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The IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) will host Italian designer Gianni Cinti for the lecture "The Future of Fashion" on October 19 at 7:00 PM. The discussion is rooted in the concept that designers are crucial players in the sustainability game. Indeed, it is necessary to reclaim a design methodology linked to "making" and "inventing"—elements that have always been inherent to the creator and are indispensable to the "Made in Italy" working method.

Twenty years ago, a demand from the society of Mato Grosso do Sul was met. A group of professors from the Civil Engineering program formed the inaugural faculty of the newly established Architecture and Urbanism program at UFMS. Over the years, many have contributed to this program, including faculty, staff, and students. Now, in 2019, we are launching a year of celebrations to reflect, discuss, and continue building an even better program. Our first event will take place from October 21 to 25, featuring an opening session with individuals who have shaped our history, followed by a series of workshops, lectures, and activities that mark the start of these two decades of commemoration.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with the opportunity to express their perspectives on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals. It is an experimental platform that seeks progressive ideas reflecting on emerging themes.

Can the workspace influence people's creativity? What are the strategies for creating a culture of innovation within a company? Will machines replace humans in the office design process? These and other topics will be discussed at WORKTECH 2019 Santiago, the international conference on the future of work, brought to Chile by Contract Workplaces, a regional company dedicated to the design and construction of high-performance workspaces.

A presentation of the work of the firm Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura (Peru), featuring a conversation with its founder, Oscar Gonzalez Moix. The firm's work has been exhibited at architecture biennials in Lima, Buenos Aires, Quito, and Venice, among others. Notable accolades include awards from Peru’s National Architectural Quality Competition (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010) and the Peruvian National Architecture Biennial (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012). A drive for experimentation and new models, combined with a deep understanding of construction, defines an architecture that bridges millennia-old tradition, modernity, and contemporary innovation—creating spaces that are sensitive to their context and welcoming to their inhabitants.

Organized annually by Escola da Cidade, the Scientific Initiation Symposium has established itself since its first edition in 2009 as a prolific space for debate among students, advisors, and invited commentators regarding academic research and fundamental issues in the field of architecture and urbanism across its multiple approaches—from social housing themes to landscape discussions, from public art to critiques of modern Brazilian architecture, and from urbanism to design.

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The first session will feature architect Fuensanta Nieto of the firm Nieto Sobejano, the designer behind the innovative project showcased in the documentary to be screened.

Can the workspace influence human creativity? What are the strategies for fostering a culture of innovation within a company? Will machines replace humans in the office design process? These and other topics will be discussed at WORKTECH 2019 Buenos Aires, the international conference on the future of work, brought to Argentina by Contract Workplaces, a regional firm specializing in the design and construction of high-performance workspaces.

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With six editions and 22 guests across Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, #XFORMAS (X Ways of Making Architecture) will present two featured sessions at the XXI Chile Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2019 this October.

A course on Japanese architecture held in October 2019, presented by Gabriel Kogan. The program consists of 4 classes (split over two weeks, on Mondays and Thursdays), each focused on conceptual themes of production in Japan. The goal is to construct a brief genealogy of contemporary Japanese architecture through the study of historical and modern works. The lectures will explore fundamental elements of Eastern aesthetics and their presence in contemporary times.

The seminar "Fundamentals of Fire Safety in Buildings: Passive and Active Protection" aims to present existing passive and active fire protection measures in buildings, systematized in a book that provides quick and easy access to information.

{CURA} Gathers Architects for the "Women on Site" Event

This edition of Bang Bang magazine explores the programmatic adaptation of picadas in Chile, recognizing how they have endured over time and within the collective cultural memory. To this end, we analyze four picadas: La Piojera, El Quitapenas, Las Pipas de Einstein, and Los Canallas.

Launch of the second ARQ Docs of 2019, The Architectures of Prediction: Truth is in the Tower, by Francesca Hughes, Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. During her visit, she will deliver the keynote lecture, "The Architecture of Error."

The role of the playground in schools is a question that invites reflection from both the fields of education and architecture. Historically, playgrounds have been viewed as spaces for recreation, rest, and breaks in the learning process, in contrast to classrooms, which are defined as the primary setting for pedagogical activity. This secondary status is being challenged by contemporary pedagogies, which recognize that learning processes occur everywhere. Consequently, it is essential to reflect on the architectural brief for school spaces, particularly regarding the playground as a significant site for education.

Laws, norms, standards, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, protocols, codes. Like any endeavor that unfolds in the public sphere, architecture must submit to laws that exist outside of it, while simultaneously maintaining its cohesion through adherence to laws internal to its own field. However, architecture appears to be more than the mere application of these internal laws or simple submission to external ones.

The concept of Smart Cities has become a recurring theme in visions of the city of the future. But what about the average citizen? If we ask acquaintances or passersby, very few have heard of the topic.