Chile

“Architectural Competitions, from Idea to Project” will be held at the auditorium of the Universidad Mayor's El Claustro Campus in Santiago. The speakers will be architects Albert Tidy, Loreto Lyon, and Tomás Villalón.

Can the workspace influence people's creativity? What are the strategies for creating a culture of innovation within a company? Will machines replace humans in the office design process? These and other topics will be discussed at WORKTECH 2019 Santiago, the international conference on the future of work, brought to Chile by Contract Workplaces, a regional company dedicated to the design and construction of high-performance workspaces.

A presentation of the work of the firm Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura (Peru), featuring a conversation with its founder, Oscar Gonzalez Moix. The firm's work has been exhibited at architecture biennials in Lima, Buenos Aires, Quito, and Venice, among others. Notable accolades include awards from Peru’s National Architectural Quality Competition (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010) and the Peruvian National Architecture Biennial (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012). A drive for experimentation and new models, combined with a deep understanding of construction, defines an architecture that bridges millennia-old tradition, modernity, and contemporary innovation—creating spaces that are sensitive to their context and welcoming to their inhabitants.

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With six editions and 22 guests across Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, #XFORMAS (X Ways of Making Architecture) will present two featured sessions at the XXI Chile Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2019 this October.

This edition of Bang Bang magazine explores the programmatic adaptation of picadas in Chile, recognizing how they have endured over time and within the collective cultural memory. To this end, we analyze four picadas: La Piojera, El Quitapenas, Las Pipas de Einstein, and Los Canallas.

Launch of the second ARQ Docs of 2019, The Architectures of Prediction: Truth is in the Tower, by Francesca Hughes, Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. During her visit, she will deliver the keynote lecture, "The Architecture of Error."

The role of the playground in schools is a question that invites reflection from both the fields of education and architecture. Historically, playgrounds have been viewed as spaces for recreation, rest, and breaks in the learning process, in contrast to classrooms, which are defined as the primary setting for pedagogical activity. This secondary status is being challenged by contemporary pedagogies, which recognize that learning processes occur everywhere. Consequently, it is essential to reflect on the architectural brief for school spaces, particularly regarding the playground as a significant site for education.

The concept of Smart Cities has become a recurring theme in visions of the city of the future. But what about the average citizen? If we ask acquaintances or passersby, very few have heard of the topic.

On Tuesday, October 22, the launch of the third volume of the Ediciones ARQ "trazos" series will take place: 'Dibujo y Observación. Una práctica persistente en Alberto Cruz'.

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With 6 editions and 22 guests across Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, #XFORMAS (X Ways of Making Architecture) will be presented at the XXI Chile Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2019 this October.

Presentation of the work of this Venezuelan architecture collective by co-founder Marcos Coronel. The collective defines itself as a territorial political action structure focused on developing infrastructure strategies and operations in environments characterized by unconventional urban conflicts.

Víctor Manuel Street, between Bio Bío and Placer, will be closed to traffic as the XXI Chile Architecture Biennial (Open Architecture Fair) brings its activity and exhibition carts out into the street.

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Presentation by the studio Peter Barber Architects (UK), featuring a conversation with its founder, Peter Barber.

Architect Juan Ignacio Cerda, a partner at ELEMENTAL, will present the housing projects of ELEMENTAL, an architecture firm led by Alejandro Aravena and also comprising Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Víctor Oddó, and Diego Torres.

The "Approaches to Housing Projects" forum will feature a series of presentations by Fabiola González and Yair Estay, Taller 25 (Encargos Comunes), Gabriel Lagos, Consolida (Small family condominiums, a work selected for the Biennial), Alejandro Soffia (SIP Panel System, a work selected for the Biennial), and Rodrigo Duque (Single-family homes).