The residents of Praia do Mangue, also known as Praia do Oi, belonging to the Silva family, had lived in the area since the mid-1920s. The Silvas have faced—and continue to face—successive displacement processes, culminating in their eviction from their homes by court order on July 25, 2018.

The Latin American Symposium on Tensile Structures is the flagship event of the Latin American Tensile Structures Network (Tensored). This edition will be held at the "Ccoriwasi" Cultural Center of the Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru, on September 11, 12, and 13, 2018.

For the seventh consecutive year, the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture is inaugurating its final degree project exhibition at the iconic architectural complex of the Reales Atarazanas in Barcelona, the current home of the Maritime Museum. Titled Barcel/on/a/line. Green urban strategies from river to river, the exhibition arrives amidst an ongoing debate regarding the difficult balance between the economic and social roles of Barcelona's waterfront, which is currently strained by mass tourism. It presents proposals that connect and reprogram the open spaces along the 10-kilometer coastline between the Besòs and Llobregat rivers, aiming to strengthen its civic character and its connection to the adjacent urban fabric.

Session #1 of the 2018 Medium Density cycle, featuring presentations by architects Luis Izquierdo and Emilio Marín on collective housing projects. Commentary by Max Núñez, head of the Master of Architecture program at UC.

Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio de Janeiro hosts debate "Architecture: A Feminine Noun"

The objective is to discuss the integration of women architects and urban planners into the professional market, how to make cities safer for women to navigate, harassment, and other related topics.

The YTAA 2018 awards ceremony will take place on September 20 at Palazzo Michiel, as part of the 2018 Venice Biennale.

Two panel discussions will be held prior to the awards ceremony:

2018 Young Architecture Grand Prix Award Ceremony.

The Athos Bulcão Foundation is launching its 2019 Illustrated Calendar at an event featuring several new releases.

Emilio Ambasz: Architecture Toward Nature

Starting November 13, the Museu de Arte Indígena (MAI) in Curitiba will host the exhibition Bancos Indígenas do Brasil (Indigenous Seats of Brazil), which features 38 pieces from the BEI collection, a documentary on the production process with artist testimonials, and a series of debates on Indigenous art. The seats were crafted by peoples from various regions of the upper and lower Xingu, the southern Amazon, the Midwest, northern Pará, the Guianas, and the northwestern Amazon. The exhibition is free to the public and will run until February 11.

The spring edition of the series focuses on "scale" in architecture. Everything is a matter of "scale." Whether as a projective tool or a universal system of measurement and comprehension, scale permeates the discipline at different moments and in different ways. From the relationship between a project and its context to issues of representation, to speak of scale is to speak of architecture. This edition of the Architectural Culture Lecture Series [CCCA] explores various practices and projects to delve into its extraordinary richness.

Architects, the 2018 State Meeting of Architects and Urban Planners (EEAU) is coming up. Organized by SASP, this year's event is themed "New Perspectives for the Practice of Architects and Urban Planners."

On January 31, the book Opera Chillana Digesta, recently published by Editorial Fisuras, will be presented at Casa de América in Madrid.

Opera Chillana Digesta is a large-format portfolio written and illustrated by Juan Borchers in early 1964. It is one of the most valuable Borchers manuscripts preserved in the Original Archives of the Faculty of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In this manuscript, Borchers aims to synthesize the intellectual background of the project for the Cooperativa Eléctrica de Chillán building, which was nearing completion at the time. It is written in simple language—at least in comparison to other texts by Borchers—and is accompanied by beautiful drawings. Beyond presenting the architectural concept behind the project, Borchers provides insights into how this concept is embodied in the work. Among the many topics covered, the Borcherian idea of "act" and a theory of form embodied in his concept of "bastones" (staffs), conceived as differences between magnitudes, stand out.

The School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae hosts monthly "Atraviesos Urbanos," a series of thematic tours of Santiago. The October 6th edition will take place in the Barrio República.

The NGO Soluções Urbanas and Arquitecasa, in partnership with Banco do Povo – Crédito Solidário and supported by the São Paulo Architects Union (SASP), are hosting the course "Experience in Technical Assistance for Housing Improvements," led by architect Mariana Estevão.

Book launch for "PUC.TUB: A Decade of Design" as part of the "International Symposium on Architectural Education: PFLEGE | CARE | CUIDADO," to be held on October 9 at the pergola in the Patio de Los Naranjos at the Lo Contador campus.

São Paulo, 2018 – On Friday, November 23, Arq.Futuro, Inciti – Research and Innovation for Cities, Escola da Cidade, and the Ministry of Public Security will host the Urbanism and Public Security Seminar. The event will analyze recent intervention experiences in three cities: Medellín, Colombia; Recife; and Rio de Janeiro. It will take place in São Paulo at the Itaú BBA auditorium, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

The Master of Architecture program at the University of Chile invites you to the lecture "Is it Possible to Inhabit the Contemporary?", which will be delivered by Sergio Rojas.