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To explore the work of the architect behind some of São Paulo's most iconic buildings, we invite you on a tour that spans from her residential designs to her powerful and democratic public spaces.

From May 16 to June 15, the Escola da Cidade Technical Council is hosting the "Vila dos Mellos Competition" exhibition, featuring thirty projects that showcase a landscape of high-quality architectural production.

Building on their 2018 work, WRI Brasil and the National Front of Mayors (FNP) are presenting the "Complete Streets and Universities Online Seminar" series in 2019.

Supported by the University Professors for Complete Streets Network—established by both organizations—the series aims to identify opportunities and challenges for integrating the Complete Streets concept into the education of future urban planners.

The 21st Brazilian Congress of Architects announced on Monday, May 27, an extension of the deadline for project submissions, now open until June 15 via the website www.21cba.com.br. The event will take place in Porto Alegre from October 9 to 12, 2019, and is organized by the IAB-RS.

The Félix Candela Award is an international architectural ideas competition conducted in Spanish, held in two phases. It is organized annually by the Spanish Institute of Architecture (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urbanists, and designers, participating either individually or in teams of two or three.

Aiming to shed light on the possibilities of urban voids, the International Open Call for Urban Intervention Projects “Outros Territórios” (Other Territories) was recently held, gathering proposals for ephemeral interventions for the “stilt structures” of buildings in the Buritis neighborhood of Belo Horizonte.

The Museu da Cidade will open the installations "Chacina da Luz" and "Monumento Nenhum" by artist Giselle Beiguelman on Saturday, May 4, at 11:00 AM, at the Solar da Marquesa de Santos and Beco do Pinto, respectively. The works explore the loss of memory in public space and the city's relationship with its historical and cultural heritage. Composed of monument fragments, the installations replicate the state in which the pieces were found by the artist in public storage facilities, acting as a sort of "readymade" of oblivion.

Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena (1967), Pritzker Prize laureate and curator of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale "Reporting From the Front," holds a position of particular relevance in contemporary architectural debate and production.

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We understand culture as all the actions through which peoples express their ways of creating, doing, and living; scientific, artistic, and technological creations; works, objects, documents, buildings, and other spaces intended for artistic-cultural manifestations; as well as urban complexes and sites of historical, landscape, artistic, archaeological, paleontological, ecological, and scientific value. Culture encompasses both the language through which people communicate, tell their stories, and write their poems, as well as how they build their homes, prepare their food, pray, and celebrate.

{CURA} has opened registration for the 8th "Entre Coletivos," to be held at the course's headquarters in São Paulo, starting at 7:00 PM on May 31st. The chosen theme is Landscape Architecture, and the firms Oficina2Mais and Seiva have been invited to participate.

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CineCubo is a film club hosted by the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) aimed at fostering dialogue between audiovisual and architectural languages and debating perspectives on the city. On the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM, CineCubo screens films followed by a discussion at the IAB-SP headquarters. Curated and moderated by Nana Maiolini, Travessia Filmes, and guests, the sessions are free and open to the general public.

“With love in our hearts, we prepare the invasion; full of joy, we enter our beloved city!”

This year marks the third week of urbanism-related activities hosted by the TransLAB.URB collective. Once again, the event celebrates the transformative power of walking in partnership with the international Jane's Walk community. Taking place from May 3rd to 5th, the event honors the life and work of activist and urbanist Jane Jacobs during the 2nd Jane's Walk Porto Alegre.

The Union of Architecture Students (UEPA) and the Faculty of Architecture at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (FAUAS), organized by EventPlus, will host their traditional "PERSPECTIVA" congress for the sixth consecutive year. This year's edition, titled "Space and Society," aims to center the discussion on emblematic topics within society and the construction field. The goal is to raise awareness regarding the importance of both interior and exterior spaces, fostering culture and social responsibility.

The Architecture Program at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the Universidad Arturo Prat, in collaboration with the Institute of Heritage Studies, has compiled academic, research, and outreach projects focused on showcasing construction techniques applied to timber architecture—a material resource present from the 19th-century nitrate era to the present day.

The book Parques urbanos de São Paulo (Urban Parks of São Paulo) features photographic essays documenting the daily life of thirteen parks in São Paulo, as diverse as the city and its population: parks in the center and the periphery, new and old, famous and locally known. The photos reveal the plurality of uses that residents make of these spaces, and surprise by showing them from a detached perspective, focusing equally on both planned and incidental aspects. The book launch will take place, fittingly, at Ibirapuera Park on May 11th at 11:00 AM.

Target audience: Architecture students, architects, designers, travel enthusiasts, photographers, and anyone interested in photography.

The Master’s Program in Project Research at the POIESIS Center (FADU UBA) is pleased to invite you to the lecture "Summoning Matter," to be delivered by renowned Paraguayan architect Solano Benítez. This event will take place within the framework of the workshop "Material Experimentations: From Potential Matter to Actual Material." The event will be held on Monday, May 6, 2019, at 7:00 PM in the FADU Aula Magna and is open to the general public.