Brazil

Renowned Brazilian architects and urban planners, including Paulo Mendes da Rocha, will gather in São Paulo for two days in early July. Alongside approximately 300 other professionals, they will work to draft the "Charter of Architects and Urban Planners to the 2018 Election Candidates, in Defense of the Right to the City"—a long-standing and permanent agenda for the profession since the first Brazilian Congress of Architects, organized by the IAB in 1945, which marked the definition of social function as a priority in the field.

ESCOLA DA CIDADE’S “GEOGRAPHY, CITY, AND ARCHITECTURE” POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM HOSTS SUSANNAH DRAKE OF DLANDstudio, NEW YORK

The architect and urban planner, a professor at FAUUSP, will attend the opening of the Academic Week of Architecture and Urbanism at the Instituto de Educação Superior da Paraíba (IESP), taking place on April 23.

Opening:
Paula Dedecca - author of the doctoral thesis “Architecture and Engagement: The IAB, Professional Debate, and Its Transnational Arenas (1920-1970)”

From April 23 to 27, 2018, the Minas Gerais-based collective Micrópolis will host the Urban Interventions Workshop for the Pós DAEE program. This activity is organized by the Graduate Program in Design and Architecture of Ephemeral Spaces and will be part of the program for the IESP Academic Week of Architecture and Urbanism.

3rd SiM - Interdisciplinary Seminar on Museology: “Landscape as Memory: The Legacy of Hans Broos in the Itajaí Valley.”

Starting today, Sesc São Paulo is hosting the Arquite-Tô project, which invites the public to imagine how the arts and architecture can articulate knowledge and more democratic ways of building, inhabiting, and enjoying space.

The project takes place at the Sesc Pinheiros unit, with a program that includes lectures, theatrical performances, workshops, film screenings, and other activities that engage with architecture and the city.

The Collegiate of Architecture and Urbanism Entities of Paraíba (CEAU-CAU/PB)—comprising the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Paraíba (CAU/PB), the Institute of Architects of Brazil – Paraíba Department (IAB.pb), the Architects' Union of Paraíba (SINDARQ-PB), and the National Federation of Architecture and Urbanism Students – Northeast Regional (FeNEA)—is hosting the "Paraíba Seminar on Urban Policy."

In partnership with the Federal District Housing Development Company (CODHAB-DF), Quintal Urbano (RN), and LabRua (PB), the Architecture and Urbanism program at IESP Faculdades will host an exclusive urban design workshop during INOVA IESP 2018, focused on underserved communities and precarious areas.

The second edition of this week-long series of urbanism-related activities will highlight the transformative power of walking. To this end, we are joining the international Jane's Walk community to honor the life and work of urbanist, activist, writer, and journalist Jane Jacobs, and to host the debut of Jane's Walk Porto Alegre!

In early 2018, the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Taubaté marked its 40th anniversary. As the most traditional school of Architecture and Urbanism in the Paraíba region, it has introduced approximately 2,000 qualified professionals to the regional and state job markets, specializing in building construction, urbanism, landscape architecture, interior design, historic preservation, and more.
Hundreds of professors have taught at the department, enriching students' education and providing the professional and academic experience necessary for architects and urban planners.
The 38th SEMAU
Each year, the school hosts the Architecture and Urbanism Week, featuring academic, cultural, and social programming aimed at its internal community. This year, however, the program will be expanded to include celebrations of the school's 40th anniversary, with the goal of revisiting its history and welcoming back former students and faculty to the institution.

The XIV ENEPEA - National Meeting on Landscape Teaching in Architecture and Urbanism Schools in Brazil will take place at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Central Campus, in Santa Maria, RS, from October 2 to 6, 2018, incorporating the XIII Quapá-SEL Colloquium as a pre-event on October 1 and 2, 2018.

The invention of new machines and design tools, alongside environmental urgencies and the human occupation of both existing and future built spaces, is driving new opportunities to conceive and produce the imagined building and city.

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM ‘MOBILITY: ITS LOGICS AND SCALES’ - APPLICATIONS OPEN - UNTIL 08.01 | ESCOLA DA CIDADE

The second title in the series presents the city as a place for gathering and play; the event will take place at Sesc Avenida Paulista and includes an educational activity. Free admission.

The Federal University of Piauí Press (EdUFPI), in partnership with the Teresina Municipal Government, is hosting the launch of the book "Acácio Gil Borsoi: produção arquitetônica moderna em Teresina" on October 30, 2018, at 6:00 PM, at the Clube dos Diários, in downtown Teresina, Piauí.

JAPANESE PAVILION AT IBIRAPUERA PARK HOSTS "INDIGENOUS BENCHES OF BRAZIL" EXHIBITION

The headquarters building of the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP) is the subject of the latest exhibition at MAB-FAAP. The show highlights the work of the French architect Auguste Perret, one of the most significant figures in architecture during the first half of the 20th century.