Amidst the shifting sands of Lima's reality, one of the most solid foundations is the huacas. And this is their year, as they will represent the Peruvian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. For this reason, to elevate and share them with more people, this edition of the 6th Photography Competition by Lima Milenaria focuses exclusively on photographs of these ancient ceremonial centers... huacas everywhere. The winning photographs will have the opportunity to be displayed at the Biennale, among other important prizes.
You don't have to go far to capture a huaca in time; just go for a walk (or dig through your archives). We are surrounded by them, or we live while surrounding them, even if we forget. This is an act to remember, commemorate, and better understand them. What is the relationship between Lima's citizens and the huacas in the city? See them with new eyes—don't just pass by; stop and admire them. So much history, wisdom, mystery, poetry, and reflection... Just don't delay in capturing them; the deadline for submissions is midnight on January 10. Read on to learn how to participate.
The Bee Breeders' Affordable Housing Challenge series heads to London, tasking participants with conceiving creative solutions for the British capital's complex crisis.
This is an open call for projects and publications completed during the four years preceding each Biennial, with five categories open to the American continent and one open worldwide.
The CAF competition sought ideas proposing comprehensive habitat improvements within communities. Specifically, it aimed to improve citizens' quality of life and integrate informal settlements into the city through the conception and design of innovative, relevant, justified, and feasible proposals.
The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition. The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition.
In an increasingly chaotic world, finding a moment of silence is difficult. Participants in the Bee Breeders Silent Meditation Forest Cabins competition are invited to create a space where guests can disconnect from the constant noise and distractions of the technological world and focus on silent reflection over a simple cup of tea.
Sea ice in the Arctic region is crucial for maintaining the global climate due to its reflectivity. The melting of this ice can further accelerate global warming due to positive feedback loops, where warming generates more heat as solar absorption increases. The loss of this ice sheet may represent a tipping point in global warming, triggering the 'runaway' effect of climate change.
The Designia journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the Universidad de Boyacá extends a cordial invitation to the national and international academic community to submit research articles in the fields of architecture, design (graphic, industrial, fashion), visual arts, urbanism, heritage, and museology for publication in Volume 5, Number 2 of the journal.
The Madrid City Council, through the Madrid Architecture Competition Office of the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM), has launched a competition to design three municipal libraries in the Spanish capital.
Following an investigation commissioned by the General Directorate of Libraries, Archives, and Museums and the Public Library Service, "a need to expand the current network of municipal public libraries was identified. This analysis was reinforced by requests from the 2016 district Participatory Budgeting call, as the vast majority of the centers identified in this report were supported by citizen petitions," the competition guidelines explain.
Organized by the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, this international competition seeks the development of a preliminary design for the Faro de la Cultura (Lighthouse of Culture), a cultural center to be located in the Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood of Costanera Sur, between the ecological reserve and the former Boca Sports City.
The project’s primary objective is to stimulate integration and equitable access to facilities for all local residents, fostering community engagement.
The Inter-American Development Bank is launching the "21st Century Schools in Latin America and the Caribbean" competition.
We are seeking to recognize 60 educational infrastructure projects that facilitate learning and the development of 21st-century skills and feature innovations in their design, construction, management, or use. Educational projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
The Municipality of Quito, through the Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning (IMPU) and the Pichincha Architects Association (CAE-P), invites architects, urban planners, and other professionals to participate in a competition aimed at the urban renewal of the railway corridor in southern Quito.
This competition seeks to reimagine the corridor, which currently only serves the tourist train, and whose spatial, environmental, economic, and social potential remains untapped. Consequently, the competition encourages the development of proposals that integrate and acknowledge this historic infrastructure within the city, highlighting its potential as an inclusive and connective public space. The goal is to create gathering spaces and incorporate facilities, retail, and services that enhance the current use and character of each sector. Participants may even rethink the role of this corridor for various urban functions, regardless of whether the train remains in operation. The corridor spans approximately 13 kilometers and traverses areas with a significant diversity of dynamics, land uses, and levels of urban consolidation.
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Ubicación de Beti Jai en Madrid. Image Cortesía de COAM
The Madrid City Council, in collaboration with the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM), has launched a competition for the adaptation and rehabilitation of the historic Beti Jai fronton (always party in Basque) in the Spanish capital.
This former sports facility for Basque pelota, which seats 4,000 spectators, was designed by Joaquín de Rucoba and inaugurated in 1894. It served various purposes after 1918, when it ceased to function exclusively as a sports venue, until it was completely abandoned in 1989. In 2015, the Madrid City Council acquired the site, following concerns over its uncertain future raised by local organizations such as Madrid, Ciudadanía y Patrimonio.
The Municipality of Cascais, with technical support from the OASRS, has launched the "Sommer Pavilion International Ideas Competition" for the construction of a temporary intervention in the Jardim da Parada, adjacent to Casa Sommer in the center of Cascais. Proposals may be submitted until July 13.
INSÒLIT is a festival of ephemeral interventions in the courtyards of Palma that aims to promote the city's rich architectural heritage through creative, temporary actions.
The 2018 AA Visiting School in Santiago will study and challenge the conditions for architectural and urban design within this neoliberal context. Through design projects, it will speculate on new artifacts derived from the spatial and functional decompression of the shopping mall, understood as a series of strategic interventions and operations within the city that ultimately aim to rethink the relationship between housing, infrastructure, and urban design.
The journal Designia invites the national and international academic community to submit research-based articles in the fields of Architecture, Urbanism, Design (graphic, industrial, and fashion), Heritage, Museology, and Visual Arts for publication in Volume 6, Issue 1.
We are seeking to recognize 60 educational infrastructure projects that facilitate learning and the development of 21st-century skills and feature innovation in their design, construction, management, or use. Educational projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Experimenta Pontevedra, the Urban Design Festival, celebrates its first edition from June 21 to 24, 2018. Over these four days, public space will be transformed to encourage uses that foster imagination and play.
