Lima Cómo Vamos, an institution with over a decade of experience, is calling for submissions of research and projects focused on our cities and their development. Selected research will be presented at the III Foro Ciudades Cómo Vamos, a platform for sharing approaches, evidence, and proposals with public authorities, private institutions, and the general public committed to improving the country’s cities and the quality of life of their inhabitants.
From November 5 to 29, the Arquitectura Film Festival Chile will be held entirely online, free of charge, and accessible throughout Chile. The event will feature discussions, urban screenings, exhibitions, and much more.
Counter-territories is an international urban and art competition and project with a research orientation to encourage local architects, artists, researchers and creative practitioners to work and network with international architects and professionals, to re-read and critically understand the current planning and geographic situation of our cities and territories by focusing on its social and cultural contexts, by using (counter-mapping) methodologies to re-documenting and re-drawing cultural and socio-spatial phenomena that are usually not visible in official maps, including the suspended, excluded and silenced phenomena, the dynamics of minorities use of space, the phenomena of placelessness, unhomeliness and loss of identity, hidden layers ... etc.
On 27 February 1960 Adriano Olivetti died. With the disappearance of the businessman-guide, the construction cycle of its industrial and social project terminated and a period of great uncertainty opened up: the company, financially fragile, underwent a forced change of ownership and strategy.
This past September, Brick Week took place, coinciding with the launch of the Brick Architecture Award. The goal: to highlight the relevance of brick within the national architectural landscape.
Architect Dirk Denison will virtually discuss this spectacular Lake Michigan Residence and other projects for The Dallas Architecture Forum on November 5. Photo Courtesy of the Architect.
In this pandemic period when the comfort of our homes is especially valued right now, the next architect to speak virtually to the Dallas Architecture Forum on November 5 at 7:00 pm will be of special interest. Dirk Denison is the founder of the Chicago-based firm Dirk Denison Architects which is particularly known for its award-winning residential work, which includes the interiors and furniture design.
Architects, not Architecture is turning five and we are celebrating it with a series of virtual events around the world. Welcome to our Virtual World Tour!
Join a panel to discuss the role of planning, architecture and landscape design in understanding the collective memory contained in the land. From the horizon to the Cartesian grid, what have we built and how does this influence a sense of belonging that one feels? What is the relationship between memory and the land?
All the Designers, Design groups, Design institutions, Teachers of design colleges, Junior college students, Undergraduate Students, and Graduate students can sign up for the C-IDEA Design Award.
It is essential to closely monitor the chemical composition of ambient air and the concentration of ground-level pollutants that can affect people, animals, vegetation, or materials. 🌬🍃
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help us work with, organize, and manage data that can contribute to the development of environmental solutions applied to the urban environment. 🌱🌎
Citizen Innovation is a process that experiments with solving social problems using open technologies and methodologies—whether digital, social, or ancestral—through the involvement of the affected community itself. This shifts the role of citizens from passive recipients of institutional actions to protagonists and producers of their own solutions.
Architecture Schools Outside the Box, debate series
The second debate in the "Architecture Schools Outside the Box" series opens a space for discussion among Venezuelan professionals who are teaching through experimental exercises in other regions.
Architecture, the space of human being, was for Adriano Olivetti an irreplaceable tool for the creation of communities. Ivrea and the Canavese territory were the main fields of action of an industrial policy characterised by strong social responsibility.