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Juan Ignacio Ramos and Ignacio Ramos at the Honest Modernism Book Launch Event in Venice, Italy
Estudio Ramos presented its work in the 2023’s edition of Time Space Existence, the extensive architecture biennale exhibition organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) in Venice, Italy. This year’s show, which opened in May and will run until the end of November, focuses on sustainability and promotes an exploration of the challenges presented by current environmental issues.
Curated by Jeannette Plaut and Marcelo Sarovic, co-founders of the Santiago, Chile-based architectural platform, CONSTRUCTO, CAMPUS AULA: Educational Architecture in Latin America explores nine new higher education projects in Latin America. In the 20th century, Latin America was the site of several emblematic university projects with powerful social agendas. At this time, the Modernist paradigm conceived of the campus as a university town—an autonomous, contained site following a strict urban logic. Today, architects are once again redefining the educational experience in Latin America through designs that seek a more open, inclusive approach to learning. The transformation of the educational project can be explored in relation to two terms: “campus” and “aula,” or classroom, which represent two scales of intervention within the typology.
The 2023 Green Island Human Rights Art Festival – Listening to the Overtones of Fissures is themed on the seemingly passive, gentle gesture of “listening,” hoping to embrace different political, economic and systemic experiences of individuals. These experiences have created wounds, which are like “fissures” that have separated people. At the same time, “fissure” also denotes incongruences and divergencies. Like barriers or differences between individuals and the society produced by the White Terror, these incongruences and divergencies are largely overlooked and await our re-understanding as life progresses. “Overtones” refers to the voices or sounds constantly echoing or emitting from the fissures. An “overtone” is a different frequency that shares the same basis with a fundamental tone; and in this case, it becomes a metaphor for the outcast existences that have been ignored by mainstream opinions.
We Design Beirut is a four-day design experience in Beirut, Lebanon from May 23 to 26, 2024. The multidisciplinary annual event aims to celebrate and promote design and creativity through a rich program that offers designer showcases, installations, talks, and workshops in the fields of interior design, architecture, furniture, product design, functional art, ceramics, home accessories, and rugs.
Stories of Situated Pedagogies in Architecture and … Poster
Stories of Situated Pedagogies in Architecture and … workshop aims to gather educators and learners who are enthusiastic about sharing their stories of situated pedagogies in architecture and other fields with an interest in critical spatial practices. We invite all to apply to this workshop call with critical responses to their personal experiences in education. We envision a playful and productive platform for communication through pre-workshop peer-to-peer reviews, round-table sessions and fieldtrips in Istanbul, and post-workshop collaborations for publication.
On June 27th, join the webinar Sika Pro Talks*: ESD Flooring Trends and Their Impacts. Industry experts will delve into the latest trends, design requirements, and construction techniques for electrostatic discharge (ESD) flooring.
Pierre de Meuron and Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron.
The Center for Architecture and Design is thrilled to present the 36th Louis I. Kahn Award to Herzog & de Meuron. The 2001 Pritzker Prize-winning Herzog & de Meuron is known for working on projects at every scale – from furniture to territorial studies – and approaching each project without preconceptions Notable examples of their work include the Tate Modern gallery in London, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany National Stadium in Beijing, China, the main stadium for the 2008 Olympics, and Prada Aoyama in Tokyo. In November 2022, the firm broke ground on the much-anticipated Calder Gardens dedicated to the works of Alexander Calder on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
As part of the landmark exhibition created by NEOM entitled ‘Zero Gravity Urbanism - Principles for a New Livability’, there will be a series of public events, featuring leading architects, academics, and urban thinkers from around the world.
Hitis (Water Fountains) of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Photo courtesy of World Monuments Fund.
Join World Monuments Fund (WMF) for panel discussion exploring ongoing efforts to tackle water insecurity in South Asia by reviving historic water management systems in India and Nepal. Moderated by WMF Vice President of Programs Jonathan S. Bell, the event will consider the opportunities presented by these efforts to address intersecting contemporary issues, including the impacts of urbanization and climate change on access to clean water.
A common scenario experienced by rapidly urbanising Indian cities today is that irrespective of their geographical location, level of development and state of economic stability, the quality of life in the public realm is extremely poor. This design challenge has been conceived by Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC) and Sensing Local in partnership with the Institute of Urban Designers India (IUDI), Curiosity Alliance Foundation, and Kasturi Nagar Residents Welfare Association aims to blend technical expertise with citizen participation to reclaim and transform parts of Bengaluru through the Urban Revamp Design Challenge.
Punto Zero. An object that wanted to change the world, is an exhibition curated by the students of the School for Curatorial Studies Venice. This event has been created in collaboration with Video Sound Art Milan, a festival and production centre of contemporary art, Coordinated by Laura Lamonea (artistic director and curator) and Thomas Ba (curator). The students have developed a curatorial project investigating the invisible qualities of objects. Through installations, sculptures, sound, and site-specific performative events, the visitor will have the opportunity to confront the nature of the objects that surround us. The exhibition can be visited between the 13 and 21 of May at Istituto secondario di primo grado Pier Fortunato Calvi, located between the Giardini and the Arsenale of the Venice Biennale.
Stories of Situated Pedagogies in Architecture and … Poster
Stories of Situated Pedagogies in Architecture and … aims to gather educators and learners who are enthusiastic about sharing their stories of situated pedagogies in architecture and other fields with an interest in critical spatial practices. We invite all to apply to this workshop call with critical responses to their personal experiences in education. We envision a playful and productive platform for communication through pre-workshop peer-to-peer reviews, round-table sessions and field trips in Istanbul, and post-workshop collaborations for publication.
We see the climate crisis as a clear indication that new social, aesthetic, economic and ecological values must be discussed and established. This also concerns the question of the possibilities of a climate-friendly transformation of our cities.
Laurian Ghinițoiu, "Lando Arch of Sant'Antonio di Castello (1513; rebuilt 1822) in the Giardini Pubblici", 2023
On May 19, 2023 at 7PM, on the occasion of the vernissage of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition at the Biennale di Venezia, the Unfolding Pavilion will once more open its doors to the public. Following the previous editions on Ignazio Gardella’s Casa alle Zattere, Gino Valle’s Giudecca Social Housing, and the lost replica of John Hejduk’s House for the Inhabitant Who Refused to Participate, the fourth Unfolding Pavilion will be dedicated to the Giardini della Biennale: the Venetian site featuring the highest concentration of modern architecture, with buildings by Alvar Aalto, Josef Hoffmann, Gerrit Rietveld, Carlo Scarpa, James Stirling, Sverre Fehn and more.
LC150+ Le Corbusier Exhibition Istanbul 2023 - GAD Foundation
The GAD Foundation in cooperation with RT & Q Architects of Singapore and Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition, “LC150+ Le Corbusier Exhibition Istanbul 2023”, showcasing built and unbuilt buildings of the iconic Swiss-French architect displayed in 150+ models. The exhibition will be on view from May 29 to June 15, 2023, at ITU Faculty of Architecture Taskisla and will feature over 150 of Le Corbusier's. “We are thrilled to bring this important exhibition to Istanbul,” said Gokhan Avcioglu, principal and founder of the GAD Architecture and GAD Foundation. “Le Corbusier's influence on modern architecture and design cannot be overstated, and we hope this exhibition will give visitors a greater appreciation for his legacy that has part of its origins here in Istanbul,” said Gokhan Karakus, Director of the GAD Foundation.
RESOLVE Collective’s new exhibition at the Barbican called ‘them’s the breaks’ explores institutional critique through salvaged materials from art and cultural institutions across the UK that will then be redistributed across the lifespan of the exhibition.