August 30, 2010

AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto has already began!!

How to purchase my ticket for AICO?

Online reservations for AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto ended on August 27.

However if you wish to attend AICO and did not book your seat online, you can purchase a ticket at the Oporto Alfândega Congress Center, from August 30, at 10.00am.

Students: 120 €
Architects: 200 €

NOTE: Payment available in the form of ATM.


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AICO Tickets

Tickets for "AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto" will be available on August 30, starting at 9:00 a.m., at Oporto Alfândega Congress Centre.

IMPORTANT: To pick up your ticket you are required to present an identification card and, if you are a student, a document that proves such status.

AICO - PRÉGAIA Urban Furniture Workshop

Registrations for AICO Urban Furniture Workshop, developed by PRÉGAIA, are now open.

To participate in the selection process, applicants must send to tiagosoutocastro@directorioarco.com the following:

- full name

- booked seat number

- a brief CV in PDF format


We remind that AICO - PRÈGAIA Urban Furniture Workshop is intended, exclusively, for participants of "AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto".

IMPORTANT: The selected applicants will need to bring their own laptop in order to develop the workshop project.

AICO - JOFEBAR Imagineering Facades Workshop

Registrations for AICO Imagineering Facades Workshop, developed by JOFEBAR, are now open.

To participate in the selection process, applicants must send to tiagosoutocastro@directorioarco.com the following:

- full name

- booked seat number

- a brief CV in PDF format


We remind that AICO - JOFEBAR Imagineering Facades Workshop is intended, exclusively, for participants of "AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto".

IMPORTANT: The selected applicants will need to bring their own laptop in order to develop the workshop project.

T- 4 days

Only 4 days remaining for the beginning of AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto.

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AICO Official Program

AICO organizers reserve the right to make any changes to the presented program

AICO lectures calendar

ADAMO FAIDEN

Conesa House, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008

Who is... GUEDES + DECAMPOS?

GUEDES + DECAMPOS (pt)
Guedes + DeCampos is the office established in Porto in 1994 by Cristina Guedes (Macao, 1964) and Francisco Vieira de Campos (Porto, 1962). Graduated at FAUP, Cristina Guedes did her internship with Alvaro Siza Vieira and Francisco Campos with Eduardo Souto Moura. Both teach in the Department of Architecture at Lusíada University of Porto. They were invited teachers to the semester final critics at Academmia di Mendrisio (2007) and ETH-Zurich (2008). Among their built works are included the Café do Cais ,in Oporto (1994), the FBAUP Workshop Pavilion (1996), terrace Bars on the waterfront of Vila Nova de Gaia (1999 and 2008), two Industrial Units for car components in the Autoeuropa complex in Plamela (2004 and 2006) and the Quinta do Vallado Winesellar (2008-2010). Much of the office’s work is the result the participation in competitions, having recently won the Contemporary Arts Center of the Azores - islands (2007), co-authored by João Mendes Ribeiro, the Vila Nova de Gaia Historical Zone’s Cable Car ( 2007), the Rehabilitation of the Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Luz, Cascais (2004), Fitting of Townscape Spaces of Contumil and Pius XII social housing district, Porto (2004), the Prégaia Headquarters, Gaia (2001 ), the Freixo School of Archaeology, Marco de Canavezes (2001). Alongside, the office has received orders as the Recovery and Expansion of Buildings for Housing in Miragaia, Porto (2003), the Casa da Boavista, Porto (2003), the Casa do Loivo, Vila Nova de Cerveira (2002). Cristina Guedes and Francisco de Campos have numerous works published in Portugal and abroad and participation in national and international exhibitions such as "Influx" (2003), "Metaflux - 9th International Biennial of Architecture in Venice" (2004), "V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura ", in Montevideo (2006)," Architecture Biennale in São Paulo "(2007)," Architecture Triennale of Lisbon (2007), and "Portugal Now - New York (2007). They have also been lecturers at institutions and universities, nationally and internationally. Selected for the Secil Prize for Architecture in 2006 and 2009, FAD Prize 2002 and Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2009.

