Santa Cruz de la Sierra: The Latest Architecture and News

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In 2018, Bolivia will host an edition of ELEA (Latin American Meeting of Architecture Students) for the first time. This annual event is organized by the Latin American Coordinator of Architecture Students (CLEA) in collaboration with IBEA (Bolivian Integration of Architecture Students) and will feature ArchDaily en Español as a media partner.

To be held in the city of Santa Cruz, the XXXIII ELEA Organizing Committee has simultaneously launched an open call for students and young architects from Latin America to participate in the XI Latin American Student Architecture Biennial (XI BAEL), themed "Identity, Customs, and Traditions."

For the first time in Bolivia, the city of Santa Cruz will host the XXXIII ELEA—Latin American Architecture Students Meeting—an annual event organized by the Latin American Coordinator of Architecture Students (CLEA) in conjunction with IBEA (Bolivian Integration of Architecture Students). ArchDaily will be there to cover it on the ground!

Under the theme "Identity Crisis?", Santa Cruz will welcome architecture students from across Latin America from October 21 to 29, 2018. Participants will engage in workshops, lectures, discussions, and cultural activities at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA), fostering a generation committed to "solving the social problems of our region through our profession."

Keynote speakers at the XXXIII ELEA will include Jorge Lobos (Chile/Denmark), Carlos García Vázquez (Spain), Iván Cartes (Chile), Víctor Hugo Limpias (Bolivia), Ariel Jacubovich (Argentina), Roberto Ameneiro (Spain), Susana López (Mexico), Colectivo MU (Colombia), Colectivo Arrabal (Mexico), Néstor Ortega Méndez (Mexico), Lilian Roig (Bolivia), Irma Quiroz (Bolivia), Jorge López (Mexico), and Federico Escobar (Bolivia), among others.

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The most important architecture event in Bolivia, the VIII International Architecture Biennial of Santa Cruz 2022 (VIII BASC), will take place from March 25 to April 3, 2022. Convened and organized by the Colegio de Arquitectos de Santa Cruz (CASCZ), this year's event will be held in a hybrid format, featuring both virtual and in-person activities, with Santa Cruz serving as the host city.

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