In contemporary architecture, engineering, and construction related fields of study, education must prepare future professionals for a world dealing with global warming, political, economic, and energy crisis among others. Within academia, it is always difficult to motivate students to think beyond construction as a mere product and just their own financial benefits. The current studies within the neuroscience state that motivation and a constant state of criticism empower the student in order to be ready for the dramatic future scenario. The practical workshop Con lo que hay-(with what is available), dictated by Ensusitio-at the School of Architecture of the Catholic University in Quito, PUCE-FADA, its program and its strategies will be analyzed through the lenses of the neuroscience perspective on education. This study examines the pertinence of an interdisciplinary-reality based-program in order to make construction industry students aware of our current reality and eminent global crisis.
Meche’s House is a post-earthquake house construction in Pedro Carbo, Ecuador. This article is based on the analysis of this construction under a specific model called Circular Economy (CE). The CE analyzes the flows of matter and energy, ensuring that everything recirculates in the system, causing the so-called waste to become a nutrient for new processes. This article explains the traditional concept of CE, based on the butterfly model by Ellen MacArthur Foundation which inserts flows of matter and energy in two spheres: biosphere and technosphere. However, this article inserts and analyzes a new one: the human sphere. The system for the construction of Meche’s House is analyzed especially under the latter sphere, to understand the local people as a resource within the system flows, emphasizing the post-earthquake context.
In the city of Quito, the number of people with disabilities is high and approximately 12% are visually impaired. Centers dedicated to the rehabilitation are available, one of which is the Atahualpa Day Center (CDA). Although the center has trained personnel, and a set program, the facility was not designed for this purpose, it is an adapted space that tries to cover the needs of the staff and the participants generating gaps which have had to be solved in an improvised manner. The Con Lo Que Hay-With what is available-11 (CLQH 11) workshop, identified several spatial needs of the CDA and utilizing a specialized space-object sought to solve the necessity of the step by step methodology process to enable visually impaired individuals into daily life. This means that the skills developed within a controlled space are put into practice in spaces like the city allowing them to acquire the confidence to function autonomously. This study evaluates the pertinence and importance of a space-object specifically designed to help the visually impaired population to reintegrate into daily life. This topic is important within the Ecuadorian context because all the efforts and investments usually are focused on generic buildings and basic services.
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