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Aug 13, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro |Simon Aldous
The radical writer Colin Ward, were he alive today, would have celebrated his 100th birthday today (14 August). Ward was a visionary in the fields of social politics, planning, participation and social history, and his ‘soft power’ influence is still felt in the way architects and planners practise today. He played a crucial role in creating space for participation within the planning system so it might serve the communities and people it is meant to benefit.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro |Will Hurst
A recent letter from the Environment, Farms and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) Committee to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay (see below) argued that the provision of green infrastructure should be a much higher priority in government spending. The committee is calling for an urgent re-evaluation of investment priorities to enable local authorities to provide and maintain green infrastructure, as well as for more support from central government generally.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro |Simon Aldous
Artificial intelligence has rapidly become ubiquitous in our profession, working its way into theory, into our software’s toolboxes and into our lives. In fact, it is increasingly present in every industry. AI – something that in my childhood was hidden in sci-fi subcultures – has nudged itself insistently into our everyday lives as if it were an obvious good.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro |Alan Gordon
I started my practice, DK-CM, in 2012, the same year as the Public Services (Social Value) Act was put into law. Since then, we have worked primarily for public and third sector clients on projects that are about how the built environment shapes social and cultural landscapes and places, and which attempt to influence and inform positive change.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro |Alan Gordon
The school summer holidays are in full swing again, and countless parents and carers are hyped by the possibilities of stopping the routine and changing the rhythm of the week. As a working parent myself, this is a period of juggling, characterised by trying to reply to emails or Slack threads from a kayak on the Ouse. For many, especially in urban and even suburban areas, the options are much more constrained.
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Apr 19, 2023 | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Cristina P. Monteiro
Damp and mould is not a new issue. In fact, the health impacts of damp buildings were widely written about by people such as Charles Dickens in the Victorian period, coverage that led to the 1875 Public Health Act and the arrival of the mandatory damp-proof course to prevent rising damp. So why, 150 years later, are we still dealing with issues of damp? Why are lives, among them the two-year-old child Awaab Ishak, still being lost today in the UK?
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Apr 5, 2023 | 
techenet.com | Cristina P. Monteiro
A UE tem adotado legislação, recomendações, intercâmbios e boas práticas e concede financiamento para apoiar a ação dos Estados-Membros. Os conceitos da política de igualdade de género da UE foram moldados por acórdãos do Tribunal de Justiça Europeu. O Parlamento Europeu adota regularmente relatórios de iniciativa sobre questões de género, apelando à intensificação dos esforços para melhorar a igualdade entre homens e mulheres.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
techenet.com | Cristina P. Monteiro
O Parlamento discutiu na quinta-feira, 30 de março, cinco projetos de lei relativos ao crime de violação, em que quatro deles defendem a consagração como crime público para o crime de violação e outros crimes contra a liberdade sexual. O Partido Socialista propôs que as vítimas de violação possam apresentar queixa no prazo de um ano e que sejam dispensadas da prova de insuficiência económica, enquanto outros partidos vão defender a consagração como crime público.
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
techenet.com | Cristina P. Monteiro
Recentemente, o Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Espanhol emitiu uma sentença pioneira e já considerada um marco histórico ao determinar que uma mulher deve receber uma indemnização por trabalho doméstico prestado ao longo da sua vida. Esta decisão vem corrigir um equívoco ao longo dos tempos, de uma sociedade patriarcal e machista, considerando o trabalho doméstico como trabalho real e reconhecendo que as mulheres têm direito à justa compensação.
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Mar 17, 2023 | 
techenet.com | Cristina P. Monteiro
Quase um milhão de rohingyas, esquecidos, vivem em acampamentos em Bangladesh, no distrito fronteiriço de Cox’s Bazar, a maioria fugindo de uma repressão liderada pelos militares em Myanmar em 2017. Uma equipe de Mianmar visita Cox’s Bazar, no Bangladesh, para projeto de repatriação de rohingyas.
A delegação de Myanmar está de visita a este campo, esta semana de 13.3.23 a 17.3.23, para verificar potenciais retornados para o projeto. Diz o governo de Mianmar que podem chegar a umas centenas.
