The fist jury of the graduating students is undoubtedly a grand event for any new architecture school. And this time the North South University is going to add some fresh new architects in the community after the first thesis jury of the school. They are also arranging a grand Architecture Week during the event comprises design charette, lectures, exhibition and drama theatre. School's Assistant Professor Mujtaba Ahsan sent us a press release that explains the details of the events:

"The thesis jury of the first batch of architecture students from the North South University, Department of Architecture will be held on the 17th and 18th of October 2009 starting from 10:30 am. On this occassion, the department is also celebrating Architecture Week 2009. Important events include: Visit and Lecture by renowned Malaysian Architect Dr. Tan Loke Mun, Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM), Member GBIAP and Director ArchiCentre Sdn. Bhd. A student design competition (Charette) will be held on Monday, October 19th, registration beginning from 9:30 am and a Heritage Tour of Old Dhaka would be held on the same day. The concluding ceremony would be held on Thursday 22nd October at 5:00 pm, featuring a cultural program and an open stage drama - CIRCUS by PrachchaNat. The department would also host a students' project exhibition showcasing notable last semester design studio projects. The exhibiton will remain open for everyone from the 17th to the 22nd from 10 am  to 4 pm."

So keep your calender clear and don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the eve of birth of a new architecture school.

Location:
Sky Gallery
Architecture Department
North South University
Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Please download the EVENT POSTER for detail schedule.

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ArchiFest 2009
Singapore ArchiFest is an annual festival for the city to celebrate the built environment since 2007. The activities of the festival is increasingly turning to an international nature and drawing international designer crowd. This year the festival will be held between 5 – 31 October with a theme ‘Architecture for Humanity’. Which includes the Forum on 19 & 20 October at the National Library of Singapore, ‘ArchiTours’ to various locations, exhibitions and different other events and activities.
A handful internationally renowned architects and thinkers are already confirmed as the speakers in the Forum. The list includes Aamer Taher, Ben Van Berkel, Jacques Ferrier and many more. Early registration for the event (till 1st October) costs SGD 200 for SIA/IDP/CIJC/ARCASIA members and 75 SGD for students. A group discount is offered till 16th October which includes a free pass for buying 5 passes.
Visit the Event Website for other details.

Photography Competition
The competition is open for anyone from anywhere in the world. They want photographs which say something about the event theme ‘Architecture for Humanity’. This competition is sponsored by Basheer Graphic Books and they are providing Lomo camera or a photography book as the prize. There’s no entry fee, it’s just clicking uploading and waiting for the result!
Submission deadline: 5 October 2009
To upload photos and other details visit the Competition Website.


Design Competition: New Ideas for Recyclable Housing
A common notion of ‘emergency housing’ is it has to be absolutely temporary, very low cost and thus very often of ‘low quality’. Hundreds of charitable organizations are spending money during the disasters or in other causes making temporary houses which actually don’t help the victims at all in a long run. This competition gives a challenge to design an emergency temporary shelter which will eventually allow reusing the material and structures for a permanent house later.
The co-organizer of the competition is Habitat for Humanity which is an international charitable organization focusing on providing housing solutions to the needy of all race, language, religion or nationalities. And the organization has thus been focused on providing permanent housing solutions.

The basic goal of the competition is to obtain a design for a prototype housing that can be implemented on actual disaster relief sites. The primary idea is about the design of a temporary shelter for housing victims post crisis, which can then be later “recycled” (- converted or incorporated) into permanent housing structures for these victims.

Eligibility: The competition is open to all architect, designers, students and members of the public either individually or as a team.
Schedule: Registration deadline: 11 September, Submission deadline: 1st October 2009 by 12 noon.
Registration: There’s no registration fees. Registration is mandatory and the registration documents can be obtained by emailing to design_competitionATsia.org.sg
Submission: Submission will be via postage mail or directly at the SIA office
For any other details visit the Competition Website.

It is going to be the first tribute to Bauhaus at MoMA since 1938. The upcoming exhibition “Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity” is going to be the first major show in the United States on the subject in decades.
A collaborative consortium of three Bauhaus archives at Dessau, Berlin and Weimar are going to supply their bests to MoMA later this year for the exhibition. The diverse array of exhibits sets this exhibition one of the most important exhibitions on architecture this year.

It will be held from November 8, 2009 to January 25, 2010 at
The Museum of Modern Art, 
11 West 53 Street, New York.

CLICK HERE to learn more.