Abstract

GONZALEZ COURET, Dania. Innovative Educational Strategies in Architecture, Design and Urbanism. An overview of the First Conference ALFA ADU_2020. Arquitectura y Urbanismo [online]. 2013, vol.34, n.1, pp. 112-116. ISSN 1815-5898.

The present paper summarizes the First International Conference of the Network ALFA ADU_2020, held in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú from December 10th to 13th, 2012. The association, integrated by 18 countries, 13 of them from Latin America (including Cuba), intends to contribute to restructuring the higher education in the extended fields of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, as an answer to the demands in a changing world, to improve the future employability and quality of life of graduates. The Conference started with a meeting of coordinators, in which the results of the work carried out during 2012 were presented, related to the international workshops held in Caracas, Guatemala and Glasgow, and the groups working on the four identified issues: new professional fields; design and trans disciplinary thinking; regional and local competences, and innovative teaching strategies. The projects to be developed in the international workshops during 2013 (Thessalonica, Bogotá and Santa Cruz de la Sierra) were also presented. Lectures, round tables and debates related to the four identifies issues are summarized in the present paper. Many tasks and some questions are opened for this year. The next network meeting will be held in Buenos Aires on March 2013.

Keywords : Higher Education; teaching in architecture; international collaboration.

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