BAIDA, the Black Architects & Interior Designers Association, is a non profit organization of planners, interior designers, architects and students that aims to support diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession of architecture and interior design. One of the only organizations within Toronto connecting Architects and Interior Designers, BAIDA seeks to create opportunities for other minorities through advocacy, mentorship, networking and outreach.
In 2014, social theorist Brian Massumi authored What Animals Teach Us About Politics?, "an extended thought experiment in what an animal politics can be". Seven years later, humanity's belonging to the natural realm has never been so asserted, as human-induced climate change renders the entanglement of causes and consequences even more visible and epidemics expose how intimate are the transactions that continuously take place across different life forms. If the logic of "us" [humans] learning from "them" [animals] needs to be questioned alongside other extractivist legitimisations, it may also be time to widen the reflection on other-than-human politics to understand what other politics and ethics can living and non-living beings shatter, inaugurate and reveal. In this talk, I will explore the possibilities and limits of viral political wisdom and discuss what they disclose of our present and near future.
Mega Build Indonesia is the 19th Indonesian dedicated architecture, interior design, and building material exhibition, which will be held on 10-12th September 2021 at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Indonesia. (www.megabuild.co.id)
Sputniko! (Artist/Designer, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Respondent Georgina Voss (London College of Communication)
"Arquitectura Popular is not a book about 'popular architecture'—though that would be a great subject. Instead, this book summarizes my quest to make architecture popular. In other words, I strive to make my designs accessible to everyone. Because they are simple, affordable, and mass-producible. I believe that architectural design possesses virtues that can improve people's quality of life, and there should be no barriers to that." Alejandro Soffia begins his book with these words, emphasizing the importance of access to architecture and how it directly impacts quality of life.
This ARQDocs book explores the work of Mario Carpo, a historian of architecture and technology. He holds a Dr. Arch from the University of Florence and a PhD from the European University Institute. He has taught at the Université de Genève, the School of Architecture of Saint-Étienne, the School of Architecture of Paris-La Villette, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He served as the Vincent Scully Visiting Professor of Architectural History at the Yale School of Architecture (2010–2014), as the Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory at The Bartlett, UCL (2014–present), and as director of the Study Centre at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal (2002–2005).
The research platform Justicia Espacial is organizing this virtual discussion to address and prioritize urgent and relevant topics concerning spatial justice and gender.
Archstorming is launching a new competition that will look for designs for the future schools of the NGO Abay Ethiopia, an organization founded in Spain in 2009 that operates in Walmara, Ethiopia, with the aim of fighting against poverty and promoting equal opportunities, mainly through the development of Education, Health and Community support projects in general.
Choosing high-performance BIM software is key to developing efficient projects by automating tasks that traditionally consumed time in conventional design workflows—such as documentation, calculations, analyses, and other repetitive processes.
Do you know a great example of high density living environments built within the last 30 years? Share your knowledge and contribute to the creation of an open repository via Crowd Creation. To be truly exemplary, the area should include a mixture of functions (at least some of them high-rise) where the physical fabric retains a human scale at street level despite the high density.
In January 2021, Phaidon published Radical Architecture of the Future, which presents the world's most inspiring, innovative, and advanced architecture, offering new ways to view, understand, and build our environment and the spaces that surround us.
”Music is the air that sounds; architecture is the air we breathe, but an air charged with scents, with wisdom, an air transformed by that very thing: Architecture” - Alejandro de la Sota.
With the emergence of COVID-19, we have had to adapt to living differently than we were used to, which has been directly reflected in our working style. Where and how do we work today? A large portion of the workforce has transitioned to working from home, where feasible. While comfortable for many, for others it has meant a radical shift, bringing new spatial and resource requirements. For architects, engineers, builders, and contractors, this challenge has been particularly complex, as much of their work involves handling large, high-cost devices.
In this article, we present 3 innovative solutions that replace the traditional, bulky plotter, allowing us to print in large formats from our own homes.
The competition aims to design a "Women's House" through symbolic, ecological architecture inspired by local traditions. It is envisioned as a space where associations and various elements of society can meet and discuss issues on equal terms and human rights, thereby fostering the involvement and emancipation of the women's community in support of the territory's social, economic, and political development. Gender equality is not merely a fundamental human right; it is a necessary condition for a prosperous world.
Concéntrico 07, the International Festival of Architecture and Design in Logroño, invites reflection on the urban environment and the city through architecture and design proposals in various formats. The new edition will take place from September 2 to 5, 2021.
'Fronteiras_Japão: Sociedade e seus espaços' aims to provide an introductory exploration of Japanese space, charting new perspectives and horizons while discussing society, culture, architecture, the city, and the unique worldview of the nation.
Through a collection of 13 chapters, Peggy Deamer examines the profession of architecture not as an abstraction, but as an assemblage of architectural workers.
Culturally Sustainable Design Talk by Zaha Hadid Architects + University of Calgary
January 14th, 2021 at 10:00-11:30 MST