UIA INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2022 IN MADRID

Hosted by the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE), the 2022 UIA International Forum in Madrid (18-20 May 2022) will be the culmination of parallel events taking place all over the world on the theme of "Affordable Housing Activation: Removing Barriers", including interactive maps and tools that demonstrate the main barriers to decent and affordable housing throughout the planet. The in-person event will address these barriers and propose best practices and solutions developed by experts.

Spanning the globe, from Vienna, Austria to Nayarit, Mexico, the biggest worldwide debate around housing affordability is available via online streaming for 25€.

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UIA WEBINAR: HEALTHY CITIES & PUBLIC SPACES

On Monday, 25 April at 14:00 Paris time, the UIA will host a live webinar on Healthy Cities and Public Spaces. The event will address the recurring pandemic and the incidence of climate change to which the built environment, through uncontrolled development, has contributed. The UIA Year of Design for Health, encompassing the goals of protecting, developing and restoring health, calls for an urgently needed, macro and micro reassessment of architectural planning and design as well as evidence-based design for healthy development.

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LAUNCH: GREAT GREEN WALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION

The UIA has launched the Great Green Wall single stage student ideas competition open to all students in architecture of the world.  The objective of the competition is to spotlight innovative design ideas for providing simplified affordable housing within the 8000 km long, 16 km wide living region stretching across the Sahel-Savanah desert region from Dakar to Djibouti known as the Great Green Wall (GGW). This competition was initiated by the UIA’s Region V to engage the global community of architecture students in the effort to harness the benefits of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to architecture in the service of the GGW.

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RESULTS: COMPETITION FOR DESIGN OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THEATRE A’, LARISSA 

The team led by Armando dal Fabbro (Italy) has been declared winner of the International Open Ideas Competition for the Design of the Surrounding Area of the Ancient Theatre A’ of Larissa.  This competition invited architects to submit their entries for transformation of an inactive ancient open-air theatre dating from the 3rd century BC into a point of reference and identity for the modern city of Larissa, the fourth-most populous urban center in Greece.

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RESULTS: COMPETITION FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE 

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) (USA)along with team members Argenia Ingeniería y Arquitectura (Spain), Buro Happold Limited (UK) and HCP Arquitectos y U has won the international multidisciplinary project competition with pre-qualification for the design of the new JRC Site Headquarters in Seville, Spain organised by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). Jury members especially appreciated the monumental power of the white solar energy shading canopy evocative of a strong Andalusian identity and its appealing integration with the adjacent surrounding space.

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WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED: THE DAYLIGHT AWARD

The 2022 laureates of the Daylight Award will be announced at a live online event, on 16 May 2022 at 18:30 CET, the UNESCO International Day of Light. The Award honours and supports daylight research and daylight in architecture, for the benefit of human health, well-being and the environment. Established by the philanthropic foundations, VILLUM FONDEN, VELUX FONDEN and VELUX STIFTUNG, and endorsed by the UIA, it is conferred biennially in two categories: The Daylight Award for Research and The Daylight Award for Architecture.

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The International Union of Architects (UIA) is an international non-governmental organisation based in Paris. Established in 1948, it is the only organisation representing architects across the globe working to unify architects, influence public policies on construction and development, and advance architecture in service to the needs of society.