On March 29 at 7:00 PM, IED will host the free debate "Augmented City – Design and Creativity as Transformative Elements of Urban Territories," featuring Italian architect and urban planner Maurizio Carta (b. 1967, Palermo), Rio de Janeiro-based architect and urban planner Pedro Évora (b. 1978), and Andrea Matarazzo, with moderation by designer Alexandre Salles. The event is part of the Italian Design Day program, established by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to celebrate the influence of Italian design in cities worldwide. Maurizio Carta is the author of several publications and explores the concept of the "augmented city" in books such as Dynamics of Periphery: Atlas of Emerging Creative Resilient Habitats and Territories: Rural-Urban Strategies, both co-authored with J. Schroeder, M. Ferretti, and B. Lino, and published by Jovis, Berlin, in 2018 and 2017, respectively. He is a full professor of urban and regional planning in the Department of Architecture at the University of Palermo and serves as the ambassador for Italian Design Day 2019.

The course aims to introduce participants to theatrical architecture and its interdisciplinary context through an introduction to the history of global scenic architecture, exploring the languages that directly influenced the architecture and theatrical practice of Teat(r)o Oficina.

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.

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Costa Rica will host a session of the Chilean project #XFORMAS (X Ways of Doing Architecture) for the first time this Wednesday, April 10, at Universidad Veritas.

3rd Edition of the 'Arquitectura en corto' Series: Inside or Outside?

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.

This course—offered in three monthly modules (April, May, and June) of four classes each—will discuss central issues in the history of modern art through iconic works by Paul Cézanne, Louise Bourgeois, Le Corbusier, Marguerite Duras, Federico Fellini, Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas, Kazimir Malevich, Hannes Meyer, Aleksander Rodchenko, Arnold Schoenberg, and Giuseppe Terragni. The modules can be taken individually or sequentially. By adopting a critical and non-linear approach to the history of art and architecture, the classes will explore paradigmatic points of the field in the 20th century. The diverse group of young speakers selected—including art historians, curators, architects, and psychoanalysts—provides, in itself, an overview of contemporary art criticism and research in São Paulo.

History of Art, Painting, Architecture, Photography & Cinema Course - Module 3

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.

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.

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The third edition of the short film series on contemporary architectural trends, co-sponsored by Roca and Technal, will feature architects Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats of Flores & Prats Arquitectes.

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 international design competition seeks to shape the new central space in Sant Feliu, Barcelona. The goal is to solicit urban proposals for the space that will be freed up once the railway tracks are placed underground. Sant Feliu must leverage this urban project as a catalyst for the city's transformation.

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.