UPDATE: The 13th International Architecture Biennial of São Paulo has extended the deadline for the Co-Curatorship Competition proposals until January 31, 2021, at 11:59 PM. Proposals may be submitted via the Biennial website. This edition features a 12-member committee, including representatives from the IAB (Institute of Architects of Brazil) from other states to ensure plurality in overseeing this event of national and international reach.
Rio de Janeiro is inviting everyone to be part of the 2020 official calendar, as the city serves as the first UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture and host of the 27th World Congress of Architects. The City Hall has published a public call (number 02/2019) in the Official Municipal Gazette, opening the floor for institutions and cultural producers from Brazil and abroad to submit proposals for events related to architecture, cultural heritage, landscaping, urban management, or discussions on the cities of the future.
Dossier: Space for Life - Vol 26, No. 39 (2020)
Submission deadline: February 28, 2020.
The Maré-City International Ideas Competition, promoted by the International Union of Architects (UIA) as part of the UIA2020RIO activities, offers architecture students from around the world the opportunity to develop projects related to the congress theme "All worlds. One world. Architecture 21."
In Conflict is the Portuguese Representation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place in 2021. The Portuguese Representation is commissioned by the Directorate-General for the Arts, with a curatorial team led by the collective depA architects, who are also responsible for the exhibition design.
Through its cultural project Pensarq_ and in collaboration with Espacio EMA, TAQ Arquitectura has created Mini Arquis at Home, a free online architecture activity for children aged 3 to 9, designed to be completed at home, from any country, at any time. The premise of the activity is to highlight the importance of architecture listening to what children have to say about their spaces, as they also inhabit and claim them as their own; for them, architecture can serve as the framework for their memories, play, and education.
The activity consists of two parts; Mini Arquis can choose to complete one or both. The first part involves creatively answering a short series of questions about their thoughts on their home and how they have felt spending more time in it. The second stage is to build a model of your ideal home. There are no rules; you can use whatever you find at home. The goal is to have fun, recycle materials, and enjoy quality family time while reflecting on how children perceive and experience their homes.
Participants may choose to complete either of the two activities. Supervising adults should document the work through video or photographs—the participant's face does not need to be visible—and email the files to pensarq@taqarquitectura.com to be featured in a gallery of all the Mini Arquis projects. The deadline for participation is May 31, 2020.
The first 20 children to submit their responses will receive a digital copy of the book Pedro Perfecto Arquitecto.
This initiative will be promoted in countries including Spain, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and others.
Visit www.miniarquis.com to participate and learn more.
ENVOLVENTE is a concept representing everything that shelters and makes visible the final idea of a work—that skin that comforts and wraps the building and the space itself. It can be rigid, permeable, light or heavy, flexible, evocative, and avant-garde. As the face shown to the world, the envelope is ultimately the most plastic and pure expression of architecture.
Through this photography competition, Nuestras Arquitectas aims to focus and refocus on images that have been hidden and overshadowed, restoring the deserved recognition and prominence to women architects.
Design Week Mexico invites you to participate in the sixth edition of Inédito, which will take place at Espacio CDMX from October 9, 2020, to February 8, 2021. In this new reality, design will be more important than ever.
The Abierto Mexicano de Diseño is an international festival that gathers and celebrates the design community in Mexico every year, in all its breadth and diversity. It focuses on promoting, exhibiting, supporting, and disseminating Mexican design.
Beyond the romantic content often ascribed to its political-social aspect, resistance is an ambivalent condition. Because it depends on an external entity, it is not an autonomous condition; that is, it only appears in relation to an outside. It does not exist without something to resist. It is an opposition to forces that, as such, implies taking a stance from which that opposition is exercised. Thus, there can be resistance to aspects as disparate as the status quo or change.
The Guatemala Architecture Biennial recognizes excellence in the architectural profession through the DANTA AWARDS. In previous editions, the awards have received over 100 projects from Guatemala and Central America, competing across various categories for both professionals and students.
