The Municipality of Rionegro and the Colombian Society of Architects (Antioquia Regional Chapter) are launching a national public competition for the basic design and preliminary urban, landscape, and architectural project for the Río Negro Park, "Paisajes del Agua" (Water Landscapes), in the municipality of Rionegro, Antioquia.
Professionals, professors, and students are invited to participate in the Third National Ideas Competition, organized by the Municipal Housing Institute of León (IMUVI León) in collaboration with the León Architects Association (Colegio de Arquitectos de León A.C.). The objective is to develop a conceptual proposal for a social housing condominium in the Las Américas neighborhood in León, Guanajuato.
As in previous editions, the Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL) aims to showcase the work of emerging professionals in Spain, thereby helping to promote their practice both in Spain and in their home countries.
BAL 2019 will take place over the course of one week in Pamplona, Spain, combining a variety of events linked to different geographic regions. The program will feature exhibitions, lectures, and roundtables that provide a global overview of the current state of Latin American architecture. Following the event, the BAL will be exhibited in Barcelona and Madrid, as well as at BIAU 2021, and may also be presented in participating countries upon request.
The "Scenic Garden and Pavilion" ideas competition aims primarily to reorganize and comprehensively recover the area known as the "ecological parking lot," facilitating the integration of the Centro Cultural del Bosque (CCB) into the Chapultepec Forest itself. In other words, the project seeks a design that incorporates reforestation, architecture, and landscape for this territory—currently a parking lot—which must be reintegrated into the urban forest and contribute to strengthening the performing arts ecosystem represented by the CCB. The project includes the design of a Scenic Pavilion as a permanent space featuring non-intrusive, harmonious architecture that blends with the forest environment, creating an interconnection point between the performing arts ecosystem and the visual arts ecosystem toward the Zoo and the Museum of Modern Art.
The Swiss Finance & Property Group (SFP Group) invites students of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, spatial planning, and related disciplines to participate in the Walzwerk Student Design Competition, an international ideas competition exploring the future of one of Switzerland's most distinctive former industrial sites.
Since the publication of "Popular Overflow and the Crisis of the State: The New Face of Peru in the 1980s," the ideas presented by José Matos Mar have been fundamental to understanding 20th-century Peru. Beyond its academic value and conceptual argumentation, "popular overflow" became a reference framework that accompanied and shaped public debates and much of the academic analysis regarding rural-to-urban migration, the explosion of the informal economy, the accelerated expansion of cities through informal settlements, and the new urban culture during the second half of the 20th century. These processes, grouped and partially interpreted under the label of "popular overflow," have defined the urban reality of contemporary Peru.
The designers of the 2020 edition: Karol Suguikawa (MT), Pietro Oliveira (MG), Rodrigo Ambrosio (AL), Luly Vianna (SP), and Gustavo Bittencourt (RJ)
The 2022 edition of the Semana Criativa de Tiradentes has been scheduled: it will take place from October 20 to 23 in the historic city of Tiradentes, Minas Gerais. The event will be held in person, featuring four days packed with lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops, and experiences centered on the Brazilian artisanal universe. Daily lectures will be available on the Semana Criativa YouTube channel throughout the festival.
Painting by Almir Mendes de Souza, part of the exhibition. Photo: Courtesy of the organization
Curated by art historian and critic Enock Sacramento, one of the leading experts on these modernist currents in Brazilian art, the exhibition marks the opening of the Sala Guido Arturo Palomba. This space pays tribute to the forensic psychiatrist, a renowned expert in legal medicine and the cultural director of the Pinacoteca of the Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM).
The exhibition by architect and academic Rubén Muñoz, titled "Light, Form, Act, and Symbol," presents a series of models alongside a catalog featuring three built works and three recent projects from his architectural practice. The exhibition seeks to enrich professional practice with reflections from the doctoral thesis that gives the exhibition its name.
Castro Abierto is an architecture, landscape, and heritage festival that aims to highlight local construction culture, its contemporary expressions, and the memories embedded in the urban and rural archipelago landscape of the Castro commune. This initiative is organized by Fundación Aldea and funded by the National Fondart, under its architecture festival category.
On Monday, October 24, at 7:00 PM, the book Arquitetura da CARPE by architect Geraldo Angelo Silva will be launched. The book presents a wealth of previously unpublished material on the history of CARPE.
A conversation between architect Guillermo Acuña and master stonemason and historian Rolando Abarca will be part of a new session of "Diálogos Aislados" (Isolated Dialogues), a series organized by the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae. The series began during the pandemic to foster discussion on various topics, debates, and new ideas through multidisciplinary online dialogue.
Themed around "50 Years of Learning from Las Vegas"—one of the most significant books on urban development, mobility, visual communication, architecture, and history—the 2nd Architecture and Urbanism Symposium at the FAAP University Center will take place from October 17 to 20, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
Fabián Barros, an architect, academic, and Ph.D. in Advanced Architectural Projects, will lead the upcoming Atravieso Urbano—a walking tour organized by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture in partnership with the Nuestro Centro association—which explores the cultural, urban, and historical significance of the neighborhood.
The Interior Lighting course aims to provide the necessary tools to develop lighting projects for residential and/or commercial spaces. Participants will learn how lighting can personalize and shape new spaces based on the program and its lighting requirements.
What impact can buildings have on society and the environment? Adopting a comprehensive approach to sustainability when conceptualizing buildings is essential to fostering sustainable social, environmental, and economic development.
School of Architecture, Creative Campus, Andrés Bello University
In conjunction with the "The Life of Things" exhibition, organized by the School of Architecture in the Campus Creativo Hall, a series of meetings on circular design in architecture will be held from two perspectives. These sessions will take place during the exhibition on September 1st and 2nd at 12:00 PM in a hybrid format at the Universidad Andrés Bello Campus Creativo Television Studio.