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Arq.Futuro started in 2011,
with the goal of creating a broad forum for debating
the various roles of architecture today,
gathering professionals from Brazil and abroad
in order to exchange ideas and experiences.
We wanted to address architecture not only as an artistic expression,
but also as a mean for social transformation.
That’s why Arq.Futuro usually invites
not only great architects, but also urban planners,
critics, economists and entrepreneurs.
This year Arq.Futuro looks to the organization of metropolis.
How are cities in a continuous and vertiginous growth
solving their problems today,
and how are they preparing for future challenges?
How can they face issues relating to transport,
creation of public spaces, urban denseness and social housing?
We are hoping that, if the discussions we start now
can’t offer solutions, they’ll point to possibilities and paths.
I would like to thank the sponsors that made this event possible:
Banco Santander, U-Near, Iguatemi São Paulo,
Oi, Oi Futuro, Sabesp,
and the State Government Secretary of Culture.
We also thank the institutional support from Deca,
the partnership of Piauí
and L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui magazines,
and the support from Etel Interiores.
This event is organized by the Federal Government,
the Ministry of Culture, and BEI+ Branded Contents.
Some announcements for you.
Don’t forget to put your name, e-mail, and telephone
in the urn at the entrance, so we can send you
the digital certificate for participating in Arq.Futuro 2012.
And last, but not least, please,
keep your phones turned off or on vibrate,
and be punctual when coming back from recesses.
Well, to start the second day, with the theme
“Public Spaces and Centers for Culture and Leisure,”
let’s hear from Tod Williams and Billie Tsien,
then Angelo Bucci,
and following that a talk among the three of them,
mediated by Karen Stein and André Corrêa do Lago.
Tod Williams graduated at Princeton University,
and Billie Tsien at Yale University.
They started working together in 1977,
and opened their office in New York in 1986.
They both believe that good architecture
should not be done in a hurry,
thus making buildings that are both effective
and beautiful, surviving the passing of time.
Through their career, Williams and Tsien
have divided themselves between the practice of architecture
and their teaching activities
in some of the most renowned universities in the States.
They are both members of the
American Academy of Arts and Science.
Among their projects are the American Folk Art Museum,
The Neuroscience Institute in La Jolla,
the dormitory at Princeton University
and the recently finished Barnes Foundation, in Philadelphia.
They were awarded multiple times
by the American Institute of Architects
and have also received the Brunner Prize,
from the New York Academy of Arts and Letters,
the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award,
the Municipal Art Society Brendan Gill Prize,
and the Chrysler Award for Design Innovation, among others.
Please welcome Tod Williams and Billie Tsien!