FAREstudio

FAREstudio will be part of the exhibition "AFRICA | ARCHITECTURE CULTURE IDENTITY" that will take place at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art !

[Humlebæk, Denmark_June 25 - October 25]
More info at http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/africa

Yes, find here the video interviews of participants and organisers of the workshop "HOMEMORE - a Better Living for Homeless" led by BUILDaCHANGE in collaboration with the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the Comunity of Sant'Egidio!

During the workshop we have investigated new models for ' through residential offer and processes.
A very interesting experience that we would be liked to repeat soon!

For now, have a look to the video, stay tuned and... !

P.S. Thank you a lot to Wider View Collective for the amazing work they have done!

Workshop "HOMEMORE - a Better Living for Homeless" Video presentazione del workshop progettuale "HOMEMORE - a Better Living for Homeless", realizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Roma Tor Vergata e l...

update: "current estimates indicate that the April 25 earthquake destroyed 160,786 houses and damaged an additional 143,357 residences, according to the NEOC"

Fact Sheet #6 - May 1, 2015 | U.S. Agency for International Development The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) distributes plastic sheeting provided by USAID/OFDA to earthquake-affected households in Kathmandu District’s Sankhu village and surrounding areas. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…

Uno dei primi articoli ufficiali sul nuovo Padiglione Australia a La Biennale di Venezia: questi giorni seguiremo il rush finale per l'inaugurazione, intanto guardatevi alcune fotografie scattate dal fotografo australiano John Gollings nella galleria interna dell'articolo!

Stay tuned and... !

Nasce un nuovo padiglione nei Giardini della Biennale. Ecco le immagini del Padiglione Australia... Il nuovo Padiglione Australiano, di Denton Corker Mashall (foto John Gollins) Primo edificio ad essere costruito nelle ultime due decadi all'interno degli storici Giardini della Biennale di Venezia, il nuovo Padiglione Australiano è frutto del progetto sviluppato dal pluripremiato studio Denton Cork…

Jonas Staal in its "Monument to Capital", published by the annual "Skyscraper Index", theorises an inverse correlation between the rise of and the fall of stock markets.

"The building of the skyscraper is a form of exorcism, a shock therapy to recover from capitalism’s continuous self-alienation. But instead of implementing any kind of new stable material standard, the tallest buildings of the world herald precisely the opposite: they only inflate capitalist anxiety. By the time its buildings reach the top, capital is lost. And back on the ground, society falls into poverty. Thus the anxiety resulting from the loss of capital is accompanied by a total schizophrenia: to make capital radically present, it should be permanently out of reach."

Read more: http://goo.gl/bByNeL

Monument to Capital Artist Jonas Staal on tower-building and stockmarket-crashes

Apart from the tragic delay of the : is this what Italy proposes to become an inspiration for a new era of and quality?
It seems that mediocrity rules at Expo 2015 Milano: where is the legendary made in Italy?

Expo, lo stato dei lavori a 20 giorni dal via Le foto presentate dal commissario Sala durante la conferenza per l’avanzamento dei lavori a venti giorni dall’inaugurazione di Expo (foto Expo /Daniele Mascolo)

is not a country, but an incredible melting pot of histories, languages, cultures, environments. Here some interactive produced by Harvard University that illustrate just how diverse the African continent is.

http://worldmap.harvard.edu/africamap/

AfricaMap Use WorldMap WARP to upload and rectify scanned maps for use in WorldMap. Maps rectified using this tool can be brought into WorldMap by following the instructions under Section 4.5 in WorldMap Help.

Our colleague Erika has arrived in one month ago and this insight collects her feelings about the urban situation, with particular attention to the water&sanitation matter and the related issue of of the region. Take 5 minute, and read the interesting text. Thank you Erika and good job!

Gaza situation at a glance_Chapter one: WATER AND SANITATION I arrived in Gaza 10 days ago on behalf of Handicap International, an International NGO working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their…

Here some pictures of the operable panels. The realization of these elements was a great challenge: now they work pretty good and we are sure that they will be an exciting experience for the visitors of the next !

Image credit: John Gollings

"Art, music and hope are still alive in " [quoting our colleague Erika, now working in Gaza]

Gaza artists Meet the artists who struggle to have their voice heard in the besieged strip.

Yesterday we presented our work [FAREstudio+BUILDaCHANGE] at Università di Roma Tor Vergata. Great experience and we really thank the students for their participation!

[Insight Riccardo Vannucci]

L'articolo di questa settimana è dedicato alla nostra amica e collega Erika, e alla sua nuova avventura di un anno a . http://ow.ly/KnAXg

This week's insight is dedicated to our friend and collegue Erika, to wish her good luck for the year ahead in Gaza.

A cat in Gaza BUILDaCHANGE deals with actively promoting research within the framework of interaction between the built environment and social empowerment programs. We believe that the quality of space can play a central role in the success and failure of a social enterprise.