The seminar "Architecture: Personal Comfort, Well-being, and Diversity" aims to examine comfort, health, and well-being in architecture as the primary purpose of built environment design, acknowledging human diversity and moving toward new definitions of environmental comfort and spatial functionality.
Next Saturday, October 28, at 7:00 PM, a conversation will be held between curator Fernanda Lopes and artists Andro Silva, Atelier Sanitário (Daniel Murgel and Leandro Barboza), Hugo Houayek, Natália Quinderé (Seis gentes dançam no museu), and Rafael Alonso at Galeria Athena. The event is part of the exhibition "O que há de música em você," which has just been extended until December 2, 2023, due to popular demand. The conversation is free and open to the public.
Siza and Oscar: Beyond the Sea, a photography exhibition by José Roberto Bassul opening on September 7 at the Espaço Ferreira Alves, at the Casa da Arquitectura, consists of an abstract visual dialogue between the architecture of Siza Vieira in Brazil and that of Oscar Niemeyer in Portugal. Curated by Ângela Berlinde, the exhibition comprises 28 images that pay photographic homage to two icons of modernist architecture.
On this side, the Pestana Casino Park Hotel on the island of Madeira, the only work in Portugal by the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer. On the other side, the Iberê Camargo Foundation building in Porto Alegre, Brazil, also the only work by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.
The second edition of the International Architecture and Urbanism Biennial returns as an in-person event, taking place in the historic centers of Lima and Callao.
Architectural and urban photography has existed for nearly 200 years. Since 1826, the impact, debate, and relevance surrounding the subject have only increased, as a truly relevant photograph, after all, raises more questions than it answers.
Affective Ecologies is an independent learning environment for observing and experiencing the affective realities that drive us in relation to design and contemporary ecology.
The Latin American Meeting of Architecture Students (ELEA) has served, across thirty-three in-person and one virtual edition, as an annual space to bring together hundreds of architecture students and young professionals from across Latin America. It provides a platform for different generations to exchange experiences and knowledge, and to build networks through exhibition, dialogue, and action within the field of architecture—and even in areas not commonly recognized as part of the discipline.
Sesc Rio de Janeiro invites you to the opening of the exhibition "Da Kutanda ao Quitandinha – 80 anos" on December 1, 2023, starting at 10:00 AM. The exhibition marks the beginning of the 80th-anniversary celebrations for the venue, which opened in 1944 as a hotel-casino and now houses the Sesc Quitandinha Cultural Center. Curated by Marcelo Campos, the expansive exhibition is organized into six sections, tracing a narrative that begins in the 18th century with the earliest records of Black presence in the Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Inhomirim—the foundation of the region's settlement—via the Piabanha River and the plantations that relied on enslaved labor, ultimately giving rise to the city now known as Petrópolis.
Architectural environments impact human well-being. Neurobehavioral measurements can be used to determine the most appropriate conditions for spatial environments.
On December 9, the exhibition "Corpo Formoso" will open at the Galeria do Lago in the Museu da República. It features 11 new paintings by Rio-based artist Yoko Nishio, marking her first solo exhibition following her participation in various group shows at the Museu da República itself, the Centro Cultural Correios in Niterói, and Sesc Teresópolis, among other renowned museums and galleries.
The third edition of this traveling festival, organized by the Sarañani! School of Conservation of Fundación Altiplano, is underway. Designed for those passionate about conservation, sustainable construction, traditional crafts, and responsible living, as well as coastal cuisine and beach landscapes, the event takes place in the wonderful port of Callao—a heritage treasure of the Americas—in collaboration with the Patronato de la Cocina del Callao, the Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura del Callao, and the Centro Tierra of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
The 7th edition of the Semana Criativa de Tiradentes arrives with plenty of new features. The festival, which celebrates the intersection of art and culture while honoring handmade design, will take place from October 19 to 22 in the city of Tiradentes.
The new edition of Bancos Indígenas do Brasil presents valuable photographic documentation of the BEI Collection of Indigenous Benches, accompanied by texts that explore the subject through various cultural, practical, and aesthetic lenses. The book also features a map locating the ethnic groups represented in the collection, as well as a stunning photo essay by Rafael Costa captured in the Xingu region.
The current urban lifestyle, centered on vehicles and mass production, has serious consequences for people and the environment. In Brazil, more than 80% of the population lives in urban environments (Embrapa, 2017), and walking is the primary mode of transportation in cities, accounting for 39% of daily trips (2018, ANTP). If we consider that public transport trips begin and end on foot, walking is involved in approximately 67% of daily trips (2018, ANTP).
The trip to the Venice Architecture Biennale, led by Francesco Perrotta-Bosch, will take place from October 12 to 23.
REBUILD is the boutique innovation event designed to drive the transformation of the building sector and define, alongside all stakeholders in the value chain, the roadmap for the industry. The event showcases the most advanced technology, the most sustainable solutions and materials, industrialized and modular construction systems, and cutting-edge design.
ARCHITECTS OFFICE is opening its doors for the Vila Madalena Art Fair on August 20, inviting the public to explore the work and behind-the-scenes of the architecture, urbanism, and interior design agency. Attendees can also visit the “Possible Worlds” exhibition, which features projects that inspire the imagination of desirable futures for living, presenting sustainability research that ranges from ecology to sociology.
The International Summer Seminar aims to raise awareness among future generations about alternative ways of practicing architecture, extending the Fertile Futures project beyond the timeframe and scope of the exhibition at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.