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Every year, the International Committee for Architecture and Museum Techniques (ICAMT) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) organises an important international conference that brings together experts from different fields, namely museum studies, architecture and exhibition design.
This year, the University of Porto will host the 49th ICAMT International Conference from 25 to 27 October 2023. Together with the ICAMT, the Portuguese entities responsible for organising this event are the Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura, Espaço e Memória (CITCEM/UPorto) and the Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo (CEAU/UPorto).
The Conference's central theme will be "Undoing conflict in museums: materiality and meaning of museum architecture and exhibition design". Conference participants will focus their reflections on the power of conflict. Debating how opposing ideas can enhance, change and develop in museums and exhibitions, and the role of architecture and exhibition design in managing conflict in museums.In addition to the presentations organised, the program will include a variety of case studies, providing visits to museums (such as Galeria da Biodiversidade - Centro Ciência Viva, Casa Comum da Reitoria Universidade do Porto, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Museu do Porto - Ateliê António Carneiro, Museu de Serralves, Bienal de Design (main exhibition), Casa da Arquitectura and Museu da Memória de Matosinhos) to consider how museum practices have addressed various conflicts in terms of architectural choices and exhibition design practices.

Siza and Oscar: Beyond the Sea, a photography exhibition by José Roberto Bassul opening on September 7 at the Espaço Ferreira Alves, at the Casa da Arquitectura, consists of an abstract visual dialogue between the architecture of Siza Vieira in Brazil and that of Oscar Niemeyer in Portugal. Curated by Ângela Berlinde, the exhibition comprises 28 images that pay photographic homage to two icons of modernist architecture.

On this side, the Pestana Casino Park Hotel on the island of Madeira, the only work in Portugal by the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer. On the other side, the Iberê Camargo Foundation building in Porto Alegre, Brazil, also the only work by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.

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The Build: from high to low tech event returns for its second edition at the Casa da Arquitectura in Matosinhos, Porto.

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4 days of workshops in the Nature, talks and a lot of sharing.

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