Arc Latin America 2018

Synopsis

Fifteen years ago while working in New York, I began an investigation that even today I continue doing, about how we relate to other people in the spaces and how the design of these spaces influences our senses and can generate specific behaviours of its users.

Most of us arrive daily to our educational institutions or to our workplaces, and never realize the impact they have on our behaviours: the space, the materials, the lighting, the colours, or the disposition of furniture and how these factors influence our ability to relate to others while we learn or are more productive.

Synopsis

In recent years, research in various areas of human knowledge has allowed great advances in the development of new proposals and technological applications. In the field of design and construction of projects, these advances have been gradual and there are still major challenges globally to achieve comprehensive design solutions available to all.

As a result of the advance of research on new technologies for the development of projects, it is important for us architects to know and consider the tools and systems that would allow collaborative work, integrated design and the development of sustainable projects.

Synopsis

Attend this educational and entertaining session and learn how the key economies of North America and Latin America are performing. To that end, attention will be focused on the US economy and the Mexican economy in North America, and the economies of Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Chile in Latin America. For each nation, GDP growth, commodity prices, exports, interest rates, inflation rates, currency fluctuations and the domestic political situation will be examined. In addition, particular attention will be devoted to the evolving and anticipated trade policies of President Trump and their likely impact on the US and elsewhere. Also, growth prospects in China will be carefully examined, given the profound impact China has on the price of a host of commodities. Similarly, the behaviour of OPEC and crude oil prices will be reviewed. Lastly, the likely path of monetary policy in the United States will be carefully discussed given its global importance.