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The Arquitetas Negras project emerged from the need to provide visibility to the work of Black Brazilian architects. By mapping the production of these professionals, the project is building a platform for both research and the hiring of architectural services across Brazil.

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On August 23 at 7:00 PM, at IAB SP, the project Gustavo Penna 73/23 – 50 Years of Architecture, Design, and Word will launch the first volume of a five-book collection to be produced through 2023. Titled Gustavo Penna 73/83, the book covers the architect’s first decade of work, including their mentors, professional colleagues, and the early years of the firm, assembling a vast chronological puzzle.

The workshop focuses on executing numerous foundational exercises proposed by masters from the Soviet "Vkhutemas" school and the German "Bauhaus." These exercises, which were part of introductory curricula, involve sensory experiments regarding volume, space, form, and color theory, featuring masters such as Nikolai Ladovsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Lyubov Popova, Lyudmila Mayakovskaya, Johannes Itten, among others. Each session will feature two masters and their respective foundational experimental proposals.

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How can we cultivate a holistic, complex, and systemic perspective on what we call home? How can we produce new ways of valuing and recognizing non-hegemonic cultures? What are the pathologies of the systems we are taught to believe in, and how can we create new forms of perception and action that recognize the interconnectedness of life’s production and organizational systems?

On August 26 and 27, the second workshop of the project will take place, themed: “Comprehensive City – A New Vision of the Metropolis.” The proposal is to reflect on the issues surrounding large metropolises in the 21st century, focusing primarily on the perspective of people, the connections created between them and the city, and, above all, how architects, as professionals, can act as mediators in the challenges of the contemporary city.

The course is structured around visits to contemporary architectural works in São Paulo, always in the company of the architect who developed the project.
A public inaugural class will be held to present the course and explain the logistics of the visits.
The selection of sites to be visited is based on the following criteria: location, scale, author, and use.
Each visit includes discussions on topics such as the practical realities of architectural practice, education, new technologies, work processes, and the project's relationship with the city.

Open Lecture | Nameless Spaces

1st CineCubo IAB Short Film Festival
Followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and members of the jury

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Furniture, developed by a 92-year-old designer, features a contemporary design and is crafted from wood, fabric, and steel.