduction of living organisms on the planet. By understanding these strategies, it is possible to foster innovation across all forms of design. We utilize the creative journey known as Biomimicry Thinking, which enables nature-inspired creation even for those without a background in science.