To celebrate its 7th anniversary, the publisher and publication AMAG is offering a 50% promotional discount to all its subscribers on the online purchase of the AAICO FULL TICKET, which grants access to a workshop, attendance at all conferences, the AAICO kit, and a choice of one issue of AMAG magazine.
Tegra, a real estate developer under the Brookfield Group, is hosting Eduardo Borém at Casa Tegra. A graduate in industrial design from the University of Brasília and a partner at the firm Borém e Borém Design e Interiores, the designer is consistently involved in multidisciplinary and creative projects spanning decor, furniture, music, photography, writing, poetry, and the visual arts. At Casa Tegra, Borém will lead a discussion on the role of design in recontextualizing spaces and objects, explaining how to integrate technique, functionality, and aesthetics with emotion.
Where is public housing in the Basque Country (Spain) headed? Do the built dwellings align with the needs of contemporary society? How can it be improved? How has it evolved over the last few decades? These questions, and many others, will likely arise during the roundtable discussion organized for Thursday, May 17, at the Bizkaia Aretoa. The event is part of the ‘Housing the Basque Country’ exhibition program, promoted by the Basque Government's Department of Environment, Territorial Planning, and Housing.
First RENAV (National Network of Volunteer Architects) Training Session: “Basic Concepts, Stages, and Tools for Emergency Management in Chile.”
Casa Tegra, a space located at 1009 Rua Oscar Freire and inaugurated by the developer Tegra, will host Benedito Abbud this coming Saturday, September 22, at 10:00 AM. Abbud will speak on the importance of greenery in cities.
The Cultural Foundation of Architects of La Rioja (FCAR) and the Official Association of Architects of La Rioja (COAR) are celebrating Architecture Week this October. World Architecture Day falls on the first Monday of October; in 2018, various architecture-related activities will take place from Monday, October 1, through Friday, October 5.
The 4th ARQTTO Meeting, a national event hosted by the ARQTTO platform, will feature architect Gustavo Utrabo, founding partner of the firm Aleph Zero. The firm was awarded the 2018 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) International Emerging Architect prize.
The community is invited to the launch of the book Material Speculations: Materiality Exercises from the UTFSM Introduction to Architecture Workshop, presented by the core faculty team alongside guest architect Verónica Arcos.
CineCubo is the film club hosted by the Institute of Architects of Brazil, aimed at fostering dialogue between audiovisual and architectural languages and debating perspectives on the city. Every third Tuesday of the 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.
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The "Corredor Sur" project, a partnership between the collectives TransLAB.URB (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Urbanismo Vivo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and FADU (Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay), which began in November 2017, is starting to yield its first results.
Micro Urban School | Gardens in Residential Buildings
Exhibition Title: Designing with Construction Sets
Date: April 10, 2018 – May 4, 2018
Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM (Mon–Fri) and 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Saturdays)
Location: Main Hall of the Rectory, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
City: Juiz de Fora, MG
Organization: Laboratory for the Study of Languages and Expressions of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design (LEAUD/FAU/UFJF)
Curator: Prof. Dr. Frederico Braida
CineCubo IAB: "Banco Imobiliário,"
followed by a conversation with Miguel Antunes Ramos.
The EREA (Regional Meeting of Architecture Students) examines the extent to which the university is truly integrated into the city. Is São Carlos a university town, or is it a city with universities? It is the city with the highest number of PhDs per square meter, but who does it direct its knowledge toward? It is a technology hub, yet one where research stagnates and fails to reach the periphery; these are universities that claim to be public, yet select which segments of the population can access their spaces and knowledge. Consequently, we do not want to discuss these issues within the confines of the university; we want to burst the university bubble and integrate academic knowledge with the local context, encouraging a horizontal exchange of wisdom. To this end, the meeting will be open, with activities conducted by both participants and the community, given that Parque do Bicão is a public space located in a non-central region, outside the "university town." Thus, we position ourselves to unify and strengthen our efforts alongside social movements, local businesses, occupations, and minority groups, with the goal of deconstructing stereotypes, questioning common sense, combating oppression, and creating tension. And you, what creates tension for you?
Submissions are now open for ACADEMIC PAPERS for the Communication Sessions of the 4th CATS - CONGRESS ON ARCHITECTURE, TOURISM, AND SUSTAINABILITY - Cataguases, MG.
Escola da Cidade is now accepting applications for its second-semester postgraduate programs. Among the offerings are two new courses—one focused on mobility and another on technology. See the details below:
Sidewalks, also known as public walkways, can be understood as multifunctional open spaces where a range of activities occur, from pedestrian flow to social interaction.
From this perspective, public walkways have great potential to host green infrastructure solutions—such as rain gardens, bioswales, and stormwater planters—capable of providing a series of environmental services for cities. These include mitigating urban pollution (water, air, and soil), providing habitats for urban fauna, contributing to the control of stormwater runoff volume and velocity, and improving local microclimatic quality and thermal comfort for adjacent buildings through shading and evapotranspiration, in addition to serving as an aesthetic element.
Currently, emerging ecological sidewalk design techniques that add value and attractiveness to properties are well-known, utilized, and proven.