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This course presents a historical narrative of surface design, covering authors and projects involving textile patterns, wallpaper, relief cladding, and cobogós from the 18th century to the present day. It highlights significant profiles and proposals from designers such as William Kilburn, William Morris, Varvara Stepanova, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lucienne Day, Regina Gomide Graz, and Athos Bulcão, among many others, while examining the influence of various artistic movements on these creators throughout history.

The first exhibition of industrialized modular construction and repurposed shipping containers for architecture and the construction industry.

On Friday, April 12, at 7:00 PM, the Museu da Cidade (MUCI) – Fundição Lidgerwood will host the opening of O Peso da Terra (The Weight of the Earth), the first solo exhibition by architect and visual artist Alexandre Silveira. The exhibition brings together a selection of works across various media from the past decade of the artist's visual arts practice, including several previously unseen pieces, such as the video O Peso da Terra, filmed during an artist residency at Chão SLZ in São Luís, Maranhão, in 2015.

In April, the NGO Vivacidade is hosting the Seminar on Housing Improvements in Self-Construction, a free event organized by the TABA group for Technical Assistance in Social Interest Housing, with funding support from the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of São Paulo (CAU/SP), under public notice no. 001/2018 and funding agreement no. 007/2018.

This workshop will be led by ZAP&BUJ, winners of the eighth edition of the 2017 Samsung EGO Innovation Project, finalists for Vogue Who´s on Next 2018 and 2019, and recipients of awards at the Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID18), among other recognitions.

The 2020 edition of Expo Container City will feature an expanded exhibition area. In addition to projects showcasing repurposed shipping containers, the event will dedicate more space to modular construction.

Independent film series on the right to the city.

The Brazilian Association of Landscape Architects (ABAP) was awarded a grant last December through a CAU-SP public call to host an international congress titled "Landscape and Art." The event focuses on the themes of representation and landscape, as well as key figures and their work. We have brought together highly regarded researchers and professionals, and our goal is to explore the intersections of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and design, reaffirming the aesthetic and complex dimension of the landscape.

A gathering of companies from the modular construction and converted container industries. Exhibition of projects and services.
The event also features FOCOS—the Offsite Construction Forum—which brings together leading industry professionals for lectures and presentations.

Miguel Lawner Steiman, alumnus and academic at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile and Executive Director of the Urban Improvement Corporation (CORMU) during the Salvador Allende administration, will deliver the keynote lecture "An Architect in Prison."

Sunday, April 14, is the final day to visit the "Santiago, Ciudad Destino" exhibition at the GAM Cultural Center. The closing event will take place at 6:30 PM with the vote count for the Migrant Citizen Consultation, which was part of an intervention proposed by the design collective Gt2p. As part of the closing celebrations, an open Afro-dance class will also be held on Saturday at 3:00 PM.

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Costa Rica will host a session of the Chilean project #XFORMAS (X Ways of Doing Architecture) for the first time this Wednesday, April 10, at Universidad Veritas.

The School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae is launching the fourth edition of "Atraviesos Urbanos" (Urban Crossings), a series of tours designed and led by architects that provide an alternative perspective on a specific section of the city.

The course aims to introduce participants to theatrical architecture and its interdisciplinary context through an introduction to the history of global scenic architecture, exploring the languages that directly influenced the architecture and theatrical practice of Teat(r)o Oficina.

Archiprix is a national and international competition that invites universities worldwide every two years to submit their most outstanding graduation projects in architecture, urbanism, and landscape design.

Registration is now open for the 2nd Regional Pre-Forum on ATHIS and University Extension.

The Popayán University Foundation, through its Faculty of Architecture and in strategic partnership with the Banco de la República, continues to develop top-tier academic initiatives. These efforts deserve to be shared with the broader academic community and the general public, which is why we are hosting the third edition of the Colombian Colloquium on Architecture and the City: "200 Years of a Nation in the World. History, Present, and Future of Architecture in Colombia," to be held on April 4–5 at the Casa de la Moneda Convention Center in Popayán.

On Tuesday, April 2, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Santiago (Quinta Normal location) will host the opening of the exhibition "Stadium: A Building that Visualizes the Image of a City," a pavilion led by architect Alejandra Celedón that represented Chile at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018.