Drawing on his expertise and experience, Diego González Alanis invites us to recognize our responsibility to make informed decisions that leverage landscape architecture to improve the city's quality of life and functionality. In his presentation, "The Power of Urban Nature," Diego explores the opportunity provided by this discipline—which complements architecture—to integrate nature in a useful and functional way. He highlights the potential to restore ecosystems degraded by urbanization and construction, while simultaneously fostering local wildlife development.
The first public assembly of Architecture on Strike (Arquitectura en Paro) seeks to foster an open space where we can collectively engage in pedagogy and discussion regarding the role architecture should play within the current social, economic, and political crisis in Colombia.
The Calli Competition is now open. The theme addresses a social issue common to major cities worldwide, where we frequently observe that urban polarization leads to a decline in quality of life, resulting in saturated transportation systems, high rental costs, and long commutes to work.
Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with the opportunity to express their perspectives on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging issues.
In this competition, we will help Assa, a Mozambican teacher, build a center for children with disabilities and those affected by social exclusion, with the support of the Estamos Juntos Initiative and the NGO Somos del Mundo. ·
The exhibition proposes a space that operates according to the essential strategies that make up the design process of El Equipo Mazzanti + horizontal. Through a shifting exhibition, visitors will be able to understand not only what we do—our completed projects—but also how we work, our processes, and our methodologies. "Playing with Pedagogies" will be a space open to creativity, presented to the public as an ephemeral workshop. It will be a space that places the visitor at the center of the exhibition, making them part of our narrative.
Laws, norms, standards, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, protocols, codes. Like any endeavor that unfolds in the public sphere, architecture must submit to laws that exist outside of it, while simultaneously maintaining its cohesion through adherence to laws internal to its own field. However, architecture appears to be more than the mere application of these internal laws or simple submission to external ones.
3D rendering of the artwork “O Sonho é Eterno” (The Dream is Eternal) by Verena Smit at Vale do Anhangabaú
The "Cidade do Futuro" (City of the Future) exhibition presents three poetic light-art installations from December 10 to 19. Created by artists Felipe Morozini, Verena Smit, and Marco Loschiavo, the works will occupy the Vale do Anhangabaú in São Paulo and are free to the public.
Palabras y Trazos brings together architects of various generations whose projects emphasize architecture as a city-shaping element that integrates urban, environmental, heritage, and identity values.
The 15º edition of the "From Territory to Detail" International Architecture Seminar serves as a space for dialogue and reflection, bringing together students, academics, and professionals in the field alongside renowned Latin American architects. A common thread among these speakers is their balance of teaching with professional practice across diverse areas, ranging from editorial work to artistic experimentation.
Palabras y Trazos brings together architects of various generations who develop projects that highlight their interest in architecture as a city-shaping element, integrating urban, environmental, heritage, and identity values.
On December 4, 2021, IED Rio [Istituto Europeo di Design Rio de Janeiro] will open the doors of its new headquarters at Casa d'Itália for a "warm-up" event for courses beginning in March 2022. The free event, which requires advance registration, will feature lectures and workshops on the Terraço Belvedere, located on the building's rooftop, which offers a spectacular view of Guanabara Bay, Sugarloaf Mountain, Corcovado, Outeiro da Glória, the Marina da Glória, and the MAM Rio.
To mark the launch of the book Mucho cuento. Relatos de arquitectos, published by redfundamentos, we will be joined by Arturo Franco Taboada and Juan Carlos Arnuncio. As two of the contributing authors, they will discuss the origins of their stories, share anecdotes, provide deeper insight into their narratives, and read excerpts from their work live.
Architect's Week at Vobi - Social Media for Architects: How to Stand Out Online
Architect Amanda Ferber, ranked by Feedspot as the #1 influencer among the top 125 in the world of architecture, will lead this lecture on social media.
III Symposium on Sustainable Environmental Rehabilitation
The 3rd Symposium on Sustainable Environmental Rehabilitation is hosted by the Laboratory of Sustainability Applied to Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Brasília (FAU-UnB). This scientific event will feature academic presentations organized into three main tracks: rehabilitation and sustainability; cities and indicators; and environment and energy efficiency.
One of the world's most important architecture festivals, Open House Málaga, is coming to Málaga. From December 10th to 12th, the city will open its doors through free guided tours and routes of iconic buildings that are typically inaccessible to the public. Many of these will be led by architects and industry experts, most of whom were responsible for the buildings' design or construction.
