This weekend, more than 140 buildings will open their doors to celebrate Open House Buenos Aires 2019, an international architecture and urbanism festival dedicated to showcasing works of great architectural, cultural, and heritage value, bridging the gap between the public, professionals, enthusiasts, and their city. On Saturday, November 9, and Sunday, November 10, numerous architecturally significant buildings—typically closed to the public—will open their doors to visitors, offering a unique opportunity to rediscover the architecture and history of the City of Buenos Aires.
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe, in partnership with USM, presents the EU Mies Award for Young Talent Architecture in São Paulo. The presentation will be followed by the "Architectural Education: Europe-Brazil" debate, featuring architect and professor Renato Anelli. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Anelli, Anna Sala of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, and architect and editor Romullo Baratto, moderated by Ethel Leon, coordinator of the ATEC Cultural program.
Undersecretariat of Heritage, Libraries, and Cultural Infrastructure.
The Cali Secretariat of Culture, through the Undersecretariat of Heritage, Libraries, and Cultural Infrastructure, is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the Architectural Guide to the Historic Center of Cali, as part of its commitment to valuing and promoting the city's heritage.
On Tuesday, November 19, the COAC (Architects' Association of Catalonia) will host a public event to mark the launch of the book La Casa de Ozu by architect Marta Peris. In addition to the author, the event will feature philosopher and art critic Menene Gras Balaguer (Director of Culture and Exhibitions at Casa Asia) and architects Josep Ferrando and Antonio de Moragas.
The Master’s Program in Territorial Planning and Urban Planning (MOTPU IV), from the Faculty of Architecture, Arts, Design, and Urbanism at the Higher University of San Andrés in La Paz, Bolivia, presents the seminar: "Conceptual and Empirical Contributions to the Optimal Location of Collective Facilities or Services in Urban Spaces."
The Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea and Grupo Cosentino invite you to the colloquium "Bringing Contemporary Architecture Closer to Society." Moderated by Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, the event will feature architects Rafael de La-Hoz, Victoria Garriga, and María González, all trustees of the Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea and participants in various editions of the international MadeinSpain lecture series.
At Visualiza VR19, we aim to cover a broader range of topics, expanding our focus to include video games, artistic and cultural projects, and even healthcare, while continuing to explore virtual reality applications for architecture, industry, and civil engineering.
It is a great honor and a particular pleasure for us to warmly invite you to attend the 3rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development co-sponsored by American Concrete Institute (ACI) and RILEM Association in February 2020 in Chandigarh, India.
In our present moment, the incessant production of culture and knowledge imparts an important task to the notion of commitment. Knowledge and culture are produced in excess in institutions and popular culture, making it the impossible task of critics and scholars to sift through endless amounts of cultural material and make value judgements. Partly a consequence and a cause of a shift in thinking that began in the 1960s and 1970s, a phenomenon that could be called a democratization of production (of narratives, images, cultures) has had some positive effects for the civil rights movements, leading to the inclusion of underrepresented demographics into fields that were previously hostile to them. However, the consequences of the Postmodern debunking of universal truth (that was necessary for and produced by such a shift in thinking) has carried with it the accompanying erosion of the concept of morality. The last decade has seen a further dismantling of the universal notion of “truth” and its effects in politics—note the great difficulty for contemporary politicians to convincingly assert that something is morally correct and necessary. The statement that “truth is subjective,” once a great tool to undermine the dominant grand narratives of the past, is now freely used in the name of individual freedoms, often without assessing the morality of such freedoms.
