As part of the 171st anniversary of the founding of San Javier de Loncomilla, the first Guide to Earthen Architecture in the Loncomilla Valley was presented on November 18, 2023, at the Colo Colo Social and Sports Club—an iconic adobe structure. The event brought together more than 150 residents from various sectors of the commune and the surrounding Maule region, including earthen construction practitioners and artisans, representatives of social organizations, neighborhood association members, architects, owners of raw earth properties, and children.
Growarq Week is an event dedicated to architects, engineers, designers, and students looking to revolutionize their design process through a methodology that combines two software programs: Revit and Lumion. The event will take place from December 12 to 14, 2023, at 7:00 PM each day, and will be held entirely online.
“How to Remember a Crime: Mapocho River” is a free performance that, through a walking tour guided by soundscapes, voiceovers, and testimonies, encourages reflection on the connection to nature, civic development, fundamental rights, and crimes against humanity committed during the dictatorship.
“Architecture and Feminisms. Without Beginning or End” Organized by the Instituto Cervantes, the exhibition featuring architects, urban planners, and artists will be on view at the Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) until February 2024
On December 2, the 26th National Congress of Architects concluded at the Bíobio Theatre with a moving ceremony that featured the presentation of the 2023 CA Awards, a keynote lecture by National Architecture Prize winner Fernando Pérez Oyarzún, and the submission of the congress's final resolutions, which will serve as a mandate for change for the National Board of the Chilean Association of Architects.
Vila Plural, the country's first creative entertainment hub, is hosting its first Belca Collage Art Workshop on Thursday, December 14, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Tickets are R$350.00 and are available for purchase on the Sympla platform. The activity is an immersive, hands-on experience led by the artist, with a focus on each participant's creative journey and personal interpretation of art.
The Minergie basic course offers the opportunity to understand the building as an interdisciplinary project and to navigate the comprehensive certification process, from planning through execution to building operation.
Arquitectura en Corto invites you to the screening of the short film Les Matérialistes, which will take place on Wednesday, January 29, at 7:00 PM at the Arquia Foundation (c/Tutor, 16, Madrid). What construction materials will be used in 2050? Directors Jonathan Lapalme and Meggan Collins define Les Matérialistes as a docufiction film that blends current data with future projections to invite a collective reflection on the model shift required to transition toward a circular economy and carbon neutrality. Following the screening, the event will feature Alicia Carvajal, an architect from Dark Matter Labs—one of the organizations that supported the short film and the Les Matérialistes project—along with Lucas Muñoz, a designer recognized for his reuse of materials in his projects, and Albert Sagrera, an architect and environmental consultant specializing in the environmental impact of materials and construction waste management.
The Félix Candela Award is a two-stage international architecture ideas competition conducted in Spanish. It is organized annually by the Instituto Español de Arquitectura (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and designers, either as individuals or in teams of two to three members.
"Optchá - The Road is the Destination" Katia Politzer presents new works inspired by Romani life; the solo exhibition opens on January 22 at the Centro Cultural Correios in downtown Rio.
The Growarq Week is an event dedicated to architects, engineers, designers, and students looking to revolutionize their design process through a methodology that combines two software programs: Revit and Lumion. It takes place from data_do_evento, starting at 7:00 PM, and is held entirely online.
Micropolitics and Territorial Mapping for Culture is a theoretical-practical course that seeks to understand the socio-spatial aspects of a territory through field exploration, systematization, and collaborative visualization. Based on the concept of micropolitics, the course identifies characteristics such as conflicts, alliances, local resources, and cultural expressions, using Galpão Comum as a case study.
Atlas of Collective Housing in Lima: Architecture and Urban Project. This book examines the construction of architecture as an infrastructural act in the configuration of cities, framing it as a cultural response to the development of society as a whole. Throughout its pages, the book explores the successes and failures of collective housing projects in Lima, addressing their social, urban, and formal aspects, as well as their impact on the urban experience.
