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Here are 11 architecture events including conferences, exhibitions and biennales taking place in 2022 selected from Dezeen Events Guide.

See also last week’s guide to the 25 best design events of the coming year.

Peter Cook – City Landscapes
21 January to 8 May

This exhibition explores the imaginative and colourful drawings of British architect Peter Cook, who has helped shape architecture and architectural thinking for nearly six decades.

Cook’s drawings suggest new ways of shaping the city and inhabiting it, a prevalent theme throughout Cook’s career when he and the neo-futuristic group Archigram created new and provocative ways of seeing the city of the future.

Peter Cook – City Landscapes takes place from 21 January to 8 May 2022 at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

The World Around summit
5 February 2022

The World Around architecture summit will this year host a hybrid programme with talks live-streamed from across the world plus an in-person event at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.

Presented in collaboration with Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut, the event’s third edition will present the most important new projects of the past year with a particular focus on architecture’s role in the climate emergency.

The World Around 2022 takes place on 5 February 2022 both online and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, New York City, USA. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

London Festival of Architecture
1 to 30 June 2022

London Festival of Architecture is a month-long, citywide celebration of architectural practice and experimentation featuring a programme of talks, tours, installations, workshops, exhibitions and open studios.

This year’s programme of events centres around the theme Act, which aims to examine how we can act for ourselves, each other, our cities and the environment.

London Festival of Architecture takes place at various venues in London, England from 1 to 30 June 2022. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

The Urban Condition: From Smart Cities to Sustainable Architectures conference
13 to 25 March 2022

This conference examines architecture, design and cities in the developing world from sustainable architecture and smart city perspectives.

The conference brings together government officials from India together with private industry, NGOs, academics and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, share experiences and network on the future of architecture and urban planning in India and beyond.

The Urban Condition: From Smart Cities to Sustainable Architectures Bangalore and New Delhi, and online from 13 to 25 March 2022. See more information on Dezeen Events Guide.

(In)tangible Heritage(s): Technology, Heritage and Architecture conference
15 to 17 June 2022

The (In)tangible Heritage(s) conference invites delegates to visit Canterbury to explore how architects, digital modellers, conservationists and historians often work in collaboration.

The conference’s keynote presentation is about The Soane Project by Robert AM Stern Architects and Hewlett Packard, which used open-source digital modelling to reconstruct Sir John Soane’s lost Bank of England project in London.

(In)tangible Heritage(s): Technology, Heritage and Architecture takes place 15 to 17 June 2022 in Canterbury, England and online. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

The Architect’s Studio: Forensic Architecture exhibition
19 May to 23 October 2022

This exhibition explores the work of London studio Forensic Architecture, which is dedicated to solving crimes against civilians by analyzing architecture and landscapes. It works with evidence to reconstruct events in films and images to give a voice to materials and witnesses that are not normally included in established jurisprudence.

The Architect’s Studio takes place from 19 May to 23 October 2022 at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Cultures, Communities and Design conference
28 to 30 June 2022

This conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary and explores sustainable and participatory design.

Cultures, Communities and Design – Sustainability and Practice takes place from 28 to 30 June 2022 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and online. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

AIA Conference on Architecture 2022
23 to 25 June 2022

The 2022 edition of the American Institute of Architects’ annual conference brings together leaders and professionals in architecture and design to discuss the industry’s innovations.

AIA Conference on Architecture 2022 takes place from 23 to 25 June 2022 at McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, USA. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale
7 September to October 2022

The biggest architecture exhibition in the Baltics, this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale includes a large exhibition about the circular economy and the ways it interacts with design fields plus an outdoor installation in the heart of Tallinn.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale takes place from 7 September to October 2022, at various locations across Tallinn, Estonia. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Oslo Architecture Triennale
21 to 25 September 2022

The eighth edition of the Oslo Architecture Triennale is exhibiting projects and practices that focus on the idea of neighbourhoods as places to rethink cities.

The Triennale brings together professionals and enthusiasts to discuss ways in which local projects through to large-scale master plans can shape cities.

Oslo Architecture Triennale takes place from 21 to 25 September 2022 in various locations across the city of Oslo. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio
Until 4 September 2022

Continuing from last year, this exhibition explores Dutch architectural practice MVRDV, digitally showcasing over 400 projects from MVRDV’s archive.

It offers an insight into the workings of the practice, displayed through an active working environment cum living office space with models, maquettes, drawings and notes displayed on rows of shelves.

MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio run until 4 September 2022 at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam, Netherlands. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life
Until 28 August 2022

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life is the first major exhibition of the Swedish architect’s life and work, which takes place at ArkDes in Sweden.

Opened last year, the exhibition displays ArkDes’ complete collection of Lewerentz’s drawings, personal archive and library. This includes his lesser-known designs for shops and commercial interiors, the landscape and chapel at the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm and St Mark’s church in Björkhagen.

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life runs until 28 August 2022 at ArkDes, Exercisplan 4, 111 49 Stockholm, Sweden. See more details on Dezeen Events Guide.

The main image shows Outcrop House by Peter Cook.

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What’s funny about the idea of progress is that it’s much more layered than we think. Sure, 30 years from now, we will have sent humans to Mars… but 30 years from now most cities will even be dealing with extreme climate change, polluted air, and scarcity of resources like running water. Sounds odd when you look at the whole picture, right? Well, we’re living in a world that’s on a path to change, and it may be prudent to stop taking things like drinking water for granted.

Meet Kara Pure, a water dispenser that basically turns air into drinking water. Designed by Cody Soodeen, Kara Pure wasn’t created in a void — Soodeen grew up in a town where the drinking water was contaminated by a strain of bacteria that had health implications for the people who consumed it. Unfit drinking water isn’t particularly rare nowadays, with groundwater tables either being infected/polluted, or being entirely depleted due to overconsumption and a lack of accounting for climate change. While Kara Pure is clearly built keeping a pretty inevitable future in mind, it’s important that Soodeen and other people like him perfect the technology now, rather than later.

Designer: Cody Soodeen

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Kara Pure extracts water from atmospheric moisture, turning it into mineral-rich alkaline drinking water that hydrates and cleanses toxins within the body. The device, which looks like a monolithic silver tower, can dispense up to 10 liters of water (2.5 gallons) each day, while also enriching it with 7 rare natural minerals and bringing it up to a pH of 9.2+. As a by-product, it also dehumidifies and purifies air, serving multiple purposes at the same time so you have fresh water to drink AND fresh air to breathe every single day.

It’s also a dehumidifier.

Kara Pure’s underlying technology is perhaps its biggest innovation. Soodeen points out that other water-capture devices in its category use refrigerants to condense atmospheric moisture and turn water vapor into droplets of water – a process that’s energy-intensive, noisy, and bad for the environment. Kara Pure, on the other hand, uses a desiccant that absorbs water from the air (sort of like volcanic rock or silica gel). The air passes through this desiccant and the water is extracted and stored in Kara Pure’s storage tank.

The water then goes through a multi-stage purification system where it’s sterilized using UV light and is mineralized with Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Lithium, Selenium, Strontium, and Metasilicic Acid, before being passed through an ionizer that alkalizes the water and a carbon filter that removes any final impurities before dispensing clean, clear drinking water that’s alkaline in nature, offering a host of health benefits. Kara Pure’s water-capture process, unlike conventional dehumidifiers and water-capture devices, doesn’t use refrigerants or chemicals that are harmful to the environment, and Kara Pure operates noise-free, providing 10 liters of water through this process every single day.

The monolithic device has an industrial aesthetic to it that combines high-end engineering with minimalist design – well within the domain of companies like Apple and Dyson. The device’s clean exteriors almost reinforce the idea of purity, and the fact that it works without generating the all-too-common whirr that other appliances like refrigerators make, just elevates its overall experience. Kara Pure’s UI is ridiculously simple too. It doesn’t really complicate the process by telling you what the machine is doing or offering you a whole variety of options to choose from. There’s just one single button that, seemingly like magic, dispenses fresh water into Kara Pure’s cavity that’s large enough for a glass, bottle, or even a carafe or jug. All Kara Pure really requires is a power source, and the relatively large contraption can easily be shifted between rooms too, without worrying about noise, water inlets, outlets, or any of the other points of failure that other similar products have today.

Kara Pure literally turns air into water – a feat that’s worth marveling just on its own. Soodeen mentions that Kara Pure is ideal for areas that don’t have access to the purest of drinking water. The fact that Kara Pure works without relying on groundwater means that it can effectively work practically anywhere on earth and all it really needs is a periodic $100 filter replacement every year.

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Based off a patent from 2020 discovered by LetsGoDigital, OnePlus could possibly be working on a smartphone with a single primary lens that rotates independently, eliminating tilt while filming videos for more stabilized footage.

