Date: Monday April 2nd, 2012 @ 6pmTitle: C o n t e x t u a l Urbanism and the Chinese ParadigmBrief: The built environment in the 21st Century is confronted by tensions between economy, environment, law, and tradition.Today’s architects are challenged to shape these mounting tensions into an elegant solution to create lasting places. “Contextual Urbanism and the Chinese Paradigm” explores specific design efforts in the world’s fastest urbanizing countries, a dynamic and demanding context that is both forging innovations and revealing shortcomings in today’s architectural paradigms.
Sofia Villanueva of PlusUrbia Design participated last month in a workshop in the city of Curridabat, Costa Rica, in collaboration with Castillo Arquitectos, from Guatemala, who were the Project’s Lead, and Dover Kohl & Partners of Florida. The workshop entailed a week long, hands-on visualization of different areas of the city to improve the infrastructure and civic spaces in order to spark the re-investment on the city. PlusUrbia, under Castillo Arquitectos’ lead, is currently working on the production of a report that will include a Form-Based-Code intended to structure future development, ensuring healthy growth and the provision of a safe and forward-looking environment for the municipality’s citizens.
PlusUrbia has been selected along with 12 other firms to present its work at the University of Miami’s: Young Architects of Florida.View an exhibition of the work of 13 architects, 40 years of age or younger, in the Irvin Korach Architecture Gallery in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center at the University of Miami School of Architecture. As part of the exhibition opening evening there will be a discussion led by a selected group panelists. The panel discussion will be held in Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture Hall, also in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center.http://arc.miami.edu/events/#event-520Wednesday, October 5, 20116:00 PM Exhibition opens – 13 Young Architects in Florida – Irvin Korach Architecture Gallery7:00 PM Panel Discussion – Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture HallUniversity of Miami School of ArchitectureJorge M. Perez Architecture Center1215 Dickinson DriveCoral Gables campus
Location: Lecture to take place in the School of Architecture of the University of MiamiTime: 30th of August 2011 at 630pm.
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