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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.

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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.

Kazuyo Sejima, a guest of Congreso Futuro, will join Alejandro Aravena in Santiago to discuss the significance of receiving the Pritzker Prize, reflecting on the challenges facing 21st-century cities and the impact of the spaces we inhabit.

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.

The launch of the first ARQ DOCS of 2019 will take place on August 27, featuring Alejandro Crispiani, an architect from the National University of La Plata (Argentina), 1984, and a Doctor of Human and Social Sciences from the National University of Quilmes (Argentina), 2009. The event will feature commentary from architects Pía Montealegre and Teodoro Fernández.

The Architecture Program at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the Universidad Arturo Prat, in collaboration with the Institute of Heritage Studies, has compiled academic, research, and outreach projects focused on showcasing construction techniques applied to timber architecture—a material resource present from the 19th-century nitrate era to the present day.

The Portfolio Cycle continues at Simbiotika/Archmotion, a lecture series featuring "Made In Talca" firms and initiatives developed over the last few years in the Maule region and abroad.

The 13th edition of the "Del Territorio al Detalle" (From Territory to Detail) international architecture seminar serves as a space for dialogue and reflection, bringing together students, academics, and professionals alongside renowned Latin American architects. These practitioners are characterized by their dual focus on teaching and professional practice across various fields, ranging from editorial work to artistic experimentation.

Prima is an independent architecture publication focused on the discipline's means of representation. Each issue is structured around a single medium of representation, used to explore a topic best discussed through that specific lens. For each issue, two young Chilean firms and a critic or academic whose work aligns with the theme are invited to contribute.

As part of the XXI Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Chile, Fundación Vértice invites you to discuss how the city recognizes—or fails to recognize—women in history, particularly the history of women in Chile. Do we know where we voted for the first time? Where did we gather? How did the territory influence the advancement of our rights?

Estudio Simbiotika and Archmotion are launching the Portfolio Cycle, a series of talks featuring studios and architects from the "Made in Talca" movement, showcasing a selection of projects and works completed both within and outside the Maule region in recent years. Invited speakers include Enzo Sartori/111 Arquitectos, Juan Paulo Alarcón/Surco Studio, José Miguel Mardones/Archmotion, Carlos Candia/Aplomo, and Felipe Alarcón. The first session will be led by Cristián Axl Valdés of Mutar Estudio on September 6th at 8:00 PM at Estudio Simbiotika, 8 Ote 925 (between 2 and 3 Sur), Talca.

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.

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.

Collective Housing in Chimbarongo: Reflections on a Rural Collective Habitat is an exhibition of academic projects by third-year students from the Architecture program at the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana in Chile.

Castro Abierto is a festival of architecture, landscape, and heritage that invites the public to rediscover the commune by visiting spaces of high architectural, environmental, urban, social, and cultural value free of charge on March 30 and 31.
This event will take place for the first time in both urban and rural Castro during the last weekend of March. Seventeen spaces will open their doors to the public, offering guided tours led by architects, community leaders, carpenters, managers, neighbors, and the property owners themselves.
This inaugural edition of Castro Abierto aims to create a space for exchange among the various members of the island community to reflect on its cultural landscape and how the processes of territorial transformation affect us all. Accordingly, on March 30 and 31, visitors will be able to explore the following spaces:

Earthen architecture is an important part of Chile's construction heritage. It declined during the height of the Industrial Revolution but has seen a strong resurgence in recent decades, driven by the need to make construction more sustainable for our planet. In this context, innovation in construction systems that incorporate earth and natural fibers as building materials offers an appropriate expression of local identity and an understanding of the territory as pillars of the new human habitat.

Espacio AOA will host a discussion on the project "La Luz del Cochayuyo" on Tuesday, August 6, at 7:00 PM, featuring architects Domingo Arancibia, Alberto Sato, and Guillermo Acuña.

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.