The details or the functionalities of such a camera remain unknown, although LetsGoDigital tapped into the talents of Technizo Concept to help render this idea to life. The results feel like a fusion of OnePlus’ later phones along with a camera that’s highly reminiscent of the Nokia Lumia 1020. The camera, according to the patent, isn’t like your pop-up camera, which featured on the OnePlus 7 Pro, but rather, uses a series of magnets to rotate in its place like a turntable. While the immediate benefits of such a shooting mode aren’t entirely apparent, it definitely goes a long way in eliminating jittery footage caused by the hands shaking while capturing videos. The rotating camera can keep the video 100% vertical or horizontal regardless of how you hold your phone (even if you switch orientations, the video still remains the way it was), and can even help effectively capture panoramas without any tilting. Combine this with the massive camera’s built-in image stabilization system and Hasselblad’s imaging tech and you’ve got a phone that packs an incredibly powerful shooter (along with what I can only assume is a large sensor to match) that gives you stellar images as well as shake-free videos.

A semi-detailed look at the camera system shows how massive the lens is in comparison with the ones seen on phones from the competition. Call it an ‘all eggs in one basket’ approach if you will, but the fact that OnePlus is even working on such a system shows their level of faith and commitment to the idea of an all-powerful single-lens camera. A larger sensor allows more light to pass into the camera too, making it easier to take ‘portrait blur’ shots, night-shots, and even high-speed photography. It’s worthwhile noting that the concept’s camera doesn’t pop in or out like a point-and-shoot. It stays just the way it is, with a camera bump that still feels respectably on the lower side.

While the concept certainly evokes a pretty strong reaction (you’re either going to be really intrigued by it or you’re going to hate it), let’s not forget that the concept is just that… a concept. Companies are always quick to patent technologies that they value as intellectual property, but it isn’t entirely necessary that every patented technology will make its way into a phone. The idea of a single-lens camera in the year 2022 seems decidedly bizarre (especially after OnePlus already announced the 10 Pro just this month with a multi-lens setup), but given the dizzying number of changes happening at OnePlus ever since their parent company Oppo decided to take over, it’s fair to imagine that the future for OnePlus isn’t going to be business as usual.

Designer: Technizo Concept & LetsGoDigital

Images via LetsGoDigital

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Valentino Gareri Atelier has unveiled renderings of the Cacao Eco Village in Ecuador for local farmers that will feature 3D-printed buildings made from recycled cacao.

Cacao Eco Village will be located on the coast of Ecuador’s Manabi province where cacao farmers live and work to produce chocolate through extracting cocoa butter and solids from cacao beans.

Valentino Gareri Atelier designed the project for Ecuadorian chocolate manufacturer Muze, as well as nonprofit organisation Avanti, with construction scheduled to begin this year.

The village will feature various site figurations of three different-shaped modules, all of which will be 3D-printed using cacao shell waste biofilaments leftover from chocolate production.

Geometric in form, the modules will also include a range of other local materials in their architecture, such as bamboo and wood.

According to Valentino Gareri Atelier, the modules will be designed in order to create a self-sufficient village. For example, decorative water tanks will be integrated into the modules’ roofs, which will collect rainwater.

“The facades will draw inspiration from the wide range of multi-coloured Ecuadorian houses and from the cacao trees’ colourful fruits,” said the architecture firm, which has offices in New York and Sydney.

Cacao Eco Village will include a cacao-processing chocolate factory, as well as an educational and research centre and co-working and co-living spaces.

Also designed as a tourist destination, the village will feature a large network of cycle paths and pedestrianised boulevards that will encourage visitors and residents to experience the various amenities by bike or on foot.

Charging stations for electric cars will also be provided throughout the community, with cars and trucks only being allowed to drive in designated areas around the factory.

Vegetation such as palm trees and large expanses of grass will cover the space between each cluster of modules that make up the village.

“This sustainable and smart infrastructure emerges as a solution for the environmental and social impact of the cacao industry using a circular economy model as a creative solution for reducing environmental footprint, generating increased income, reducing resource dependency and minimising waste,” said the architecture firm.

“Cacao Eco Village will be the Silicon Valley for circular economy innovators,” it concluded.

Other communities that have been created using 3D printing include the “world’s largest” neighbourhood of houses in Texas that were designed by construction companies ICON and Lennar as well as global architecture studio BIG.

The renderings are courtesy of Valentino Gareri Atelier. 

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