The complex, multidisciplinary challenges of the 21st century demand professionals capable of understanding problems from multiple perspectives. At the same time, they must possess solid experience in integrating top-tier technical skills with a deep understanding of the economic, cultural, and social context of technologies.
Forensic Architecture (FA) is a research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London. They conduct advanced architectural and media investigations on behalf of international human rights organizations, as well as political and environmental justice groups.
Forensic architecture is also an emerging academic field developed at Goldsmiths that concerns the production and presentation of architectural evidence, such as buildings, urban environments, and their media representations.
A workshop on building structural models, led by professors Roberto Alfredo Pompéia and Maria Rosa Almeida, will take place on October 23. Registration is open. Free of charge.
The 2018 MC-Forum on Architecture and Trends is a free event held annually by MC-Bauchemie, one of the world's largest and most reputable manufacturers of construction chemicals.
Art and Technology: Great Allies, with Edson Pavoni – artistic sensitivity as an ally in creating companies and projects that touch, transform, and help people find meaning in the world around them. How can art and technology, combined with emotion, change our environment?
The Cultural Foundation of Architects of La Rioja (FCAR) and the Official Association of Architects of La Rioja (COAR) are celebrating Architecture Week this October. World Architecture Day falls on the first Monday of October; in 2018, various architecture-related activities will take place from Monday, October 1, through Friday, October 5.
CineCubo IAB: "Banco Imobiliário,"
followed by a conversation with Miguel Antunes Ramos.
Drawing from the theme "In Project" of the 11th Architecture Biennial, the firm SIAA Arquitetos Associados reflects on the potential for alternative relationships between architectural design, the built environment, and its public occupation over time, whether anticipated or not. To this end, they use the Centro Cultural São Paulo building—designed by architects Eurico Prado Lopes and Luiz Telles—as the foundation for their reflection, and not by coincidence.
Lecture by Antonio Lipthay, co-founder of the firm Mobil Arquitectos, titled "Building and City: Projects 2010-2018," where he will present the firm's body of work.
Opening of the "Emerging Architecture Studios Based in Luanda" Exhibition:
In its tenth edition, the Escola da Cidade symposium has established itself as a forum for discussing undergraduate research in architecture and urbanism from across Brazil.
Lecture by Carlos Zedillo at CENTRO. Registration is required via posgrados@centro.edu.mx or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conferencia-desarrollo-sostenible-de-la-vivienda-colectiva-tickets-50499148312
This is a free event.
Jorge Taboada
Monterrey, Mexico (1974)
He completed his professional studies in Architecture (ITESM, 1996). A self-taught photographer with a deep admiration for architecture, he founded "Idea Cúbica" in 1996, a firm specializing in architectural photography and advertising for architects, which he currently directs.
In 2007, he pursued a master’s degree in "Architectural Photography in the Digital Era" at The Workshops in Rockport, Maine, taught by Norman McGrath. He was selected for the "Contemporary Photography Program" (PFC '11) in Monterrey, organized by the Centro de la Imagen / CONARTE.
His work has been featured in specialized architecture and photography magazines and books, including Architectural Record, Wired, Celeste, Ojo de Pez, Arquitectura Viva, Interior Design, H.O.ME., Arquine, DOC Photo Magazine, and Enlace, among others, as well as on news outlets such as the BBC, Univision, and El Universal.
His project "Alta Densidad" has been exhibited in several countries, including Mexico, Spain, Brazil, and Germany, at events such as PhotoEspaña, the X São Paulo Architecture Biennale, and the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg.
The lecture offers an overview of the most significant works by the firm MOARQS, focusing on the concepts that inform its practice and its engagement with both the professional and academic worlds. The firm’s practice is rooted in a constructive approach that fosters an architecture free of preconceptions—one that emerges from the arrangement of specific materials in a particular order, combined with "art" to achieve an intense poetics through an economy of resources.
On October 9 at 7:00 PM, the foundation stone for Gustavo Penna 73/23 - 50 Years of Architecture, Design, and Word will be laid at Cidad3 in São Paulo. This long-term project, conceived by a team of professors from PUC Poços de Caldas and sponsored by Gerdau and Deca, includes the publication of books, workshops, competitions, a multimedia platform, and an exhibition. These activities anticipate the architect's five-decade career milestone, which will be reached in 2023.
Titled “Exceptional Architecture – The Brazil Pavilion at Expo ’70 Osaka,” the exhibition introduces the public to little-known aspects of this important work by Paulo Mendes da Rocha.
As part of the 4th edition of the Arq Film Fest, the exhibition "The Image of the Architect" will be held in the south corridor of the historic building, presented by Luis Miguel Arana—KLAUS, a special guest of the event.