Calling all architects, urban planners, heritage preservation professionals, and university students:

Attention architects, urban planners, heritage preservation professionals, and university students:

Independent film series on the right to the city.

Sidewalks, also known as public walkways, can be understood as multifunctional open spaces where a range of activities occur, from pedestrian flow to social interaction.
In this context, public walkways have significant potential to house green infrastructure solutions—such as rain gardens, bioswales, and stormwater planters—capable of providing a range of environmental services for cities. These include mitigating urban pollution (water, air, and soil), providing habitats for urban fauna, contributing to the control of stormwater runoff volume and velocity, and offering improved local microclimatic quality and thermal comfort for adjacent buildings through shading and evapotranspiration, in addition to serving as an aesthetic element.
Emerging ecological sidewalk design techniques that add value and appeal to properties are currently well-known, utilized, and proven.

In April, the NGO Vivacidade is hosting the Seminar on Housing Improvements in Self-Construction, a free event organized by the TABA group for Technical Assistance in Social Interest Housing, with funding support from the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of São Paulo (CAU/SP), under public notice no. 001/2018 and funding agreement no. 007/2018.

This is a space for discovery and discussion regarding the present and future of the country's cities. The event aims to share approaches, evidence, and proposals concerning Peru's cities, and to facilitate the exchange of multi-stakeholder efforts aimed at improving urban areas nationwide, with the goal of accelerating Peru's transformation into a country of high-quality cities for all citizens.

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."

Pushing Boundaries, 2nd International Megacities Forum. How can we end ongoing violence? Improvisation in atrocious times. Dialogue and reflection on territories, migrations, cultures in resistance, feminisms, and art. June 25–29. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City.
Register at 17edu.org. Free admission.

The 14th Bolivian Architecture Biennial will be held in the city of La Paz from November 18 to 22, 2019. The event will feature architectural exhibitions highlighting the trajectory and contributions to Bolivian architecture, keynote lectures by renowned national and international guests, and architectural production competitions.

The 20th edition of the International Conference on Heritage Intervention, titled "In Continuous Transformation," will take place in Logroño from November 21 to 23. The event is organized by the La Rioja Architects' Association, with support from the Government of La Rioja and the Logroño City Council. Speakers will include Jan de Vylder, Carlos Quintáns, Antonio Ruiz Barbarín, Ignacio García Pedrosa, Juan Domingo Santos, Nuno Valentim, Isabel Concheiro, Núria Oliveras, and Xavier Monteys, among others.

The 2020 edition of Expo Container City will feature an expanded exhibition area. In addition to projects showcasing repurposed shipping containers, the event will dedicate more space to modular construction.

MOVE CINE ARTE is an international film festival of Brazilian origin dedicated exclusively to the exhibition of art films and films about art. It fills a void by providing a dedicated space for the screening and discussion of films that focus on other artistic disciplines, thereby broadening the audience for various forms of creative expression.

Women4Climate is a global movement that addresses climate change through the empowerment of women. It aims to inspire leaders, influence decisions, promote innovation, and raise awareness regarding critical urban issues, while encouraging research and action at the intersection of gender, cities, and climate change. While this phenomenon is gaining momentum in developed countries, female leadership in climate action has yet to take center stage in discussions on urban resilience in developing nations.

The Brazilian Association of Landscape Architects (ABAP) was awarded a grant last December through a CAU-SP public call to host an international congress titled "Landscape and Art." The event focuses on the themes of representation and landscape, as well as key figures and their work. We have brought together highly regarded researchers and professionals, and our goal is to explore the intersections of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and design, reaffirming the aesthetic and complex dimension of the landscape.

The 9th FAU-Mackenzie Research Forum will take place on October 21, 22, and 23. The event is organized by the Undergraduate Thesis and Research Coordination in partnership with the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (PPGAU). The event is supported by the Mackenzie Research Fund (MackPesquisa) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

Heritage Day is one of the country's most significant cultural celebrations. In this context, the team behind the XXI Architecture and Urbanism Biennial of Chile will set up at the Teatro Huemul in the Franklin neighborhood to conduct its third public consultation.

Alves Espíndola is organizing the BIM CREA-SC event, a first for our region. It will take place on November 7 and 8 in Florianópolis, SC, bringing together renowned BIM experts from across Brazil.

The workshop aims to develop concepts of space and the city through an interdisciplinary bibliography, focusing on the poems of João Cabral de Melo Neto (O cão sem plumas) and the narratives of Maria de Lourdes Teixeira (Rua Augusta), João Antônio (Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço), and Patrícia Galvão (Parque Industrial). These four writers turn their attention to the city, engaging with urban-architectural space through the perspective of the walker who, in some way, modifies these spaces. By exploring different ways of narrating the city, the sessions seek to awaken participants' awareness of the elements that shape it, and how the subject—this body in motion—interacts with them.