AICO Award

Are you going to take part in AICO Award? Have you turned in your project?

We remind you that the deadline to turn in your projects is August 16.


As explicit in the AICO Award Competition Rules the competing projects must be delivered at JOFEBAR facilities or mailed through postal services under registered mail and notice of reception, which will be valid as proof of delivery.

Timing Summary:
a) Projects delivery date - from July 30 to August 16, 2010;
b) Winners announcement - August 30, 2010;
c) Awards delivery and Presentation of the Winning Project at AICO - September 4, 2010.


Download AICO Award Competition Rules - English version
Download AICO Award Competition Rules - Portuguese version


Address:
JOFEBAR
Rua D. Marcos da Cruz nº 1240
4455-482 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 4455-482 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Perafita, Matosinhos
Portugal
T: +351 229 996 311/2/3
F: +351 229 966 909
www.jofebar.com

Who is... NUNO BRANDÃO COSTA?

NUNO BRANDÃO COSTA (pt)
Nuno Brandao Costa, Architecture degree at FAUP in 1994, where he teaches as Assistant Professor of Design since April 1999. He worked with Herzog & de Meuron in Switzerland and José Fernando Gonçalves & Paulo Providência in Oporto. In 1998, due to the 1st prize of the competition for the project to the Central Library of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty from the New University of Lisbon and the 2nd Prize for the Project of the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin, he established his own office in Oporto. His works alternates from public and domestic scale and some projects that stand out are the Central Library of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty from the New University of Lisbon, New Building to the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Sports Building for and E- Learning at the University of Porto, Multi-purpose Building to Medical Sciences Faculty, from Lisbon University, “Caminha” New City Library, “Sidónio Pais” Museum House in “Caminha” and " Viriato furniture” building. Has designed and built several of single-family houses, standing out " Afife House", "Lourosa House", " Francelos House", "Avenida da Boavista house", " Macinhata House " among others. It has also developed some recovery works, like the "Bouços” farm, a house in “Areias de Vilar” and a house in “Arga de Cima”.

BRANDÃO & COSTA LIMA

Competition for a Library and Cultural Center, Dublin, Ireland, 2007

Oporto points of interest - Architecture

Casa da Arquitectura by Álvaro Siza Vieira

AICO lecturers at the Biennale di Venezia

As already announced, the AICO lecturers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, Ricardo Bak Gordon and João Luís Carrilho da Graça, will also attend the Biennale di Venezia.

Group 8

Mountain wood house, Vollèges, Switzerland, 2004-2005

Flights to Oporto

£29.99 From London (Stanstead Airport) to Oporto on August 30


€10.99 From Paris (Beauvais Airport) to Oporto on August 30


€9.99 From Madrid (Barajas Airport) to Oporto on August 30


€36.99 From Milan (Bergamo Airport) to Oporto on August 30


€24.99 From Marseille (Marseille Airport) to Oporto on August 30


€19.99 From Girona (Girona Barcelona Airport) to Oporto on August 30

T-26 days

Only 26 days remaining for the beginning of AICO - Architecture International Congress at Oporto.

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Updated seat availability

Who is... JONATHAN WOOLF?

JONATHAN WOOLF ARCHITECTS (uk)
Jonathan Woolf was born in London and educated at Kingston School of Architecture before apprenticing at practices in Rome and later in London, where he was project architect for the house of art collector Charles Saatchi. In 1991 he established his own practice Jonathan Woolf Architects, an RIBA certified and award winning practice working throughout UK, Africa and Europe. Professional appointments include: Unit Master, Architectural Association, London, 1995-8, Diploma Design Studio, University of Bath, UK, 1995-7, Visiting Critic London Metropolitan University, Architectural Association, Bath University, Bartlett UCL, 1997-2003, Part-time Professor of Architecture at Robert Gordon University, Scotland, 2003-2007, Guest Professor at the l'Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland, 2007-2009.