Portobello, a leader in ceramic tile retail, is hosting the 5th edition of its content forum, the Archtrends Summit, on September 8, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The invitation-only event will take place at the Rosewood Hotel, located in the Cidade Matarazzo complex in São Paulo, and will be broadcast online for free. Registration is available at no cost on the brand's website: www.portobello.com.br.
The 2022 edition of the Semana Criativa de Tiradentes has been scheduled: it will take place from October 20 to 23 in the historic city of Tiradentes, Minas Gerais. The event will be held in person, featuring four days packed with lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops, and experiences centered on the Brazilian artisanal universe. Daily lectures will be available on the Semana Criativa YouTube channel throughout the festival.
Immaterial flows characterize the urban condition in the era of globalized information, intensifying its existing complexity. Temptations to return to the past, or a penchant for the radical or purely virtual, accompany the uncertainty of a landscape undergoing profound social transformations. To intervene in a perceptible way, a new cohesion is required, provided by a diagrammatic unfolding of the urban condition and a move beyond form-based urban readings. This new arrangement aims to reveal more than the simple sum of its parts.
Curated by art historian and critic Enock Sacramento, one of the leading experts on these modernist currents in Brazilian art, the exhibition marks the opening of the Sala Guido Arturo Palomba. This space pays tribute to the forensic psychiatrist, a renowned expert in legal medicine and the cultural director of the Pinacoteca of the Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM).
On display at the Casa da Arquitectura Gallery from June 4 to September 25, "The Reasons Offsite" offers an immersive experience through virtual reality. The exhibition focuses on modular and prefabricated architecture and was previously on display at the Boston Society of Architects' Salt Gallery (USA, March 2019), the Neufert Box in Weimar as part of the official Bauhaus Centenary program (Germany, September 2019), and the KÉK – Contemporary Architecture Centre in Budapest (Hungary, October 2019).
The Oscar Niemeyer Museum hosts its first public exhibition of the year, celebrating the architecture of Curitiba.
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.
Educational institutions, community leaders, and professional organizations are mobilizing around a debate on social housing and public policy in city centers. Featuring over 60 speakers, the event will take place in May in a remote format; registration is free and open to the public.
On December 7 at 6:00 PM, Monolito will host the launch of its new book featuring Cité Arquitetura.
AUH0545 LEARNING FROM THE COMMONS: CO-CITIES/CO-CREATING THE COMMON GOOD (Experimental course for the co-creation of cities, open to the general public and students outside the USP community)
The exhibition by architect and academic Rubén Muñoz, titled "Light, Form, Act, and Symbol," presents a series of models alongside a catalog featuring three built works and three recent projects from his architectural practice. The exhibition seeks to enrich professional practice with reflections from the doctoral thesis that gives the exhibition its name.
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.
As part of its centennial celebrations, Liga Solidária is launching a competition to select an architectural design for a new 4,000-square-meter Cultural, Social, and Sports Complex to be built at the Educandário Dom Duarte in São Paulo.
What is the potential of the void? For architect Carlos M. Teixeira, it is a field of study, work, and fascination that has been explored for over two decades. This sensitive perspective on the possibilities of the unbuilt gave rise to the book Em obras: história do Vazio em Belo Horizonte, the second, revised and expanded edition of which is hitting bookstores. The launch will take place on August 13 at 10:30 AM at Livraria da Rua, in the capital of Minas Gerais. In the publication, the author proposes a new approach to cities, focusing not on buildings, but on potential spaces for reimagining how people relate to the urban environment, understanding public space as a field for social transformation.
Estudio Guto Requena is opening its creative hub—a historic mansion in downtown São Paulo—to the public for the first time, showcasing projects and works developed through research at Juntxs.Lab, its laboratory for empathy, design, and technology studies. The studio will host guided tours on September 8 as part of the DW! 22 program at Rua Major Diogo, 91, in Bela Vista, by appointment.
with Helena Cavalheiro and guests
online course
14 SESSIONS
APRIL 25 and 28
MAY 02, 05, 09, 12, 16, 23, and 30
JUNE 06, 13, 20, and 27
JULY 04
Mondays, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Thursdays, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (Thursday sessions occur only during the first three weeks, given the theoretical nature of the course's beginning)
R$1,700.00 in up to 8 interest-free installments
On December 15 at 7:00 PM, Monolito will launch its new book featuring Cité Arquitetura.
Launch event for the first published book by architect and artist Natália Barros: "Ensaios do corpo no lugar de morar" [Essays on the body in the place of dwelling], which investigates dwelling in confinement and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the relationship between the body and architecture. The book is an extension of the final undergraduate project (TCC) presented by the author at the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2020. The project was selected by ArchDaily as one of the best of 2020 and received an Artistic-Cultural Research award under the Aldir Blanc Law. Throughout the pages, the reader explores the discussion on the effects of the global pandemic experience on how spaces are conceived and built, as well as the contribution of art as an alternative and creative outlet. Grounded in a phenomenological approach and drawing from dance, scenography, visual arts, and technology, the book proposes new ways of thinking about and practicing architecture.