The School of Architecture, Art and Design at Tec de Monterrey in Guadalajara, in partnership with the Japan Foundation, invites you to the lecture "Considering the Forgotten Margins" by architect Chie Konno (TECO). TECO is an architecture firm founded and led by Chie Konno and Rie Allison. Established in 2015, the firm is known for developing social projects that address issues affecting Japan, such as an aging population and a lack of care facilities for both the elderly and children. The firm designs solutions that act as active agents in shaping community behavior. TECO takes a holistic approach to project development; consequently, their work also encompasses interior and furniture design.
Presentation of the work of prominent Chilean architect Teodoro Fernández, recipient of the 2014 National Architecture Award, at the XXI Chile Architecture Biennial.
Encuentro Helvex 2019 aims to create a convergent space for design, innovation, and architecture. As the first event of its kind in Mexico, it features a series of plenary sessions led by renowned experts in these fields. The goal is to foster dialogue and participation among various working groups to propose solutions to industry challenges, with a focus on sustainability and global benefit.
Under the theme URBANISMS: TEACHING, PRACTICE, LEARNING, urbBA[19] is organized around three central themes covering: 1) Urbanism as policy; 2) Teaching and Learning Experiences; and 3) Professional Practice and Action. These are intended to continue the debate process initiated in 2011, the year of its first edition, promoting cooperation between academic institutions, civil society, and public authorities, while discussing central issues regarding the promising relationship between urbanism, collective action, and the right to the city.
Presentation of the work of this Venezuelan architecture collective by co-founder Marcos Coronel. The collective defines itself as a territorial political action structure focused on developing infrastructure strategies and operations in environments characterized by unconventional urban conflicts.
The Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Chile and Las Condes Design invite you to celebrate 170 years of architectural education in Chile by participating in lectures by prominent professionals in the field.
Presentation of the work of the architecture firm Plan:b (Colombia) through a conversation with Felipe Mesa. The firm defines its work as a practice that gives equal status to dialogue, drawing, travel, model-making, and construction, among other variables, while continuously addressing professional and academic situations.
QGIS: Processing and Visualization of Cadastral Data / Buildings
Editeca invites you to join our upcoming webinar. We will learn how to install a QGIS plugin that enables the download and visualization of georeferenced cadastral data in vector format.
A presentation of the work of prominent Ecuadorian architect Handel Guayasamín, whose practice is characterized by a contemporary reinterpretation of the architecture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the inclusion of ethnographic and iconographic elements from these cultures.
In cities, most open space is dedicated to vehicle traffic and parking, while only a small percentage is allocated to people and their daily activities. For this reason, the Parque(ando) proposal involves temporarily occupying parking spaces to expand their potential for collective use, thereby promoting socialization, cultural expression and diversity, play, community, the appropriation of our spaces, and generosity.
In 2016, then-mayor of São Paulo João Doria announced a renovation project for Largo do Arouche, dubbed "Little Paris." The name refers to the square's French-inspired urban design and seeks to erase the memory of what can be considered one of the city's first LGBT+ territories. The project by the Franco-Brazilian firm Triptyque reinforces this narrative by failing to engage in a broad dialogue with the local community.
"Archipiélago. La arquitectura de la Finis Terrae," a publication by Ediciones Universidad Finis Terrae, will be presented on December 6 at 12:00 p.m. at the university's Faculty of Architecture and Design.
The "Pedestrian Networks" competition seeks to promote a connected Antofagasta. The initiative invites participants to connect the city and develop pedestrian solutions to bring neighborhoods closer together, strengthening the hill-to-sea connection and promoting accessibility to the coastline.
1st International Scientific Seminar on Risk, Humanitarian Architecture, and Gender: Risk, resilience, humanitarian architecture, and incremental housing in favelas: The role of universities, architects, social sectors, and the "Marias & Marielles."
Oscar Bulnes Valero, an Emeritus Academic of this Chapter, is a renowned architect from Monterrey and is deeply devoted to this northeastern region. He is our next guest for Session 258, where he will present "In Search of a Fair, Orderly, and Habitable City..." Architect Bulnes possesses an impressive architectural legacy and deep knowledge of this metropolis. He will present his latest studies on the city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area, in which he identifies the issues currently ailing the city. Furthermore, he will share his proposals, which he believes can significantly help resolve the problems currently afflicting Monterrey and its metropolitan area.
The exhibition presents a sample of contemporary residential production through a selection of 12 houses built in the São Paulo metropolitan area, featuring works by the offices SPBR, MMBB, SIAA, Grupo SP, Longato Pirondi, Apiacás, Brasil Arquitetura, Andrade Morettin, UNA, Obra, Terra e Tuma, and Drucker Arquitetura.
The Architecture and Urbanism Moment at the Federal University of Paraíba (MAU-UFPB) is an annual, non-profit event organized by students in collaboration with the Academic Center for the Architecture and Urbanism Program (CACAU-UFPB). It aims to foster participatory and democratic discussions regarding the proposed theme within the field of architecture and urbanism. The event is structured around various activities planned according to specific themes, organized into discussion circles, lectures, workshops, experiential sessions, and conferences. Much like the National Federation of Architecture and Urbanism Students (FeNEA), the event aims to foster a creative, innovative, collaborative, human-centered, and socially conscious education, with the goal of expanding student participation as citizens within the student movement and as future professionals.
Fernando Pérez, Smiljan Radic, and writer Pablo Simonetti will present the book "Horacio Borgheresi. 1930-2012," which will be launched by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture on Thursday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Casa Jordán, a project designed by Borgheresi in 1964.