Brazil

Micro Urban School | Gardens in Residential Buildings

Exhibition Title: Designing with Construction Sets
Date: April 10, 2018 – May 4, 2018
Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM (Mon–Fri) and 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Saturdays)
Location: Main Hall of the Rectory, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
City: Juiz de Fora, MG
Organization: Laboratory for the Study of Languages and Expressions of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design (LEAUD/FAU/UFJF)
Curator: Prof. Dr. Frederico Braida

CineCubo IAB: "Banco Imobiliário,"
followed by a conversation with Miguel Antunes Ramos.

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The EREA (Regional Meeting of Architecture Students) examines the extent to which the university is truly integrated into the city. Is São Carlos a university town, or is it a city with universities? It is the city with the highest number of PhDs per square meter, but who does it direct its knowledge toward? It is a technology hub, yet one where research stagnates and fails to reach the periphery; these are universities that claim to be public, yet select which segments of the population can access their spaces and knowledge. Consequently, we do not want to discuss these issues within the confines of the university; we want to burst the university bubble and integrate academic knowledge with the local context, encouraging a horizontal exchange of wisdom. To this end, the meeting will be open, with activities conducted by both participants and the community, given that Parque do Bicão is a public space located in a non-central region, outside the "university town." Thus, we position ourselves to unify and strengthen our efforts alongside social movements, local businesses, occupations, and minority groups, with the goal of deconstructing stereotypes, questioning common sense, combating oppression, and creating tension. And you, what creates tension for you?

Submissions are now open for ACADEMIC PAPERS for the Communication Sessions of the 4th CATS - CONGRESS ON ARCHITECTURE, TOURISM, AND SUSTAINABILITY - Cataguases, MG.

Escola da Cidade is now accepting applications for its second-semester postgraduate programs. Among the offerings are two new courses—one focused on mobility and another on technology. See the details below:

Sidewalks, also known as public walkways, can be understood as multifunctional open spaces where a range of activities occur, from pedestrian flow to social interaction.
From this perspective, public walkways have great potential to host green infrastructure solutions—such as rain gardens, bioswales, and stormwater planters—capable of providing a series of environmental services for cities. These include mitigating urban pollution (water, air, and soil), providing habitats for urban fauna, contributing to the control of stormwater runoff volume and velocity, and improving local microclimatic quality and thermal comfort for adjacent buildings through shading and evapotranspiration, in addition to serving as an aesthetic element.
Currently, emerging ecological sidewalk design techniques that add value and attractiveness to properties are well-known, utilized, and proven.

Drawing from the theme "In Project" of the 11th Architecture Biennial, the firm SIAA Arquitetos Associados reflects on the potential for alternative relationships between architectural design, the built environment, and its public occupation over time, whether anticipated or not. To this end, they use the Centro Cultural São Paulo building—designed by architects Eurico Prado Lopes and Luiz Telles—as the foundation for their reflection, and not by coincidence.

The 7th International Meeting on City, Contemporaneity, and Urban Morphology (EICCMU) is currently in its 7th edition, reaffirming the intersection of diverse approaches to urbanism. The event has been supported by FAPERGS (Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul) and PROGRAU (Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism) since its inception. It will take place from November 7 to 9, 2018, at the Center for Graduate Studies and Research in Human, Social, and Applied Social Sciences, Arts, and Language (CEHUS) at the Federal University of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The event is organized by PROGRAU, the Urbanism Laboratory (LabUrb), the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAUrb), and the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel).

In its tenth edition, the Escola da Cidade symposium has established itself as a forum for discussing undergraduate research in architecture and urbanism from across Brazil.

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The institution is hosting an exhibition, a talk, an urban expedition, and a collective action designed to encourage the public to reflect on the influence of design in social environments.

What is Archathon Rio de Janeiro 2018?

The Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) is a non-profit association that brings together architects, urban planners, designers, and artists working with digital media. Its primary objectives are to contribute to the academic debate on digital media and its applications, promote the production and advancement of scientific knowledge in general, and foster research and education within this context of significant technological transformation.

Triptyque Architecture presents, for the first time, a series of 37 models at the Galeria SOMA in Curitiba.

Spanning 9 hours and held on Tuesdays—December 4, 11, and 18—the course "Great Themes in Architecture: Cities" will be taught by Professor Heloisa Dallari, an architect with a PhD in Architecture from the USP School of Architecture and Urbanism, a professor of undergraduate and graduate courses at FAAP, and a lecturer and consultant in Interior Design.

WRI Brasil and IAB São Paulo invite you to the panel discussion: Integrating TOD Strategies into Master Plans.

CineCubo is a film club hosted by the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) designed to foster dialogue between audiovisual and architectural languages and to debate perspectives on the city.

Aiming to discuss the trajectory of Brazilian architecture, based on current discussions and critiques published in specialized media, the IAB will host a series of debates centered on the practice of architectural competitions.
The complexity of addressing this issue has led the IAB to foster a broader reflection on these topics and to invite architects to discuss both the conditions of competitions within the current professional context and their role in a wider urban and social dimension, viewing the city and architecture as social rights for the entire population.