Brazil

The RUÍNA Materiais Catalog is an initiative that aims to rethink construction and demolition materials through the lens of REUSE. By selecting materials ready for reintroduction into projects, construction sites, or directly into homes, workplaces, and beyond, RUÍNA seeks to encourage circular production chains, helping to reduce the volume of demolition waste while providing quality materials with minimal environmental impact. We seek partnerships with initiatives involved in the disposal, dismantling, or demolition of spaces, as well as with producers who have surplus materials without a designated use.

Every city requires collective action to be reinvented and adapted to the demands of the 21st century, especially in a post-pandemic world. This is the central argument of the book Reinvenção da Cidade - Interação, Equidade, Planeta (Reinventing the City - Interaction, Equity, Planet) by architect and urban planner Sérgio Magalhães. The work addresses key challenges facing Brazilian urban spaces in the pursuit of cities that are less predatory and unequal, and more democratic, inclusive, and sustainable. Throughout the text, the author sheds light on the case of Rio de Janeiro as an iconic metropolitan city that concentrates the attributes, contrasts, shortcomings, and potential that shape the national identity. The book will be launched on Friday, March 18, at 7:00 PM, at the Livraria da Travessa in Shopping Leblon.

Festival: Sexta no Galpão

Archathon is Brazil's largest creativity laboratory, where architecture and design firms develop various interior solutions for a single brief.

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At the beginning of the 20th century, a bomb exploded at 2 Rua Helvetia, in downtown São Paulo. This occurred during the 1924 Paulista Revolution, also known as "the revolution that São Paulo forgot": a tenentista uprising harshly suppressed by government-loyal troops. After 23 days of bombardment that primarily affected the civilian population, newspapers celebrated the victory of legality and the crushing of the revolution. A century later, under the justification of maintaining that same legality, many other bombs—both real and symbolic—have exploded over that same territory, impacting the most vulnerable above all.

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum hosts its first public exhibition of the year, celebrating the architecture of Curitiba.

The Professional Master’s Program in Architecture, Urbanism, and Design at Belas Artes cordially invites you to the Inaugural Lecture, to be delivered by Prof. Dr. José Tavares Correia de Lira (FAUUSP):
Production Studies and the Historiography of Architecture (and Design)

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On Friday, March 11, the launch of Recorte will take place in São Paulo. The magazine, focused on design and creativity, is produced, edited, and funded by a community of designers, illustrators, and creative industry professionals.

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The 1st Colloquium: Woman, City, and Architecture was held on October 17–18, 2019, in Salvador, Bahia, organized by the LAB20 research group of PPGAU/UFBA and ELAS of FAU/UnB. The event was established with a dual objective: to discuss architecture and urbanism through the experience and contributions of women in the city, and to foster collaboration among researchers who have been exploring this theme from multiple and diverse perspectives.

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