The 12th Academic Week of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (XII SEMAU/UFRRJ) aims to address the theme: “Architecture of Versatility: Perspectives for Times of Crisis.” The event consists of free lectures broadcast on the SEMAU YouTube channel and remote short courses.
"Territorial Planning": The goal of this initial workshop is to provide information on the key considerations for building a sustainable future home and community.
Romano Guerra Editora (São Paulo, Brazil) and Nhamerica Platform (Austin, USA) present the Pensamento da América Latina (Latin American Thought) collection, coordinated by Abilio Guerra, Fernando Luiz Lara, and Silvana Romano Santos, with Fernanda Critelli serving as editorial coordinator. The collection provides texts on Latin American architectural culture in both print and ebook formats, available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish—the most widely used languages in the Americas.
From November 5 to 29, the Arquitectura Film Festival Chile will be held entirely online, free of charge, and accessible throughout Chile. The event will feature discussions, urban screenings, exhibitions, and much more.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help us work with, organize, and manage data that can contribute to the development of environmental solutions applied to the urban environment. 🌱🌎
A space for dialogue to reflect on the human right to housing and the city.
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The Leopoldo Rother Architecture Museum invites you to the virtual lecture "Atmosphere, Light, and the Intangible," as part of the first cycle of "Architecture Lessons from a Distance." This session will be led by speaker Mauricio Rocha.
The online seminar and workshop "Del Suelo a la Obra" (From Soil to Construction) aims to share the latest developments in contemporary earth construction materials and systems. It is based on rigorous analysis and an understanding of this heterogeneous material to achieve products with consistent, standardizable characteristics.
Last weekend, films exploring diverse urban experiences across various Latin American countries kicked off the fifth edition of the Architecture and Film Festival of Chile, ArqFilmFest. This free, online event will run through November 29 for audiences across the country and the continent, accessible via arqfilmfest.cl.
On November 24, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the second edition of DOMO will take place online, an event tailored for architects and facade consultants. Conceived by Cebrace, the largest glass and mirror manufacturer in South America, and held in partnership with Schüco and Eastman, the event will feature presentations focused on case studies, trends, and discussions regarding facades in nationally and internationally renowned projects, presented by professionals from firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Perkins&Will, and Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados.
Ser Urbano is an annual event hosted by the Architecture and Urbanism program at PUC-Rio. Organized by students, it reflects their concerns within the field of architecture and urbanism, seeking to stimulate critical and creative thinking within the academic environment. The event, which features roundtables, debates, and workshops, reaches its 11th edition this year.
USINA BAR is a public space for meeting, conversation, and enjoyment centered on design disciplines and urban culture, with the goal of facilitating and energizing interaction between diverse actors and fields of knowledge.
The Arquitectura y Sociedad Foundation is organizing the Pensando la ciudad que queremos (Thinking About the City We Want) event as a prelude to the VI International Architecture and Society Congress.
On Thursday, November 19, 2020, at 7:00 PM Buenos Aires time, a conversation took place between Nader Tehrani (founding partner of NADAAA) and Gabriel Feld, as part of the "Dialogues on the Teaching of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism" organized by the Antonio Díaz Chair at FADU - UBA.
Session 268. "Decoding Architecture" Llosa Cortegana Arquitectos.
Noise levels influence perceptions of comfort and public health in any given space. 🔊 🏙
Citizen Innovation is a process that experiments with solving social problems using open technologies and methodologies—whether digital, social, or ancestral—through the involvement of the affected community itself. This shifts the role of citizens from passive recipients of institutional actions to protagonists and producers of their own solutions.
It is essential to closely monitor the chemical composition of ambient air and the concentration of ground-level pollutants that can affect people, animals, vegetation, or materials. 🌬🍃