With the support of CEMEX and the Arq. Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship, the first edition of the CEMEX Pavilion 2018 competition is now open. Open to the student community in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, participants are invited to intervene in a heritage property located in the city's historic center. The goal is to provide a fresh platform for students to express their concerns and passions regarding the craft through a built project, bridging the gap between academia and professional practice.
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Registration is now open for the Ágora Tech Park Architecture and Urbanism Competition in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The competition calls for the development of a proposal for an Occupation Plan and the first building of the technology and innovation park within the Perini Business Park.
On Thursday, May 17, at 6:30 PM, the conference "New Mezzanine Design with Unconventional Finishes" will be held at the CAP Regional Auditorium in Lima. On Friday, May 18, at 9:00 AM, there will be a site visit to a project under construction.
On Thursday, May 24, at 7:00 PM, the Espai Alfaro will host the opening of the exhibition AlfaroSiza: Ideas encontradas, which brings together and exhibits, for the first time, works by architect Álvaro Siza and sculptor Andreu Alfaro. The explorations of both in sculpture, drawing, and architecture, along with the undeniable and striking relationship between their creations, serve as the exhibition's main draw.
https://www.archdaily.com/1101634/fifty-works-bring-alvaro-siza-and-andreu-alfaro-together-in-valenciaJavier García Librero
Buenos Aires is once again joining the global urban walking festival, Jane's Walk. The seventh local edition of the event will take place from Friday, May 4, to Sunday, May 6, aiming to foster a connection between urban space and citizens to encourage a more human, active, and pedestrian-friendly city.
The more than 20 free walks taking place throughout the city are organized by Urbanismo Vivo, which has coordinated the local event since 2012, featuring routes through different neighborhoods and covering a variety of themes.
Find more information about the event and a few words from the organizers below.
The Master of Architecture program at the University of Chile invites you to the lecture "Is it Possible to Inhabit the Contemporary?", which will be delivered by Sergio Rojas.
Goma Oficina invites students and faculty to a guided tour of the studio where models are being produced for the exhibition "Vkhutemas 1918–2018: Future in Construction," curated by Celso Lima and Neide Jallageas. The exhibition will take place at Sesc Pompeia in July 2018. During the visit, the Goma team will present the entire process of reproducing these projects and objects, as well as the broader historical context of the Vkhutemas experience and its relationship to architectural education in the country. The studio is based at FunarteSP and houses the reproductions of the following works: Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International ("The Tower"), Leonidov’s Lenin Institute, Malevich’s Architektons, Melnikov’s Sleep Sonata, and Rodchenko and Stepanova’s Composition 12 and Imitabichos.
AndesWorkshop, led by Cazú Zegers and GrupoTalca, is now accepting applications for 2018. The initiative aims to explore the Andes Mountains (Chile), analyze their landscape, engage with their inhabitants and history, and understand their origins. The goal is to create a low-tech architectural monument in collaboration with architects, students, and local inhabitants, using minimal resources to achieve maximum spatial expression and thereby add value to the territory.
As part of the sustainable financing talk series by the ethical banking sector, the talk "Social Housing and Sustainable Cities" will be held on Wednesday, May 16, at 9 AM at the Doble Impacto offices, located at 727 Los Jesuitas, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
Experimenta Pontevedra, the Urban Design Festival, celebrates its first edition from June 21 to 24, 2018. Over these four days, public space will be transformed to encourage uses that foster imagination and play.
New industrial design competition on Desall.com: URMET ATE and Desall invite you to design a new HUB device for family safety, capable of providing telecare, assistance, and monitoring services.
Architectural thought and positions, as well as those of related disciplines, must reach diverse latitudes, just as they move from media platforms to mobile devices. It is essential to hear in person from emerging or established figures who define positions on architectural practice or the role of art in their work.
Given the current growth of the architectural profession within society, it is essential to engage in open debate where ideas take precedence over imagery. With this in mind, the 'Encuentros de Arquitectura' event serves as a forum for analysis and critique, fostering a deeper understanding of the concepts that define the discipline.
