The spring edition of the series focuses on "scale" in architecture. Everything is a matter of "scale." Whether as a projective tool or a universal system of measurement and comprehension, scale permeates the discipline at different moments and in different ways. From the relationship between a project and its context to issues of representation, to speak of scale is to speak of architecture. This edition of the Architectural Culture Lecture Series [CCCA] explores various practices and projects to delve into its extraordinary richness.

Architects, the 2018 State Meeting of Architects and Urban Planners (EEAU) is coming up. Organized by SASP, this year's event is themed "New Perspectives for the Practice of Architects and Urban Planners."

On January 31, the book Opera Chillana Digesta, recently published by Editorial Fisuras, will be presented at Casa de América in Madrid.

Opera Chillana Digesta is a large-format portfolio written and illustrated by Juan Borchers in early 1964. It is one of the most valuable Borchers manuscripts preserved in the Original Archives of the Faculty of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In this manuscript, Borchers aims to synthesize the intellectual background of the project for the Cooperativa Eléctrica de Chillán building, which was nearing completion at the time. It is written in simple language—at least in comparison to other texts by Borchers—and is accompanied by beautiful drawings. Beyond presenting the architectural concept behind the project, Borchers provides insights into how this concept is embodied in the work. Among the many topics covered, the Borcherian idea of "act" and a theory of form embodied in his concept of "bastones" (staffs), conceived as differences between magnitudes, stand out.

The School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae hosts monthly "Atraviesos Urbanos," a series of thematic tours of Santiago. The October 6th edition will take place in the Barrio República.

The NGO Soluções Urbanas and Arquitecasa, in partnership with Banco do Povo – Crédito Solidário and supported by the São Paulo Architects Union (SASP), are hosting the course "Experience in Technical Assistance for Housing Improvements," led by architect Mariana Estevão.

Book launch for "PUC.TUB: A Decade of Design" as part of the "International Symposium on Architectural Education: PFLEGE | CARE | CUIDADO," to be held on October 9 at the pergola in the Patio de Los Naranjos at the Lo Contador campus.

São Paulo, 2018 – On Friday, November 23, Arq.Futuro, Inciti – Research and Innovation for Cities, Escola da Cidade, and the Ministry of Public Security will host the Urbanism and Public Security Seminar. The event will analyze recent intervention experiences in three cities: Medellín, Colombia; Recife; and Rio de Janeiro. It will take place in São Paulo at the Itaú BBA auditorium, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

The Master of Architecture program at the University of Chile invites you to the lecture "Is it Possible to Inhabit the Contemporary?", which will be delivered by Sergio Rojas.

Free to the public, the exhibition honors the architecture of Irineu Breitman and will be held in conjunction with the VIII CBDEH from October 30 to November 1 at the Expo Unimed in Curitiba, PR.

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Registration for the "Lugar de Partilha" Self-Construction Laboratory at the Conjunto Habitacional da Guarda in Perafita, Matosinhos, is open until July 16. The program, which will host 10 participants, will take place from July 28 to August 10.

Iain Sinclair, author of Lights Out for the Territory, is the latest guest of the renowned "La Ciudad y las Palabras" (The City and the Words) project, a program under the PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, sponsored by La Tercera. The author will deliver a lecture on London on Thursday, November 8, at 6:30 PM in the UC School of Architecture auditorium (El Comendador 1936, Providencia).

In its pursuit of providing cutting-edge solutions, C&C Consulting Construction Group, through its AEC Tech division and in collaboration with Trimble Inc., invites you to the conference series "Use of New Technologies for the AEC Industry." The series will explore the advantages and benefits of using #LaserScanner technology and managing the resulting data through the powerful, next-generation software #RealWorks and #EdgeWise. Additionally, we will cover #MixedReality via #Connect for Microsoft HoloLens, which leverages this technology for project coordination by providing precise alignment of holographic data on the job site, allowing models to be reviewed within the context of the physical environment. Both topics will be presented by experts Julio Collado and David Burczyk from the Field Technology Group at Trimble Buildings.

Watch Day is a World Monuments Fund event designed to engage the community in raising awareness about the risks and potential of the 25 sites worldwide added to the organization's Watch program every two years.

The Valparaíso Regional Delegation of the Association of Architects of Chile, the Gaudí Research Institute of the Gaudí Chair at the University of Barcelona, and the Ambassador of Spain will launch the "Gaudí in Valparaíso" project this Thursday, October 4, at the Cultural Center of Spain in Santiago.

This event is held in conjunction with the launch of the Landscape and Sustainability Observatory (OPS) at the UDP Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design.

A workshop on paper model making, led by professors Sebastian Beck and Anna Juni, will take place on September 18. Registration is now open. Free of charge.

Goma Oficina invites students and faculty to a guided tour of the studio where models are being produced for the exhibition "Vkhutemas 1918–2018: Future in Construction," curated by Celso Lima and Neide Jallageas. The exhibition will take place at Sesc Pompeia in July 2018.
During the visit, the Goma team will present the entire process of reproducing these projects and objects, as well as the broader historical context of the Vkhutemas experience and its relationship to architectural education in the country.
The studio is based at FunarteSP and houses the reproductions of the following works: Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International ("The Tower"), Leonidov’s Lenin Institute, Malevich’s Architektons, Melnikov’s Sleep Sonata, and Rodchenko and Stepanova’s Composition 12 and Imitabichos.