Friday, 06/11/2026    EAAD | Campus de Couros | Garagem Avenida

On Friday, November 6th, at 3:00 PM, Garagem Avenida will host a unique event: a Kirie Workshop led by the renowned Japanese artist Yusuke Shimomura.

Friday, 06/11/2026    EAAD | Campus de Couros | Garagem Avenida

On Friday, November 6th, at 3:00 PM, Garagem Avenida will host a unique event: a Kirie Workshop led by the renowned Japanese artist Yusuke Shimomura.

Kirie is the traditional Japanese art of cutting paper to create intricate and detailed images. In this hands-on workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn the core techniques of this beautiful art form directly from an international master.

Useful Information:
Date: Friday, November 6th at 3:00 PM (15:00)
Location: Garagem Avenida, Guimarães
Price: €15 per participant (all materials fully included)
Registration: Mandatory and limited. Available until October 28th via the form: www.lkme.pt/HFe5w

About the Artist:
Born in Osaka (1988), Yusuke Shimomura has a truly unique background. After spending a decade playing rugby during his student years and later working in a ramen shop, he began his journey into papercutting in 2012 as a completely self-taught artist. His work stands out for its vitality and the fluid energy of his hand-drawn lines, reinventing the traditional style of Kirie. With an international career that includes three consecutive years exhibiting in Paris and workshops taught across the USA, Spain, and New Zealand, Shimomura is now sharing his talent in Portugal.

Wednesday, 04/11/2026    EAAD | Campus de Couros | IDEGUI

On November 4th, at 14:30, the IDEGUI will host the lecture "Between Plan and Pavement: Who belongs in Public Space?", featuring Dr. Soukaina Mekrini, architect and professor.

Public space is drawn on plans and lived on pavements. Between the two, design decisions - from urban furniture and bus shelters to street widths and the distribution of shade- quietly shape who can access, use, and appropriate public space, and whose presence or absence goes unnoticed. This lecture explores the gap between design intentions and everyday practices. Far from being neutral infrastructure, public space is a produced space in the Lefebvrian sense: conceived by professionals, perceived through spatial practices, and lived through diverse and unequal experiences. Urban morphology and fieldwork observations offer complementary ways to examine how spatial configurations shape everyday practices, while users’ routines and appropriations continually transform the meaning and use of public space. By examining how gender, age, disability, and other dimensions shape experiences of public space, the lecture questions universalizing approaches to public-space design and invites reflection on how urban spaces can better respond to the diversity of their users.

Dr. Soukaina Mekrini is an architect and Associate Professor at the National School of Architecture of Agadir, Morocco, with a PhD in Urbanism and Planning. Her research explores what people do with the spaces we produce and what their lived experiences reveal about the social relations that shape urban life, with a particular focus on Gender and women’s spatial practices in Moroccan cities. Her career spans professional experience in France and Morocco, public administration, and academia, including teaching mobilities in Spain and Latvia. She coordinates the Gender commission of the International Association of Francophone Geography (AIGF) and has twice served as guest editor for the African Journal of Urbanism, Architecture and Buildings (AJUAB), contributing to critical debates on gender, urban space, and the production of spatial knowledge from and for the Global South.

30/10/2026 - 18/12/2026    Assembleia de Guimarães

As part of the 30th-anniversary celebrations of the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD), the exhibition "30 years + 30 alumni + 30 journeys" will be open to the public from October 30 to December 18 at the Assembleia de Guimarães.

This initiative showcases the legacy of EAAD through the vision, talent, and professional paths of 30 former students, reflecting the school's impact on the community and the creative field.

In addition to the display, the exhibition program includes moments of debate and sharing that you won't want to miss:

• The Starting Point: "30 years + 30 alumni + 30 journeys" Talk
  As a preview and complement to the exhibition, the discussion kicks off on October 30 at 3:30 PM in the Noble Auditorium (Campus de Azurém). This sharing session is integrated into the Commemorative Session of the School Day (EAAD's 30th Anniversary).
• The Grand Opening: Official Inauguration
  Right after the talk, also on October 30 at 5:30 PM, the exhibition doors officially open at the Assembleia de Guimarães.
• The Closing: Round Table
  Concluding this celebratory cycle, on December 18 at 5:30 PM, the Assembleia de Guimarães will host a Closing Round Table for reflection and review of these 30 years of shared paths.

Friday, 30/10/2026    EAAD | Campus de Azurém | Auditório Nobre

On October 30, 2026, the commemorative session of the 30th Anniversary of the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD) will take place.