The course is structured around visits to contemporary architectural works in the city of São Paulo, always accompanied by the architect who developed the project. A public inaugural lecture will be held to present the course and explain the dynamics of the visits. The selection of works to be visited is based on the following criteria: location, scale, authorship, and use. Each visit includes discussions on topics related to the day-to-day realities of architectural practice, education, new technologies, work processes, and the project's relationship with the city.
Registration is now open for the fourth cohort of the short-term Executive Education course at Insper, "Urban Innovation: New Ways of Shaping Cities," in partnership with Arq.Futuro. With a 40-hour curriculum starting on May 6, the course aims to help train individuals capable of interpreting the reality of urban spaces and adopting a critical stance on the future of cities. Registration is available via the website: http://bit.ly/2mecfdN.
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.
The Art History course (covering architecture, photography, painting, music, and cinema) is now in its third module. This month's sessions will explore the relationship between art and psychoanalysis. We have invited researchers in these fields and specialists in the artists, architects, and works to be discussed. The modules are not sequential and may be taken individually.
The Arquitetas Negras project emerged from the need to provide visibility to the work of Black Brazilian architects. By mapping the production of these professionals, the project is building a platform for both research and the hiring of architectural services across Brazil.
The course is structured around visits to contemporary architectural works in São Paulo, always in the company of the architect who developed the project. A public inaugural class will be held to present the course and explain the logistics of the visits. The selection of sites to be visited is based on the following criteria: location, scale, author, and use. Each visit includes discussions on topics such as the practical realities of architectural practice, education, new technologies, work processes, and the project's relationship with the city.
A course on Japanese architecture held in October 2019, presented by Gabriel Kogan. The program consists of 4 classes (split over two weeks, on Mondays and Thursdays), each focused on conceptual themes of production in Japan. The goal is to construct a brief genealogy of contemporary Japanese architecture through the study of historical and modern works. The lectures will explore fundamental elements of Eastern aesthetics and their presence in contemporary times.
The "Modern Architecture in São Paulo" course is offering special editions in July and August dedicated exclusively to Lina Bo Bardi. The sessions will provide historical-critical theoretical approaches to the architect's work, in addition to guided tours of two projects: MASP and SESC Pompéia. During these visits, the architecture will be experienced and discussed in detail on-site.
Free. All lectures are open to the public with limited seating.
Established as one of the most significant events hosted by the Escola da Cidade – Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, the International Seminar reaches its 14th edition with the theme “The Right to the City, Still?”
In January and February 2020, Gabriel Kogan will present two courses on architectural history in São Paulo. The first explores international contemporary architecture, focusing on the work of architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, Alvaro Siza, and Peter Zumthor.
