2019

The 2019 International Social Workshop (TSI) is being held as part of the Microcoast construction workshop in Máncora, the coastal tourism capital of the Piura region. It is organized by the Peruvian Organization of Architecture Students in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the National University of Piura, which is accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Registration Open: International Contemporary Architecture Course in São Paulo - Gabriel Kogan

The Ibero-American Lighting Design Meeting (EILD) is a non-profit initiative led by a group of independent, active professionals. It serves as a space for reflection and the exchange of ideas among Ibero-American lighting designers, extending its influence worldwide. The spirit of the meeting promotes new ways of conveying the values of lighting design, emphasizing communication and collaboration across all disciplines related to the profession. The event began in 2010 in Valparaíso (Chile), followed by Querétaro (Mexico) in 2012, Medellín (Colombia) in 2014, and Ouro Preto (Brazil) in 2016, consistently supported by major professional lighting equipment manufacturers, associations, and national and international institutions.

The third edition of the Architecture Students Seminar (SEA), aimed at architecture students, professionals, and the general public in Ecuador, will take place on January 25–26, 2019. Organized by the National Organization of Architecture Students (ONEA Ecuador) in collaboration with the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro, the University of Guayaquil, the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Indoamerica Technological University, the event will be hosted at the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro.

The project consists of a scientific event and a symposium involving Japanese and Chilean participants on a topic of mutual interest. Both Japan and Chile face significant natural disasters—such as climate change, earthquakes, and tsunamis—that profoundly impact their built environments, cities, urban planning, collective memory, and society. The project focuses on a specific case study: the 2010 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Greater Concepción area.

The International Congress of Architectural Research is a recently established academic initiative. Its primary objective is to promote the convergence of architects, urban planners, and students from Latin American schools and faculties, united by a shared awareness of the current importance of research in addressing the challenges facing the discipline and their implications for the development of our countries. The call for papers for the second Congress focuses on research projects centered on the theme: "Built Habitat and Sustainability in the Latin American Territory."

How can one intervene in a neutral space to create a place that evokes emotion? In what way does an ethereal material like light generate meaning? Art installations—understood as contemporary practices of spatial transformation—seek to place the viewer within a system of new aesthetic and symbolic experiences. Light Art is a field of art that explores the capacity of light as a material for creative expression, both experimentally and theoretically.

The Projetar.org portal regularly hosts idea competitions for students and recent graduates. These hypothetical academic exercises aim to stimulate creativity, promote professional development, and contribute to the critical growth of young professionals regarding current issues. The results serve as a showcase, highlighting proposals and facilitating the discovery of new talent.
Although the 29th architecture competition from the Projetar.org portal takes place in the context of the fire that destroyed the National Museum, the starting point of this contest is not the tragedy itself. The inspiration for addressing this delicate subject was the "Museu Nacional Vive" (National Museum Lives) campaign, launched in September of this year.
On the campaign's website, it is possible to follow the continuation of research, graduate classes, and outreach activities. With approximately 2 million items from its collection preserved, the National Museum remains among the most important museum institutions in Latin America.
In a letter sent to the presidential candidates, the Director of the National Museum, Alexander Kellner, stated that despite having lost a significant portion of its collection, the National Museum "has not lost its capacity to generate knowledge."
Although the palace that housed the National Museum is in ruins, it is evident that the people who kept it alive, even under conditions far from ideal, are more committed than ever to ensuring the institution continues to promote the country's scientific and cultural development.
In honor of the strength, resilience, and determination of every professor, student, and researcher at the National Museum/UFRJ, the Projetar.org portal proposes an academic exercise: to imagine a space dedicated to the survival of the National Museum while its permanent home is being restored.
If, as the National Museum stated, "being alive is more than surviving: it is resisting, it is fighting, it is re-existing," we could call this space, set amidst the lush nature of the Quinta da Boa Vista, the "Gallery of Re-existence."
Given the relevance and complexity of the proposed theme, the Projetar.org portal is introducing a new feature for Competition 029: allowing the formation of multidisciplinary teams, composed of students and recent graduates in architecture and other fields.
By bringing future and young professionals closer to the theme of national cultural and scientific heritage, we hope to make a small contribution to the education of Brazilian citizens and professionals, who hold the power to prevent such disasters from recurring. The Projetar.org portal also commits to donating 10% of each registration fee to the Association of Friends of the National Museum.

Dwelling, living, and [re]existing in cities will be the theme of the upcoming Academic Week of Architecture and Urbanism at the Instituto de Educação Superior da Paraíba. Each year, the event seeks to discuss the social role of the profession through its various lenses. In 2019, the central focus of SAAU’s debates will be housing.

Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urbanism has launched an ideas competition to design the "Paseo del Mar," a new public space at the Barón Pier, located directly on the coastline of the city of Valparaíso.

"The Barón Pier has shaped the history of Valparaíso and Chile. This site served as the engine of the country's railway industry throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. However, these grounds no longer possess their former vitality and have been abandoned over time. In the 21st century, the residents of Valparaíso want this area to reclaim its place in the history of the port and in their daily lives, but transformed into a major public space," the ministry explains in the competition guidelines.

The "Às Margens" competition, organized by Minimum, is open to architecture and urban planning students and recent graduates*. The competition aims to generate new, modern proposals for the revitalization of the Dilúvio Stream in Porto Alegre. The organizers are seeking proposals and ideas that provide the Dilúvio with a design commensurate with its potential, transforming it into a landmark for Porto Alegre rather than its current state: a heavily polluted and underutilized stream.

The Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Universities Award competition, part of the program for the 5th edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, invites architecture students to engage in a collective research exercise on constructive rationality.

Vazio S/A, Coletivo Aurora, and Eduardo de Jesus are launching Outros Territórios (Other Territories) – an International Call for Urban Intervention Projects. The initiative aims to gather a series of ephemeral interventions for Buritis, a mountainous neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, enabling an instantaneous transformation of its landscape by simultaneously occupying the "stilt-like" structures (exposed beams and pillars) of various buildings.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives from around the world with an opportunity to express their views on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals.

Ideasforward is an experimental platform that seeks progressive ideas reflecting emerging themes. Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are pressing issues for the societies of the future, and the participation of the entire community is essential. In an era of globalization, where communication has been dominated by the technological revolution, there is a need to rethink cities and how people relate to one another in a global world, as well as to rethink the economic, social, and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.

Kindergarten Rehabilitation in Bolivia is an open competition for all students and young architects worldwide. For this fourth edition, ARCHsharing is collaborating with TECHO Bolivia on the construction of a kindergarten in a neighborhood of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The kindergarten will accommodate up to 500 children. To address this challenge, the restoration of an old school and an expansion will be required.
The winning project will be built by our partner, TECHO Bolivia.

Since 2016, the Municipality of Quito, through the Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning, has been developing a participatory process for the "Quito 2040 Vision." A key theme of this vision is the formulation of a New City Model based on various components, including a new approach to territorial organization.

The international competition Sketching PERU 2019, organized by ARCHITECT SKETCHES (ASK), seeks to celebrate the art and skills of architectural sketching. This competition is not restricted to architects; it is also open to students, professionals, and anyone interested in this form of architectural art.