Between and In Urban Space 2019
The Zhuhai Institute of Urban Planning and Design hosted the first cross-border academic experience called “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area University Joint Workshop” to study the area in depth. This seminar joined nine Chinese leading universities on the field: the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the City University of Macau, the South China University of Technology,…
Macau Digital Mapping: Georeferencing and Visualizing Urban Data
Ar. Nuno Soares and his team at CURB – Centre for Architecture and Urbanism developed the research project “Macau Digital Mapping: Georeferencing and Visualizing Urban Data”, funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT). The project consists of a digital platform with interactive map cartography in which statistical data from Macau is centralized, treated…
Exhibition | ‘Illustrated City’ Opening and Workshop
Imagining a city as a white canvas ready to be painted by everyone who lives in it might be a metaphorical concept, but CURB – Centre for Architecture and Urbanism tried to give live to that idea. Curated by Ar. Nuno Soares, the “Illustrated City” exhibition and workshop invited everyone, from kids to grown-ups, to…
Urban Thinkers Campus 3.0 Macau
CURB – Center for Architecture and Urbanism partnering with UN-Habitat and the World Urban Campaign hosted the Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) 3.0 Macau. This served as a platform for debating the theme ‘Density For The Common Good: Implementing The New Urban Agenda’. This initiative from UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign intended to discuss the quality of…
USJ featured at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
“Urban Catalyst – Shaping the Future of Medini City” was a project undertaken by University of Saint Joseph’s Urban Design Studio led by Ar. Nuno Soares and integrated at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. This project was part of Iskandar Puteri 100YC Biennale Session Program and started as a global design challenge put forward to…
SaloneSatellite Shanghai 2018
The third edition of SaloneSatellite, a competition between 34 young Chinese designers from top local universities, happened in Shanghai. The promising young talents had to create a piece of furniture that embodied both tradition and innovation, memory and digital effects. The jury committee was formed by top professionals in design and related areas, such as…
ARCASIA’s Asian Congress of Architects in Japan
The Asian Congress of Architects (ACA) is a major regional conference held every two years, organized by ARCASIA. The 2018’s edition happened at the Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, and for four days in September it brought together architects working, studying or teaching all over Asia. Ar. Nuno Soares, the Acting Chair at ACAE and Vice-president…
Guest speaker at “Towards a Living Waterfront”
Ar. Nuno Soares was a speaker at the Joint AAM / HKIA CPD “Waterfront Conceptual Design and Flood Control Facilities Design Forum”, jointly organized by The Architects Association of Macau (AAM) and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA). The event was held on the 23rd June at the Macau Science Center and was co-organized…
Workshop in Politecnico di Milano
A joint initiative from the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in Macau and the Keio University in Tokyo created the international workshop “Transitional spaces for smart, sustainable and sensuous settlements – Improving the Lecco Rowing Club sports facilities on Lake Como”. The workshop happened at the Politecnico di Milano. In this…
AIA Japan Keynote
Ar. Nuno Soares Keynote at AIA Japan In an event fostered by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) branch in Japan, Ar. Nuno Soares conducted a keynote on the 27th March. Integrated in AIA Japan’s popular CES Lecture Series, the talk took place at the Arper Japan Gaien Bld. in Tokyo, with its theme being:…
“The Entrepreneurial City” in Hong Kong
The International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) developed one more annual conference and this time’s main theme was “The Entrepreneurial City”. After nine successful conferences around the globe, it was time for Hong Kong to receive IFoU and discuss social, economic and environmental challenges from a design and architecture perspectives. “How to create urban prosperity and…
UNESCO-UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education in Istanbul
In November, the UNESCO-UIA Council for Architecture Education validated the Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey. The validation council consisted in Prof Nuno Soares from USJ in Macau, Prof Dr. Fernando Ramos, Vity Claude Nsalambi from Agostinho Neto University in Angola,…
ARCASIA / ACE Seminar at UIA 2017
The seminar on cross regional collaboration titled “A look into the future from European and Asia” was an innitiative jointly organized by Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA) and Architects Council of Europe (ACE). It was held within the UIA’s 2017 Seoul World Architects Congresswhich took place last September. Ar. Nuno Soares was a speaker with…
Keynote Speech at Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium 2017 in Hong Kong
Ar. Nuno Soares delivered a Keynote Speech at the Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium 2017under the theme “Shaped by Use – Individual Designs Reshaping the City. Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, CADSA is a high profile event that brings together prominent architects and scholars from overseas, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.…
USJ meets with Politecnico di Milano Rectorate
Synergies from different academic institutions are always welcomed. In order to potentialize that, University of Saint Joseph’s Faculty of Creative Industries met with the Politecnico di Milano Rectorate aiming to strengthen the links between the two universities in the fields of Architecture and Design. The representatives from the Macau University were Prof. Nuno Soares, in…
UIA Education Commission / UIA-UNESCO meetings in Madrid
The International Union of Architects Education Commission and the Validation Council for Architectural Education held their first meetings of the 2017-2020 triennium in Madrid on June at the headquarters of Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid [COAM]. Ar. Nuno Soares participated in this meeting in his capacity of Member of the Steering Committee of UIA…
Speaker at Joint ACE-EAAE Symposium in Rome
Prof. Nuno Soares was speaker at “Education and Practice – The Future Architect” joint ACE-EAAE symposium organized by the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE) and the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), that took place in Rome, Italy, on May 6th 2017. Prof. Nuno Soares presented “Asia Urban Lab – Comparative Studio”, under the panel…
Jury on the first UNESCO-UIA & MIDO Design Prize for Responsible Architecture in Paris
The judging of the first UNESCO-UIA & MIDO Design Prize for Responsible Architecture, took place in 20th April in Paris. Prof. Nuno Soares took part as one of the jury members presided by Jana Revedin as Unesco Representative. The prize was created to promote Responsible Architecture and the implementation of the key principles of Habitat…
UIA Education Commission and UNESCO-UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education meetings in Paris
The UIA Education Commission and UNESCO-UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education meetings, took place on 19th and 20th April at UIA Headquarters in Paris. Prof. Nuno Soares participated in his capacity of UIA Region IV representative of UNESCO_UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education (VCAE). These meetings gather UIA members from all over the world, to…
Hong Kong Urban Thinkers Campus 2.0
The second edition of the Hong Kong Urban Thinkers Campus, an initiative of UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign, was held at the AIT Building at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and CURB – Center for Architecture and Urbanism among Civic Exchange, Clean Air Exchange and Designing Hong Kong were some of the partners involved. The…