In the mid-eighties, the advertising campaigns for the Benetton brand—under the art direction of Oliviero Toscani—provided an iconic image for the coexistence of different races and, in doing so, for the very idea of diversity. In 2000, an image created by Polish designer Piotr Mlodozeniec spelled out the word "CoeXisT," with the "C" replaced by a Muslim crescent, the "X" by the Star of David—a Jewish symbol—and the "T" by the Latin cross representing Christianity. Through these images, the concept of coexistence became associated with tolerance, serving as a counterpoint to both racism and religious fundamentalism.
The Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism is aimed at individuals and institutions interested in traditional building, architecture, and urbanism. Published articles address the theory and practice of these disciplines. Its objective is to promote the creation of places and buildings that harmonize with local culture and tradition while respecting the environment and its natural resources. Furthermore, it seeks to foster a deeper understanding of traditional construction cultures worldwide, thereby encouraging greater respect for them and contributing to their preservation and continuity.
Local policymakers in urban planning must have a better understanding of potential impacts and a more profound reflection to find a solid foundation for acting effectively within their own territory. Co-organized by @sca_socearq and the Faculty of Architecture at @universidaddepalermo, the series features guests from diverse fields of urban culture who are active participants in the ongoing reconstruction of the city.
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, better known as COVID-19, has fundamentally altered our reality as a society—both in our daily lives and in the future we will build as we adapt to the current situation. Our public spaces are the first to prompt us to question how interaction and community will function within our cities and living environments. For this eighth edition of the Abierto, we seek to understand how the pandemic will transform our public spaces, how our social, economic, and political relationships will be redefined in light of the current global situation, and how creators, managers, authorities, and citizens perceive these spaces and this relationship.
We invite individuals interested in deepening their study of architecture through a historical-critical lens, and who hold a university degree, to participate in the program. All are eligible to apply for the two partial scholarships to be awarded in the 2025 edition.
REGISTER YOUR PROJECT FOR THE BAQ 2024 COMPETITION!
I. OBJECTIVES
Identify the best architectural works by architects in the state of Tabasco, as well as publications, research, and theses. Recognize their authors. Disseminate the most relevant works to allow, through analysis and critique, a reflection on responsible contemporary architecture with sustainable solutions.
Patio. Encuentro de Intervenciones Efímeras, in collaboration with the National System of Art Creators of the Federal Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Culture of the State of Puebla, Museos Puebla, the Municipal Institute of Art and Culture of Puebla, the Municipal Secretariat of Economy and Tourism of Puebla, and the Office of the Historic Center and Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Puebla, invites artists from various disciplines, students, teachers, researchers, and the interested public to submit research for the third edition of Patio Académico.
From April 6 to 8, 2022, URBES-LAB—a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to the analysis and debate of the challenges surrounding the production of urban space in Peru and Latin America—will host the international academic conference "Urban and Rural Research in Peru and Latin America: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives." The event aims to highlight the advancements and challenges within urban and rural research across the region.
In its second edition, the TAC! Urban Architecture Festival will transform its host cities, València and San Sebastián, into sites for innovation and experimentation in public space.
ARCA is a FAC initiative dedicated to the social and legal recognition and understanding of contemporary architecture with significant value. In line with this goal, the ARCA Meetings serve as a forum for identifying challenges and opportunities, sharing methodologies, lines of action, and best practices, providing a space for networking and building synergies around contemporary architectural heritage.
The Faculty of Architecture and Design at Universidad de los Andes announces the open call for Pabellón 2023, a three-day international conference (October 11–13, 2023). This open call seeks projects in various formats that capture the current state of creative practice, informed by plural perspectives as diverse as the world to which architecture and design respond. Submit your project by May 19, 2023, in one of the following formats: Transmedia, Performance, Exhibition, or Presentation, and receive academic validation.
