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A presentation of the work of the architecture firm Adamo-Faiden (Argentina) through a conversation with Sebastián Adamo, whose office divides its focus between teaching, research, and professional practice.

Following the success of our inaugural challenge last year, SkyCity is pleased to invite architects, designers, artists, engineers, scientists, restaurateurs, digital nomads, craftspeople, and anyone with big ideas from around the world to participate in the SkyCity Challenge 2019: The Future of Housing. Current construction methods are impacting the environment by relying on limited resources and outdated techniques. We believe that with current technology, we can create far more sophisticated homes that will revolutionize the future.

The Contemporary Architecture Foundation announces the third edition of the #Entreplanos urban audiovisual competition, using this highly participatory activity to prepare for the celebration of World Town Planning Day, which will take place in November.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with the opportunity to express new ideas for future societies through innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging issues. We want to break down mental boundaries and put all visions on the table. Here, you can test an experiment; everything is possible!

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.

A series of short presentations followed by a discussion on various approaches to defining architectural projects based on their density, viewing this as a condition of both their physical and social contexts. This forum aims to open a dialogue on different modes of daily life and levels of communality shaped by architectural density.

This Master Class will share Leopoldo Prat Vargas's 42 years of teaching at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Chile, juxtaposing this experience with his 50 years of professional practice through architectural projects and competitions.

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.

Dichotomies of Power is an exhibition by the firm Dellekamp/Schleich, contextualized within a historical moment of change in Mexico. Part of the Abierto Mexicano de Diseño 2020 program, this exhibition invites visitors to use their interpretive skills to immerse themselves in three dimensions of the representation of power: the real, the symbolic, and the imagined.

The 2019 Photo-Essay Competition on Habitat and Territory invites participants to identify issues and realities concerning territory and residential habitat. Through photography, we invite you to highlight themes related to:

Following the success of our inaugural challenge last year, SkyCity is pleased to invite architects, designers, artists, engineers, scientists, restorers, digital nomads, craftspeople, and anyone with big ideas from around the world to participate in the SkyCity Challenge 2019: The Future of Housing. Current construction methods are impacting our environment by depleting limited resources and relying on outdated techniques. We believe that, with today’s technology, we can create far more sophisticated housing solutions that will revolutionize the future.

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Following a successful competition in our first challenge last year, SkyCity is pleased to invite architects, designers, artists, engineers, scientists, restoration experts, digital nomads, craftspeople, and anyone with big ideas from around the world to participate in the SkyCity Challenge 2019: The Future of Housing. Current construction methods are impacting the environment in which we live, relying on limited resources and outdated building practices. We believe that with today's technology, we can create much more sophisticated housing that can revolutionize the future.

The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management office, is currently implementing the "Support for Quality and Inclusion in the Ecuadorian Education Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.

Consulting firms are required to have a minimum technical team that enables them to meet the specified deliverables and experience parameters outlined in the Request for Expressions of Interest.

The Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU) is an initiative of the Government of Spain in collaboration with various Ibero-American institutions. After ten editions, it has established itself as a key reference for understanding the current state and future prospects of architecture and urbanism within the Ibero-American community.

The Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Conference Series, established by international organizations iiSBE, CIB, UN Environment, and FIDIC, is one of the world's most significant international conference programs concerning sustainability, the environment, and construction.

The LUB is a research and teaching center at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, affiliated with the Department of Urbanism. Founded in 1969 under the initiative of Manuel de Solà-Morales, it brought together professors J. Busquets, A. Font, M. Domingo, and J.L. Gómez Ordóñez at the Barcelona School of Architecture. Since then, generations of students have participated in the Laboratory's initiatives, and many faculty members have conducted their research there. The continuity of the Research Group helps architects become more aware of the urban impact of their work.