The creative process in design through which one arrives at the realisation of the object is the theme of MCA Design's exhibition 'L'atelier del Design: oggetti, materiali, esperienze', hosted at the Milan headquarters of MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects. The exhibition occupies the first of the three levels of the old Opificio from the 1930s, now a creative breeding ground for architects, engineers, designers, and the young professionals attending the SOS - School of Sustainability master course.
As part of the academic dialogue and reflection space "From Territory to Detail," which brings together architecture professors, students, and renowned architects, the spin-off "From Territory to Detail .re" explores—through informal conversations with key figures—the thesis that a territory's richness stems from its capacity for renewal, activating its own disused spaces to transform them into challenges and resources.
The Twentieth Century witnessed an ambitious range of planning schemes for new towns and capital cities. While these projects were driven by diverse political, economic, and geographic conditions, many of them shared an enthusiasm for landscape as a medium of urbanism. Given the widely documented and generally accepted shortcomings of modern planning, many of these cities are seen as failures in social, environmental, and cultural terms.
.The best artists of Ukraine will present their works at the annual international art fair in the ancient city of Bodrum. The fair was organized in 2021 by the governor of Mugla Orhan Tavli, the governor of Bodrum Belikir Yilmaz and the mayor of Bodrum Ahmet Aras.This year the event was organized by Demis Fair Hussein Bay. The Bodrum Art Fair will take place in the cultural center of Herodotus in two stages. The first art lovers will be able to visit from June 29 to July 3, 2022. Ukrainian artists such as Andriy Chyzhov, Svitlana Galdetska, Ivan Dragan, Elina Bilous, Myron Kataran and Mira Bachkur will be represented here. The works of art were created by the authors before the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, some were written under the influence of current events.. It is a reflection of artists on war, dialogue with themselves and the world. By participating in the exhibition, the artists seek to help their country and the affected Ukrainians. After all, part of the proceeds will be donated to the Mykola Petrenko Charitable Foundation for the needs of orphans from the occupied territories. At the same time, in this way the artists continue the cultural life of Ukraine and its presentation on the international cultural arena. Everyone will be able to visit the exhibition from June 29 to July 3, inclusive, at the Bodrum Herodotus Cultural and Exhibition Center Konacik
For the 60th Anniversary edition of the Milan Salone del Mobile, SCP are pleased to present an exhibition of new designs situated within the beautiful main cloisters of the San Simpliciano basilica, one of the Padiglione Brera locations, and as part of Milan’s Brera Design District and the Fuorisalone.
Join d.talks in partnership with the Calgary Public Library to discuss the role of design in shaping systemic inequity and the connection with sustainability.
This is a symposium to discuss the future of bamboo in the Haitian built environment and is organised as a joint event by Newcastle University in the UK, the University of Pittsburgh, USA and the Wynne Farm Ecological Reserve, Haiti.
On the occasion of the publication of the book "The Wood That Makes Our Cities", François Leclercq and Paul Laigle, architects and urban planners, Michèle Leloup, journalist, Cyrille Weiner, photographer and editorial director, Jad Hussein, artistic director, Marie-Hélène Contal, director of cultural development, and Serge Gros, architect, teacher and researcher, ex-director of the CAUE in Grenoble, discuss the state of the French forest, the wood sector and its R&D.
From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the space we dwell.
Today, more than ever, the landscape is a precious heritage that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to pass it on to future generations: architects shall not give up on working on landscape, instead they should be able to design architectures that respond to each landscape’s specific feature and generate wonderful and unique spaces.
Proyectar a Conciencia 5.0. Image Cortesía de Sto Chile
Commemorating PAC 3.0 and PAC 4.0, which took place during the quarantine, and launching PAC 5.0, Sto Chile celebrated at "Casa ArchDaily" with competition partners and friends from the private, public, trade, and industrial sectors.
This book brings together, for the first time in Spanish, more than twenty writings and lectures by British architect Cedric Price. Drawn from diverse sources, Price’s texts reveal an exceptional understanding of architecture, filtered through a critical and complex—yet honest and ironic—personality.
Interior architecture today operates at the intersection of physical and mediated spaces, such as those of mass communication, digital platforms, or the visual arts. If we consider any form of representation as potential architecture—from writing to photography, from drawing to film—this essay addresses contemporary interiors as "expanded media" platforms that belong to different places and temporalities, reaffirming the role of interior architecture in the construction of contemporaneity.
The decline of monasticism as a historical movement coincides with what Hannah Arendt proposes as the fundamental paradigm shift upon which modernity was built: "The inversion of the hierarchical order between the vita contemplativa and the vita activa." By elevating action to the highest state of the human condition, contemplation lost its traditional meaning and surrendered its honorary position as a source of access to truth.
The Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio de Janeiro (CAU/RJ) will hold the first edition of "CAU nos Bairros" (CAU in the Neighborhoods) in Campo Grande on June 1st and 2nd. This free, public initiative aims to demonstrate how architects and urban planners can help build or renovate with efficiency, quality, and fewer unforeseen issues.
This book analyzes the origin, development, and dismantling of the Lima Planning Institute (IPL) at the National University of Engineering (UNI), which served as the headquarters for Project 205 of the Inter-American Program for Urban and Regional Planning (PIAPUR).
The book highlights the Institute's significance within both the national and Latin American contexts regarding professional training in urban and regional planning, while considering the influence of the various schools of thought and the political and social movements of the era. It was the first postgraduate program of its kind in the country and the first in its specialty in Latin America.
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