Belo Horizonte: The Latest Architecture and News

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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.

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Aiming to shed light on the possibilities of urban voids, the International Open Call for Urban Intervention Projects “Outros Territórios” (Other Territories) was recently held, gathering proposals for ephemeral interventions for the “stilt structures” of buildings in the Buritis neighborhood of Belo Horizonte.

To highlight the themes of Urban October, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) office in Brazil created the Urban Circuit in 2018—a call for events organized by various stakeholders on topics related to Urban October. The second edition of the Urban Circuit in 2019 will feature the general theme "Innovative and Inclusive Cities" and the guiding question: "How can innovation improve urban services and policies in an inclusive and sustainable way?"

This Forum aims to bring together, over four days in Belo Horizonte, various stakeholders involved in housing issues—architects, planners, public officials, members of municipal housing councils, grassroots movements, government representatives, organizations, and other professionals working in the field, as well as researchers and students. In doing so, it aims to provide a space for multidisciplinary discussion, addressing both theoretical and practical issues related to urban living.

The second edition of the Structural Inspection Workshop will take place on Saturday, August 3rd, at the Espaço Comum Luiz Estrela.

Held since 1992, the ARQUISUR Congresses are organized by the member institutions of the Association of Public Schools and Faculties of Architecture of South America—currently composed of 28 schools and faculties from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The structure of ARQUISUR events reflects the three pillars of university activity: research, teaching, and outreach. Alongside these scientific events, teaching activities aimed at undergraduate students—the workshops—and the ARQUISUR Meetings take place.

3x3 is once again hosting an IN-PERSON workshop in BELO HORIZONTE, MG, on PHOTOSHOP for architecture! The classes will take place on Sunday, July 7th.

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The AAP (Alternative Academic Project) is the result of an interest in fostering an alternative debate regarding architecture, urban planning, and landscape. We believe that contemporary education is built upon small components with a strong emphasis on diversity and internationality. Practice as an exercise of the architectural profession, with the intent of offering intellectual freedom, is fundamental to the future of the discipline. Through this project, we seek to blur boundaries and bring people together. The AAP aims to be an organization of professionals capable of providing concrete responses to territorial transformations, serving as a critical complement to architecture schools.

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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 postgraduate program in "Parametric Design in Architecture" aims to foster the development of technical skills and cognitive strategies, enabling students to create design methods using programming languages. Through a practical and theoretical approach, the program seeks to equip students with the skills necessary to apply knowledge and techniques of parametric modeling, focusing on material behavior simulation, form-finding processes, and form generation and optimization.

E-Workshop: Architecture in the City
Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil