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Isolated Dialogues: "The Universe and Social Distancing"

Since May, the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae has been hosting the "Isolated Dialogues" conversation series, where professionals from various fields discuss art, music, design, architecture, and creative processes, among other topics, through the lens of confinement. Guests such as writer Rafael Gumucio, architect Cazú Zegers, and former Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Andrés Gómez-Lobo have participated in this experience.

CAP Lima Regional Chapter: Tactical Urbanism Conference

The CAP Regional Lima is hosting the conference "Tactical Urbanism: Tools for Recovering Heritage Public Spaces," featuring architect Mercedes Armas, architect Gabriel Sánchez, and archaeologist Rosabella Álvarez-Calderón.

Senegal Elementary School Competition: Sambou Toura Drame

Archstorming’s new competition takes us to Senegal (Africa), a country with regions where only 50% of school-age children have access to education and where classrooms are often crammed with up to 80 students per class due to the limited number of structures.

Charles Correa Foundation's Z-Axis 2020: You and Your Neighbourhood

The current COVID-19 pandemic and its response have raised critical questions about how we live and work. It has also led to a lot of us asking, ‘How can we improve our own neighbourhood?’

Reviving: Mines Park Shandong

The city district of Zibo, the third largest by population within the Shandong province, has been a key stone mining location till recent years. The excavation activities, particularly focused on the Zichuan subdistrict, marked the rural areas of the province with invasive interventions and disruptions of the local ecosystem. The mountainous area is today characterized by woodlands, villages, mine pits in quarries and terraces built with stone. The extraction activities have been terminated, generating the need for new purpose and value in a location with unique cultural, ecological and social conditions.

Covid-19 Community Memorial Design Competition

The Covid-19 pandemic is far from being controlled and has already claimed over 600,000 deaths around the world. This incredible loss is compounded for many families who were not able to say goodbye to their loved ones in person due to hospital safety measures or hold proper funerals because of the incredible scale of the situation. In the face of these tragedies, how may a local community memorial honor those who have passed and bring solace to families?

O’Gorman O’Gorman 1905 – 1982. Call for cultural projects

The Azcapotzalco Mayor's Office, through the Azcapotzalco Cultural Center, invites artists, architects, and creators to submit cultural projects for the "O’GORMAN O’GORMAN 1905-1982" exhibition, which will take place in February 2021.

Impact of state-of-the-art technologies on storage tanks

Mexico is the world's second-largest oil importer, with an annual growth rate of 1.71%. Consequently, there is a need to increase storage capacity and protect new infrastructure with high-tech products, ensuring durability and enhancing asset value.

Call for Entries: Autumn World Campus Masters Selective Graduation Design Program 2020

World Campus Masters Selective Graduation Design Program (short for "WCM Program”) is launched by an international design competition platform Young Bird Plan, and it is committed to recognizing the fresh blood of contemporary design through evaluating graduation designs from global young designers in different regions and cultures. It encourages original design and design thinking in campus to conduct a positive dialogue with global design industry and industrial development, bringing young designers and their graduation works to one of the world's most influential design platform and the cutting-edge design ecosystem.

Portugal Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale launches call for proposals for debates

In Conflict is the Portuguese Representation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place in 2021. The Portuguese Representation is commissioned by the Directorate-General for the Arts, with a curatorial team led by the collective depA architects, who are also responsible for the exhibition design.

Documentaries and talks for the 78th anniversary of the Chilean Institute of Architects

A talk in which three National Architecture Award winners will reflect on their past, present, and future; the simultaneous premiere of three documentaries showcasing the life and work of two icons of Chilean architecture; and a panel discussion where a National Urbanism Award winner and a Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate will outline post-pandemic cities. These are the activities with which the Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile will commemorate its 78th anniversary, free of charge and entirely online.

Maulina Architecture Magazine

Arquitectura Maulina was born out of the absence of a platform focused on the Maule Region, Chile. The magazine proposes an architectural survey featuring online articles from professionals, students, photographers, and more, operating on the understanding that architecture is about more than just construction—it is also about establishing dialogues, posing questions, and maintaining records. This initiative is shaped by how we observe the region and what we should do to support it.

The Attendance: Reconfiguring Government Schools in India

India is home to one of the largest & complex education system in the world. There are over 1.5 million schools & more than 260 million school-goers in India. Schools providing primary education counts for 56.58% of the total number of schools in India. Students in the age group of 6 -14 years are entitled to free & compulsory education under the “Right of Children to Free & compulsory education” Act 2009 ( RTE ). There are about 10 lakh government schools in India offering primary education. But these schools are in extremely bad shape with some even lacking basic amenities such as electricity & water.

Registration is now open for a free marathon of live sessions on the future of work environments.

This online event brings together experts from various fields to demonstrate how companies are adapting to the current landscape and what to expect from upcoming changes.

Publication Launch: "I'm Walking: Pathways for Advocacy in Brazil"

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the publication "Andar a pé eu vou: caminhos para a defesa da causa no Brasil," which brings together in-depth, inspiring content: experiences, tactics, and tools to support those who advocate for pedestrian mobility.

Strelka KB Launches International Competition for City Centre Integrated Spatial Development

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Saratov, a Russian city on the Volga River, has launched an International Competition to determine the Best Integrated Spatial Development Concepts for the Development of the City Centre. Saratov is a city located in the southeastern European portion of Russia, a major cultural and economic centre of the Volga region. This open international competition will determine the best concept for integrated development of 5 sites in the central part of the city: the former Saratov-Tsentralny (Saratov-Central) Airport, the Park Pobedy (Victory Park) Memorial Complex on Sokolovaya Gora, Zeleny Island, Glebuchev Ovrag (Glebuchev Ravine) and the Pokrovskie Peski (Pokrovsky Sands) Island.

EDAD - National Gathering for Open and Distributed Design

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, numerous Open Design and Distributed Manufacturing initiatives have emerged. By leveraging digital networks and media, these initiatives develop and share high-standard Open Source models that are materialized across the country, creating an exponential impact.

How can we make this type of social and economic behavior permanent, beyond an emergency context?

The Pulse: Live Discussions about Virtual Spaces and the Future of Collaboration

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Epic Games is excited to announce the launch of The Pulse—a new series of interviews and live Q&As exploring the latest thinking on interactive 3D technology. In this presentation, David Basulto, Founder and Director of ArchDaily, will be joined by speakers from KPF, Squint/Opera, and Epic Games to discuss the many new ways collaboration is enhanced by the shift to real-time techniques.