2020

The Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) invites architecture and urban planning professionals across the country to participate in a public call seeking to select specialized technical consultancy to analyze and improve development strategies for urban mobility projects—specifically public transit corridors and active transport modes—and their relationship with public spaces along these routes in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe. The goal is to foster accessible routes for early childhood, ensure support for lingering in squares and parks, facilitate the use of urban furniture, and promote activities aimed at children aged 0 to 6.

The Engel Foundation invites Chilean architects to participate in the National Architecture and Landscape Design Competition for the New Museum of Santiago (NuMu). The museum will be located at the southern end of Bicentenario Park in Vitacura and will serve as a key element in consolidating a large area of the park and its edges, connecting it to the city and the urban fabric.

The Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage, through its Architecture department, has launched a new call for proposals to support the preservation, exhibition, and promotion of cultural content in architecture developed via digital media for display on streaming platforms, websites, or other digital formats associated with the institution.

The deadline for the national short film competition has been extended to September 25. The competition invites Chilean filmmakers—or residents—to submit works up to 30 minutes in length across three categories.

The Architecture Film Festival Chile will hold its 5th edition in November 2020 in an online format.

The Illustrious Municipality of Las Condes, in collaboration with the University of Chile and the Cerros Isla Foundation, announces the launch of a national public competition for the design of the "Cerro Calán Observatory Park." The competition aims to select the best proposal and an interdisciplinary team for the architecture, landscape, and specialty design.

The EARQ-UC Architecture Initiation Cluster (Chile) invites participants to the first national meeting on architecture initiation, to be held on Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28, 2020. The event aims to share diverse perspectives on teaching during the first year of university architecture studies in Chile, as reflected in the content and methodologies proposed by each school within the national academic landscape.

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Trenzando, an itinerant cultural center that travels along railway lines to visit isolated communities, invites architects, students, and interdisciplinary teams to participate in the "Railway Station Rehabilitation / Red Trenzando" architecture ideas competition. The initiative seeks to promote the rehabilitation of railway architectural heritage in four Chilean locations: Rungue (RM), Ocoa (Valparaíso Region), Yumbel, and San Rosendo (Biobío Region).

The trajectory of design is inherently uncertain. Hands and minds, engaged and restless, seek new scenarios where process and exploration take center stage.

The curatorial team for the Spanish Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Uncertainty, invites the entire architectural community to participate in this open call, which will prioritize interdisciplinary projects that have demonstrated a positive and tangible social impact.

The 40th edition of the European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA) is ready! 600 architecture students and over 35 workshops will gather this year (July 25 – August 9) in Valga, Estonia, under the theme "APATHY."

We are honored to announce the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award, which aims to establish itself as a powerful tool for encouraging creative, high-quality projects in architecture, urbanism, engineering, and design using timber in Brazil and across Latin America.

Due to the rescheduling of the XVII EBRAMEM to March 2021, the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award will be held on NEW DATES.

This is a single-stage, open ideas competition. It is jointly organized by the Taller de Desarrollo Urbano (TaDU - Venezuela), the Peruvian Organization of Architecture Students (OPEA - Peru), and Más Ciudad Arq. (Peru). The competition is open to students and recent graduates (thesis students) of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, design, or any related field. Teams of up to 5 people may be formed, with the option to include a maximum of one recent graduate or bachelor (thesis student) who has completed their university coursework within the last two years.

The CICOP Chile Award aims to foster interest in architectural thesis projects that involve areas or buildings of heritage value, contributing to their enhancement, and to highlight the best proposals developed in this field over the last few years.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to seek new ways of living and daily solutions. The economic crisis triggered across various sectors has made it essential to invest in initiatives that contribute to overcoming these challenges, ultimately reflecting on the well-being and health of all. In response, the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio Grande do Sul (CAU/RS) has launched the "Healthy House – Healthy City" public ideas competition, which reinforces the role of architects and urbanists as essential agents in developing solutions for a healthier and safer society. Furthermore, CAU/RS believes that hosting competitions is a democratic way to identify quality proposals that benefit society as a whole.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Latin American cities to rethink their policies to address the new local reality and the challenge of maintaining a balance between economic performance and the social well-being of their citizens, especially those who are most vulnerable.

GENfadu is an open call organized by the Communications Secretariat of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism (FADU) at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The initiative aims to recognize, showcase, and highlight the work of a generation of architect-educators within the faculty through a publication.

The International Youth Organization for Ibero-America (OIJ) is launching the #DesdeMiCuarto photography call, inviting young people across Ibero-America to share how they are experiencing the exceptional circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic from the intimacy and privacy of their own homes.