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TerrainLAB 2017 on a field trip and a still frame from the video recorded during the drone flight over the Canal of Navarra (right).
The Terrain Lab Visiting School is a 10-day research workshop held in collaboration with the Architectural Association in London and the University of Navarra. This year, it will take place at the University of Navarra School of Architecture in Pamplona from June 25 to July 5, 2018. The Lab investigates the geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural forces that shape each territory to formulate hypotheses regarding the future production of landscapes and anthropized territories.
Parque(ando) is an initiative that proposes a welcoming and participatory use of public space, in which citizens transform streets into small parks for one day through the use of furniture, art installations, cultural expressions, recreational activities, and more.
The objective of this course is to provide the theoretical and practical foundations of architectural photography. This ensures participants gain the essential principles needed to photograph their first project. In the second phase, participants will apply the knowledge they have acquired during a photo shoot of an assigned architectural project. Following the photo shoot, the process will continue with the editing of selected images, printing, and mounting, culminating in a photo exhibition at the "La Incubadora" space in Cumbaya. The goal is to provide workshop attendees with a comprehensive experience, covering everything from capturing images of a building to printing and mounting them for an exhibition.
In a context shaped by neoliberal policies, urban design in Santiago, Chile, has been progressively limited to private, internalized spaces. Specifically, through the shopping mall model, which, rather than serving as a suburban solution, has transformed into a vehicle for developing central, pre-equipped areas. Urban shopping malls are large-scale consumption artifacts that not only aggregate a significant amount of infrastructure, programs, and services to meet daily demands, but also represent a "real" opportunity to create urban spaces with a spatial and symbolic richness unavailable elsewhere in the city. However, this complexity comes at the expense of the urban experience. Housing, understood as the center of domesticity, has lost its fundamental relationship with the city and today is merely an isolated component of urban design, the result of an undifferentiated proliferation of housing units, buildings, and blocks that serve no function other than accommodation.
The School of Architecture at Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción campus, presents the first Architecture Guide of Greater Concepción. Volume 1: The Biobío River.
The new issue of Materia Arquitectura magazine, an editorial project by the Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design at Universidad San Sebastián directed by Mario Marchant, centers on one of architecture's fundamental subjects: theory. This issue invites readers to reflect on the role of theory, arguing that architectural magazines are the space where it is put to the test.
We invite you to join us for the new edition of the Chile Arte Contemporáneo (Ch.ACO) fair, one of the most significant events in the country and South America, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The event will take place from November 23 to 26 in Vitacura, at the Parque Arboleda Lo Curro project by Inmobiliaria Paz, a building designed by the renowned architecture firm Izquierdo Lehman. More than 6,000 square meters will host works from over 60 exhibitors representing 15 countries, including galleries from Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, France, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. As in the last two years, the fair will be divided into four sections, three of which (Focus, Planta, and Nave de Ediciones) will be curated. Together, these sections will feature works by more than 300 national and international artists. Furthermore, the initiative will feature various talks organized by the Fava Foundation and Paz Corp, designed to serve as a platform for visibility and interaction for the artists participating in the tenth edition of the Ch.ACO Fair, as well as to provide an introduction to public art and architecture. A highlight is the presentation by National Prize winner Luis Izquierdo, the architect of the project hosting the fair, which is scheduled for Saturday the 24th at 4:00 PM. Parque Arboleda Lo Curro, the center of the exhibition, is a modern and avant-garde project built on thick pillars that rise across four hectares of green space. The placement of the buildings was specifically designed to house a large central park, developed by the prominent landscape architect Juan Grimm—a space that inspires and gives its name to this project.
Dream Up + Design is premised on recognizing the creativity of every woman architect in Venezuela and Latin America. It serves as a space to share information and inspiration, while connecting and supporting women architects, regardless of whether they have chosen to become mothers.
In recent years, The Real Estate Show has established itself as the most important event for the real estate industry in Mexico and Latin America. Since its first edition in 2002, the prominent participation of public officials, business leaders, and international speakers has allowed attendees to learn firsthand about the decisions shaping the nation's course across various political, economic, and social spheres.
In alignment with the World Green Building Council's event and in celebration of the anniversary of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Green Building Council Brasil will host the second edition of this year's Green Building Week from September 25 to 28. Following the format of previous editions, the event will be 100% online and free of charge.
On August 16 at 7:00 PM, Interdesign—located at Isidora Goyenechea 3200, Las Condes—will host the launch of the third installment of the ARQ Monografías series, dedicated to the work of Max Núñez, an architect and professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Lecture by Antonio Lipthay, co-founder of the firm Mobil Arquitectos, titled "Building and City: Projects 2010-2018," where he will present the firm's body of work.
ArpaFIL is a gathering focused on architecture, heritage, and the arts, held annually since 1995 as part of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). Since its inception, it has served as a forum where specialists and masters of architecture gather to promote, disseminate, share, and debate ideas with emerging professionals and the general public.
The 7th International Meeting on City, Contemporaneity, and Urban Morphology (EICCMU) is currently in its 7th edition, reaffirming the intersection of diverse approaches to urbanism. The event has been supported by FAPERGS (Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul) and PROGRAU (Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism) since its inception. It will take place from November 7 to 9, 2018, at the Center for Graduate Studies and Research in Human, Social, and Applied Social Sciences, Arts, and Language (CEHUS) at the Federal University of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The event is organized by PROGRAU, the Urbanism Laboratory (LabUrb), the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAUrb), and the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel).
The third edition of the Architecture Students Seminar (SEA), aimed at architecture students, professionals, and the general public in Ecuador, will take place on January 25–26, 2019. Organized by the National Organization of Architecture Students (ONEA Ecuador) in collaboration with the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro, the University of Guayaquil, the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Indoamerica Technological University, the event will be hosted at the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro.