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Launch of the Moroccan Interior Design Awards (MIDA) – 1st Edition
Introducing the MIDA: a new stage for interior architecture and design in Morocco Casablanca, 25 March 2025. Archimedia Group announces the launch of the first Moroccan Interior Design Awards (MIDA), a biennial competition dedicated to interior architecture and design.
Long in the shadows, these professions are now enjoying remarkable growth, driven by a new generation of daring designers and a growing awareness of the importance of the living environment.
Interior architecture and design are shaping our spaces, transcending usage and revealing the identity of the places we live and visit.
MIDA is part of this dynamic, offering a new showcase for the different professions that are redefining the codes of interior design and decoration in Morocco.
A NEW STAGE FOR THE ‘MAKERS OF SPACES
In line with the Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA), the MIDA celebrates the men and women who, through their sensitivity and mastery, transform the environment in which we live on a daily basis.
This first edition will bring together architects, interior architects, designers, project developers and institutional and private players, thus affirming the fundamental role of design in enhancing living and working spaces.
AWARDS TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEST PROJECTS
With a range of 16 categories and three awards - Jury's Favourite, Audience's Favourite and the Archimedia Prize - the MIDAs will paint a striking portrait of contemporary interior architecture and design in Morocco. The aim of this initiative is to shine a spotlight on the professionals whose work is shaping the spaces of tomorrow, by offering them recognition matching their commitment.
Presided over by Lotfi Sirahal, architect and designer, the MIDA jury will bring together passionate experts to reward the talents redefining the way we design and inhabit spaces.
MIDA aims to become a benchmark event, a place where aesthetics, materials and expertise intertwine, where trends emerge, and where interior architecture is established not as a mere decorative art, but as an essential vector of well-being and emotion. This event is for all those who bring life to the places we live in, animate and share, by infusing them with harmony, character and meaning.

Nara Roesler São Paulo is pleased to present, beginning March 29, 2025, at 11 am, the exhibition "Isaac Julien – Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement – Photographs & Collages." The show features 20 works—16 of which are being exhibited for the first time—derived from the film "Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement" (2019), in which Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) is portrayed by Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. The critical text is by Solange Farkas, founder of the Associação Cultural Videobrasil in 1991 and curator of numerous biennials and exhibitions.

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Pequena África is a space of singular significance, where culture, memory, and resistance intertwine along every path and within every evolving narrative. This territory has established itself as a bastion of Afro-Brazilian heritage, serving as a benchmark in the construction of Brazilian identity. To enhance its visibility, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is launching the BNDES Pequena África Competition, open to national and international participants. This represents a historic opportunity for recognition and reparation, ensuring that the memory of the formation of the Brazilian people is preserved and celebrated.

How can major transit projects drive positive social change? Deconstructing TOD: Transit Roots playfully explores how transit can shape thriving communities, spur new housing, create public spaces, and support local businesses—while addressing the challenges that come with it.

The Spring Scholars Series: Women + Architecture at Mather Homestead will take place on March 27, 2025. It will feature a discussion on the contributions of women in architecture and how their work is shaping the built environment today. The event will begin with a lecture by the authors of Women Architects at Work, honoring the legacy of Bertha Mather McPherson (1906-1993), one of Connecticut's pioneering female architects.

The “FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: Recycling” project returns for its second edition at Galeria Metara.
This event, which focuses on sustainability and environmental awareness, will feature an exhibition of works by Susi Sielski Cantarino and Osvaldo Gaia, alongside paintings produced during workshops.

On March 19 at 4:00 PM, the next edition of Tech Talks will take place, an event promoting discussions on innovation within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. Hosted by the Polytechnic School of ATITUS Educação, the gathering will bring together experts to explore how technology drives new creative and design possibilities.

Experimental films, polaroids, “film objects,” and previously unseen works by the Rio de Janeiro-based visual artist will occupy the Cavalariças starting March 28.
The solo exhibition brings together a collection of works in various formats, curated by André Sheik, tracing the artist’s experiences, concerns, travels, and friendships.

The activation is based on the work “Só por es-tar” [Just to Be] by the São Paulo-based visual artist and poet, which is part of a group exhibition inspired by a book by South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han.

The program’s third edition will be led by DJ GrandMaster Raphael, a pioneer of funk parties, joined by MC Cidinho, MC Mascote, MC Cacau, and Duda do Borel.

Dialogue with the forest: A contemplative experience from the "Quintas Maravilha" educational program, part of the Maravilha Project

The architecture competition to design the future Environmental Education Center at the La Laja landfill seeks to propose a space that promotes understanding the landfill as an educational site for human adaptation toward responsible consumption and a shift in how household solid waste is conceptualized, focusing on reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.

The exhibition is the most comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the life and work of Giuseppe Scapinelli (1911–1982), an Italian designer who settled in Brazil in 1948. Organized by Galeria Teo, the exhibition, titled Scapinelli and his slender elements, is set to open on March 20, 2025, and is curated by writer and architect Francesco Perrotta-Bosch.

The exhibition will bring together more than 70 pieces of furniture created by Scapinelli in the 1950s and 1960s. These rare objects, presented to the public following extensive historical and documentary research, are accompanied by period publications and photographs that help unveil the aura of mystery and discretion that always surrounded Scapinelli.

A comprehensive analysis of the architecture and interiors by the renowned contemporary Brazilian architect, designer, and filmmaker.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) International is excited to announce the upcoming AIA International Spring Conference 2025, taking place from March 20 to 22, 2025. This global online event will bring together visionary architects, designers, and industry experts to discuss the future of the built environment under the theme "Trailblazing Architecture."

→ Residency period: May 27 - June 30, 2025
→ Application deadline: March 30, 2025
→ Stipend, travel support and production budget available

The ninth edition of Forecast culminates in an action-packed Festival on March 14–15, at Radialsystem.