The construction of timber buildings will be the subject of a meeting at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) next Friday (March 23), from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Open to the public, the "Wooden Skyscrapers" event will feature international architects Andrew Waugh (England), Cazu Zegers (Chile), and Wolfgang Winter (Austria).
Nivaldo Andrade, national president of the IAB. Photo: Courtesy of IAB/RJ
Nivaldo Andrade, national president of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB), will participate in a roundtable discussion as part of the Academic Week of Architecture and Urbanism (SAAU’18), taking place from April 23 to 27 in João Pessoa, Paraíba. The event is organized by the Higher Education Institute of Paraíba (IESP). Andrade is the keynote speaker for the "Memory and Cultural Landscape" panel, held on Tuesday (24) at the Santa Roza Theater, starting at 6:00 PM.
The event aims to draft the "Letter from Architects and Urban Planners to the 2018 Election Candidates, in defense of the Right to the City"
Renowned Brazilian architects and urban planners, including Paulo Mendes da Rocha, will gather in São Paulo for two days in early July. Alongside approximately 300 other professionals, they will work to draft the "Charter of Architects and Urban Planners to the 2018 Election Candidates, in Defense of the Right to the City"—a long-standing and permanent agenda for the profession since the first Brazilian Congress of Architects, organized by the IAB in 1945, which marked the definition of social function as a priority in the field.