At Visualiza VR19, we aim to cover a broader range of topics, expanding our focus to include video games, artistic and cultural projects, and even healthcare, while continuing to explore virtual reality applications for architecture, industry, and civil engineering.
The "The Role of Light Today" talk will be led by Ciluz director Ximena Muñoz Abogabir, an architect and lighting designer, who will delve into the importance of light in all aspects of natural life, its relevance to human development, our health and well-being, and its role in creating friendlier and safer spaces.
CCAU Thursday Public Program.
Spring 2019
other arts
The ZEMCH Workshop is an intensive program led by Prof. Masa Noguchi worldwide, focused on the design of sustainable, industrialized housing.
Entorno Taller de Paisaje is a Mexico City-based firm currently composed of an interdisciplinary team of architects, landscape architects, and artisans dedicated to the design, development, execution, and consulting of landscape projects at architectural, urban, and regional scales. The firm also operates an experimental workshop located in one of the remaining pockets of the Xochimilco chinampa zone, a space where stone materials and vegetation from different regions of the country are collected with the goal of adapting and promoting their use over commercial ornamental vegetation.
Tonatiuh Martínez Maldonado was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1962. He has worked as a self-taught landscape architect since 1985. He completed a landscape diploma program at the Universidad Iberoamericana and various professional development courses in landscape architecture. As the founder of Entorno Taller de Paisaje, he has collaborated since the firm's inception in 1988 with practices such as TAX Taller de Arquitectura X (led by architect Alberto Kalach), TGL Teodoro González de León, and LBC Arquitectos, among others.
Hugo Sánchez was born in Morelos in 1973. He earned his architecture degree from Universidad La Salle in 1996 and was a participant in the Young Creators program in 2000. He obtained a Master’s degree in landscape architecture from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 2002 (with a CONACYT scholarship). He practiced professionally in the field for two years in Barcelona, Spain, with the firms of architects Manuel Ruisanchez and Manuel Colominas. In Mexico, he collaborated with firms such as TEN Arquitectos, Taller de Arquitectura X, and BGP Arquitectura. He has been a member of Entorno Taller de Paisaje since 2005.
Semana Design Salvador brings energy to the Bahian capital
Featuring lectures and exhibitions, the event begins on October 17
A new initiative from the cultural center, the project ‘Japan at the Pritzker: Architectural Legacy in the Contemporary Scene’ celebrates the fact that Japan is the most represented country in the Pritzker Prize. To kick off the series, Kazuyo Sejima of the duo SANAA, winner of the 2010 Pritzker Prize, will give a lecture on her solo career and her work within the architecture firm SANAA, as well as present recent projects, on September 9th at 7:00 PM.
The production of built spaces in the past and the accumulation of values and meanings attributed by humanity over time allow for the recognition of our society's history and provide the opportunity to identify ourselves as individuals belonging to our contemporary community.
With a 32-year history, the firm of Mario Biselli and Artur Katchborian has designed projects across all scales and themes: residences, public and private buildings, commercial and service projects, schools, sports centers, and urban planning initiatives. Their architecture seeks to understand and respond to Brazil's economic and cultural transformations. On June 18, they will launch a book marking this milestone at the Museu da Casa Brasileira. Published by Acácia Cultural, Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos provides a holistic approach to the work developed over more than three decades.
NAMA, the Revista Amazônia Moderna, and UFAM are hosting the exhibition L'Amazonie en construction: l'architecture des fleuves volants from July 19 to August 3 at the Maison du Brésil in Paris, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of this iconic Le Corbusier building. This marks the first time the Brazilian Amazon will be exhibited in Europe through the lens of architecture. Admission is free.
Conexões is the Architecture and Urbanism Congress of Southwest Bahia. In this edition, the event will focus on the theme: The Senses of Architecture. To that end, it poses the following reflection: what is the meaning of 21st-century architecture?
Escola Coletiva de Projetos was conceived from a desire to deepen reflection, debate, and the (re)formulation of more critical thinking regarding architecture, urbanism, and construction, particularly as they relate to the Brazilian Northeast—its climate, customs, ways of life, and cities.
Chawpi Creative Laboratory has commissioned ENSUSITIO to design its renovated space in Quito. Now that it is ready, Gabi and José Luis have encouraged them to tell the story so that visitors to Chawpi—a cultural gallery, fruit shop, and juice bar—know who is behind the transformation of their space. ENSUSITIO has shared many processes with them, and they know that the Ecuadorian firm typically does not showcase its work. Thus, this exhibition was born, where ENSUSITIO will share how it is possible to work together and attempt to generate something, or spark something contagious.
For the second consecutive year, the Cultural Foundation of Architects of La Rioja is joining the Women in Art Festival in La Rioja. The Foundation seeks to promote the various fields of architecture in all their facets, as well as the diverse roles of women within them.
Once again, the application process is open for the 2019 Cantabria Traditional Architecture Summer School, organized by the Rafael Manzano Prize and INTBAU.
The Umbra Light Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz will illuminate iconic spaces within the city's historic center—known as the Medieval Almond—and the Ensanche district of the Alavese capital on February 21, 22, and 23, from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The event aims to establish the city and the surrounding territory as a premier tourist, cultural, and technological destination.
POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURES: The Political Dimension of Architecture.
On May 7, architect Marcos Bertoldi will launch his first book, which extensively documents his 35-year career.