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Ideasforward is an experimental platform that seeks progressive ideas reflecting emerging themes. Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are pressing issues for the societies of the future, and the participation of the entire community is essential. In an era of globalization, where communication has been dominated by the technological revolution, there is a need to rethink cities and how humanity relates within a global world, as well as to reconsider the economic, social, and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.

The journal Designia invites the national and international academic community to submit research-based articles in the fields of Architecture, Urbanism, Design (graphic, industrial, and fashion), Heritage, Museology, and Visual Arts for publication in Volume 6, Issue 1.

We are seeking to recognize 60 educational infrastructure projects that facilitate learning and the development of 21st-century skills and feature innovation in their design, construction, management, or use. Educational projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

The Municipality of Cascais, with technical support from the OASRS, has launched the "Sommer Pavilion International Ideas Competition" for the construction of a temporary intervention in the Jardim da Parada, adjacent to Casa Sommer in the center of Cascais. Proposals may be submitted until July 13.

Experimenta Pontevedra, the Urban Design Festival, celebrates its first edition from June 21 to 24, 2018. Over these four days, public space will be transformed to encourage uses that foster imagination and play.

New industrial design competition on Desall.com: URMET ATE and Desall invite you to design a new HUB device for family safety, capable of providing telecare, assistance, and monitoring services.

The Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Minvu), in collaboration with the Technological Development Corporation (CDT) of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC), is pleased to invite you to the First Seminar on Sustainable Public Spaces.

From November 28 to January 18, Galeria Plexi presents the exhibition "Fragmentos do Olhar," featuring a collection of key works by photographer Manuel Sá.

We invite you to participate in the seminar "Media, Spaces, and Documents: Cultural Access and Consumption of Architecture." We will be joined by renowned panelists to discuss their experience in the cataloging, dissemination, and exhibition of architecture.

Fourteen prominent international architects are featured in the exhibition currently on display at the UC Casona Lo Contador (Patio Los Naranjos). The exhibition draws inspiration from the Heidelberg Castle Architecture Forum, which has brought together approximately 600 architecture enthusiasts from Germany and around the world twice a year since 2011.

This course provides a dynamic approach to the concepts and practices of Visual Programming with Dynamo, directly integrated with BIM methodology using Revit.

Conversation Series: ARCHITECTS: Modes of (R)existence
Session V. ON POLITICS

On Wednesday, June 6, at 3:15 PM, the official signing of the agreement that will launch the XXI Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2019 will take place. After two editions in Valparaíso, the event returns to Santiago to be held in the heart of the Matadero Franklin neighborhood, a cultural hub emerging on the outskirts of the city center.

The Secretariat of Culture of the Municipality of Santiago de Cali, through the Undersecretariat of Heritage, Libraries, and Cultural Infrastructure, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá, will host the seminar "Cataloging Heritage Buildings." The event aims to strengthen cultural heritage by creating spaces that promote the protection, dissemination, and appreciation of the unique values and characteristics inherent to Cultural Interest Assets, which represent a sense of identity for the city.

Arístides Benavente, president of Komax and Toteat, will deliver the lecture "Fundación Patagonia de Aysén," in which he will discuss his management efforts in developing the institution—which he founded and currently chairs—dedicated to contributing to the sustainable development of Patagonia through community-based tourism in the Cerro Castillo area.

Architecture Dialogues.

Architectural thought and positions, as well as those of related disciplines, must reach diverse latitudes, just as they move from media platforms to mobile devices. It is essential to hear in person from emerging or established figures who define positions on architectural practice or the role of art in their work.

On Thursday, September 13, at 7:00 PM, Cristián Donoso—one of the most prominent Chilean explorers today—will present the lecture "Exploring Climate Change in Patagonia," organized by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture.