Docomomo International’s chair, Ana Tostões, participated this morning (19th February 2021) on the first HERSUS Webinar via ZOOM, with the presentation: “The education for a sustainable future: the role of Modern Heritage reuse” “Hosted by the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture, the project entitled Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education (HERSUS) strives to enhance and test innovative teaching practices in the field of sustainability of the built heritage, hence, to enrich the competence and motivation of educators and researchers in the field of architecture and urban design to include curricula…

Within the Erasmus + Strategic Partnerships for higher education project HERSUS, will happen on 18th – 19th February the first HERSUS Webinar. This event will be hosted by the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture, supported by all participating Higher education institutions, and will be organized online via the Zoom platform open to all interested parties. The project entitled Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education (HERSUS) strives to enhance and test innovative teaching practices in the field of sustainability of the built heritage, hence, to enrich the competence and motivation…

Organized by the architects Gennaro Giacalone, João Romão and Margarida Leão, the debate and online forum “Debating Lisbon’s Future Housing strategy” happens on occasion of the 17th participation of Portugal at the Venice Biennale. Online debate: 14th March 2021, 6:30 pm (GMT+0) The transmission will be led by the curating team that represents Portugal at the 17th Venice Biennale – depA arquitectos. The debate focuses on Lisbon’s Housing Strategy, namely on the topics of propriety distribution – private, public or cooperative –, of participation methodologies for city construction – active and passive; bottom-up and top-down –, and of typologies selection…

Within the UFBA 2021 Virtual Congress organized by the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, happening between the 22nd an 26th February 2021 is going to take place the debate on “Intervenções projetuais contemporâneas” [Contemporary design interventions] on 24th February. There will be two sessions (morning and afternoon): Morning: 9:30 am “Intervenções projetuais na arquitetura moderna: desafios contemporâneos” [Design interventions on modern architecture: contemporary challenges] – Nivaldo Andrade – Betânia Brendle – Silvio Oksman Afternoon: 3:30 pm “Intervenções projetuais contemporâneas sobre o patrimônio edificado” [Contemporary design interventions on built heritage] – Claudio Varangoli – Eduardo Ferroni – Griselda Klüppel – Nivaldo…

A cycle of lectures on 19th century architecture of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, ISCTE Lisbon / Portugal, entitled “Nineteenth Century Revisited” will happen  every Thursday between the 3rd March and the 21st April 2021, online via ZOOM at 3.30 pm (GMT+0). 3rd March – Barry Bergdoll 10th March – Anthony Vidler 17th March – Umberto Napolitano 24th March – Juan Calatrava 14th April – Jùlia Varela 21st April – Nuno Grande Zoom link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/83624515187 ID: 83624515187 The first lecture will be held on 3rd March by Barry Bergdoll – “Revisiting the European Nineteenth century after Brexit: Thoughts on…

On the occasion of the event “Serralves On Line Experience”, the Serralves Foundation is inviting you to the conference “Um Olhar sobre a Arquitetura da Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira” [An overview of the Architecture of House of Cinema Manoel de Oliveira], on 8th February, with the architect Álvaro Siza, author of the project for the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, Serralves Foundation, and António Preto, its director. Admission is free upon registration. For more information and registration, please visit the website. [Portuguese]

Started in 2016, in an exceptional meeting in Paris that brought together great French and international voices to dialogue around the challenges of our time, La Nuit des Idées [the Night of Ideas] quickly made its mark on the French and international agenda: since then every year at the end of January, this event aims to celebrate together, on the five continents, in all places of culture and knowledge, the free circulation of ideas and knowledge, proposing conferences, meetings, forums and round tables, around a common theme, which each place will lead in its own way. In Coimbra, and within…